Anchored in Alaska (At the Altar Book 13) by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Colin stared at Beverly for a moment, in absolute disbelief. “You what?”

The look on his face told Beverly she’d been wrong. He wasn’t going to automatically love the baby. “I’m pregnant. I found out last week that I’m having a little girl.”

His hands clenched under the table. “Exactly how long have you known you were pregnant?”

“Since mid-October. I kept waiting for the right time to tell you…but it never came. I’m already seeing huge differences in my body, so I couldn’t hide it any longer.” She frowned, feeling ready to cry at any moment. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you right away. I just didn’t know how.”

He forced himself to take deep breaths to keep his anger down. “Have you talked to an adoption agency yet?”

She blinked at him. “Adoption agency?”

“Part of our agreement—before we ever married—was that there would be no children. I specifically asked Dr. Lachele if she’d talked to you about it, and she said she had.” He shook his head, looking at her accusingly. “You told me you couldn’t get pregnant.”

“My doctor told me that! The doctor here just said that doctors are wrong sometimes.” She looked down at her delicious breakfast, unable to eat another bite. “I was as shocked as you are.”

“But you still haven’t talked to an adoption agency? What are you planning to do with it?”

“It? I told you it’s a her. I’m planning to love her. Everything inside me is screaming at the very idea that I’d have to get rid of her!”

He stood up, walking away from the table and turning his back on her. “This feels like the worst kind of betrayal. You made me feel like you didn’t want children either.”

She sighed, feel the tears she’d managed to hold at bay start to silently fall. “I was resigned to the fact that I couldn’t have children. When you didn’t want them, it made it easier for me. This was not intentional.”

“I don’t want a child. I don’t care if it’s a girl, a boy, or a Martian. I’d have taken a dog, but not a human.” He turned to her, his face full of a mixture of anger and sadness. “I don’t know how we’re going to get past this.”

“I don’t either. I never intended to get pregnant, but I love this baby already. I can’t imagine what it would feel like to give it away. If you want me to go, I will.”

She couldn’t imagine life without him either, but if that’s what he wanted, there was nothing she could do about it.

Colin frowned. “I don’t want you to go, but I don’t want to be a father. Let me get back to you on that.” He raked his fingers through his hair. “I’m going for a walk. I’ll be back in a few hours.” He went into the bedroom and put on a hat, snowshoes, gloves, and his winter coat he wore when he was out all day in the cold.

“Be careful,” she said as she watched him go.

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