His Baby! by Maureen Child

Author:Maureen Child
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-01-30T18:15:31.859000+00:00

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than to her, and added, ‘‘at least they were here for you,’’ so softly she almost missed it.

‘‘Jeff...’’

‘‘Did you hate me?’’ he asked bluntly, and this time kept his gaze fixed on the water below them.

‘‘For leaving you pregnant and alone?’’

‘‘No,’’ she said, pulling him around until he was forced to look at her. She had to convince him of this, if nothing else. ‘‘Of course not. First,’’ she reminded him, ‘‘I wasn’t alone. My family was here.’’

‘‘Yeah, and they were thrilled with me.’’

‘‘This isn’t about them.’’

‘‘You’re right,’’ he said. ‘‘This is about you and me, and I need to know. Did you hate me?’’

She looked directly into his eyes, willing him to read the truth in hers. Then she said very slowly,

‘‘No. I never hated you for making me pregnant.’’

Some of the tension seeped out of his body, and she went on quickly, hoping to ease away the rest.

‘‘It’s not as if I had nothing to do with it, you know.’’

A small, too brief smile quirked his mouth and was gone again. ‘‘Yeah, I remember.’’

‘‘It wasn’t either of our faults that the condom failed.’’

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