His Royal Love-Child by Lucy Monroe

Author:Lucy Monroe [Monroe, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780373125418
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Danette read the pregnancy test results for something like the hundredth time and still had a hard time believing them. She carried Marcello’s child. Her hand settled over her queasy stomach and she thought of the life she cradled there. She remembered reading once that morning sickness was the sign of a healthy pregnancy, and hers must be really healthy because she felt absolutely awful.

If she had the energy, she’d go looking online for suggested remedies, but she just wanted to curl up in her bed and sleep.

She was headed to do just that when a powerful pounding on her front door stopped her.

She peeked out, but didn’t need her eyes to confirm what her instincts already knew. Marcello had come.

He couldn’t know about the baby. Not yet. She barely knew about it. Maybe he’d heard she left work early for illness. Maybe he was checking on her. It wasn’t such a far fetched notion. He’d always been solicitous of her health, babying her during that time of month and providing her with lots of chocolate…

Oh, man. She swallowed an urge to puke. Even the thought of chocolate was upsetting to her stomach. Chocolate? Who got morning sickness from chocolate? That was just wrong.

The door pounded again. “Open up, Danette. I know you’re in there!”

He didn’t sound solicitous so much as impatient.

She slipped the lock and opened the door. “Hello, Marcello, what brings you here.”

“What do you think?” His blue gaze went over her like seeking hands.

She shrugged. “I haven’t the faintest idea.”

“You were sick halfway through your presentation this morning.”

It shouldn’t surprise her that he’d heard about it. The company grapevine was more efficient than the world’s most knowing gossip columnist. “So, you were worried about me and decided to check on me?”

He pushed into the living room, gently cupping her shoulders to steady her as he moved past her. “You could say that.”

“There isn’t any need. I’m fine. It was just a temporary upset.”

“That is not what my director of marketing called it. In fact, it was her opinion your upset would last for several months.”

“Oh, no…”

He frowned at her, clearly bothered by her reaction. “Oh, yes. And I do not appreciate being the last to hear.”

“Hear what?”

“That you’re pregnant.”

All of the air left her immediate vicinity and she swayed as everything went black around the edges. He grabbed her and then swung her up into his arms and headed to the bedroom.

“Are you all right? Have you made an appointment with the doctor?”

“I’m fine. I just got dizzy for a second. Anyway, I only just confirmed it with an at home test. I haven’t had time to make, much less keep, a doctor’s appointment.”

“That’s what the director thought, that you did not know you were pregnant.”

Remembering his accusation in the other room, she stiffened in his arms. “Then what was that malarkey about you being the last to know?”

Red scored his cheekbones. “I am not thinking straight. I am sorry. Only, I wish I had heard the news from your lips first.

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