Harlequin Special Edition August 2018 Box Set 2 of 2 by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Pregnant.

Pregnant!

How could she have let this happen?

It was official. She was an abysmal failure at one-night stands. She would never, ever have one again. One little slip, and now her entire life had changed.

“No.” She shook her head. “I can’t be.”

She’d missed her period last month, but not entirely. There’d been some spotting and even a little bit of cramping. Granted, she’d been tired a lot. And there’d been that strange night at wine group the other day when she hadn’t been able to identify a single vintage. She hadn’t had much of a taste for wine at all lately.

“Eve.” Ryan’s tone had suddenly gone so quiet, so serious, that she couldn’t bring herself to chastise him again for calling her by the name she now associated with her adventurous, sexy alter ego…that passionate fool.

He was right, wasn’t he? He hadn’t needed to say it. The truth had slammed right into her right around the time she’d fallen to her knees in front of the toilet bowl—she was pregnant. She just hadn’t wanted to believe it.

She had all the early symptoms. Every single one of them.

“It’s going to be okay.” Ryan’s mouth curved into a tiny smile. “I promise.”

He was smiling? At a time like this?

She tore her gaze from the mirror and turned to face him. Her knees wobbled, and she had to grip the counter behind her to steady herself, but something about the subtle lift of his lips took the edge off her panic.

Until some semblance of clarity descended on her and she fully grasped what his smile meant—the baby growing inside her wasn’t just hers. It was his. She was pregnant with Ryan Wilde’s child.

She shook her head. Hard. “We don’t even know if it’s true. It could be the flu. I need to see a doctor.”

Maybe multiple doctors. A whole team of medical professionals. She needed to be sure before she could begin to wrap her head around this.

A baby.

Ryan’s baby.

There was no doubt in her mind. She’d never been as amorous with Jeremy as she’d been that night with Ryan. She couldn’t even remember the last time she and Jeremy had slept together, which should probably have been a warning sign that the relationship wasn’t all she’d believed it to be.

Now here she was, possibly pregnant by a man with whom she had no relationship whatsoever.

She studied him, marveling at his composure. How was he so calm? Aside from drenching her in Côtes du Rhône, he seemed completely unruffled.

The wine.

She let her gaze travel to his hands, his fingertips, and she stared, remembering the way he knocked the glass out of her grasp…the unmistakable intention in his eyes. He’d deliberately stopped her from drinking because he’d suspected she was pregnant and he’d been worried about the baby.

It was sweet, in a controlling, maniacal sort of way. But it still didn’t mean she was actually pregnant, and it definitely didn’t mean she was chomping at the bit to start a family with him. Or anyone.

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