One Night Pregnancy by Lindsay Armstrong

Author:Lindsay Armstrong [Armstrong, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Unmarried Mothers, Heirs
ISBN: 9780373527816
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Bridget closed her mouth. It had fallen open not only at what he’d revealed but at the bitter intensity he’d shown.

And although his expression was wiped clean and unreadable as soon as he’d finished speaking, he got up and walked over to the window, and she could see the tension in the lines of his back as he stared out at the street.

She was not to know that Adam Beaumont had surprised himself with the depth of feeling this news had provoked in him. Nor was she to know that the more he thought about it, the more he was struck by the irony of the situation. His uncle causing him to look at his life and his future so recently was one of those ironies.

A certain rumour associated with his sister-in-law, although he didn’t know if it was true, was another. But his mouth hardened at the thought of it, and the bittersweet revenge he could exact with this news…

There was also, though, the fact that even if he was suspicious of or impatient with this baby’s mother, he still felt protective towards her.

In fact, he discovered, not only could he offer his own child a proper father, and that was paramount, but the more he thought about it he also had the belief that there was only one solution, and it was growing in him by the moment…

‘I—I’m sorry,’ she said, barely audibly. ‘I had heard…Julia did mention the divisions in your family, but I didn’t realize—’

He turned back to her abruptly. ‘It’s over and done with now.’

‘But what are we going to do?’ she queried. ‘Of course I wouldn’t stop you from having access to it.’

Access… The word seemed to rebound on Adam, and he pictured it: a child with two homes, a child never quite sure where its allegiance should lie, a child possibly with a stepfather whose influence he, its real father, would have no control over.

‘I don’t want access when and where it suits you, Bridget,’ he said harshly.

‘There’s only one thing to do. We need to get married.’

It took a moment or two for this to get through to Bridget, and when it did she stared at him incredulously. ‘You can’t be serious!’

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