The Baby Bombshell (Shadow Creek, Montana) by Victoria James

Author:Victoria James [James, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2017-04-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Jack ran his hands down his face, trying to look calm and collected, even though his world had just been turned upside down. He didn’t want Lily to see him as anything other than put together, though. Sure, her being pregnant upped his timeline, but it wasn’t bad news. He’d always wanted kids with her. Of course, having her on speaking terms with him would have made things a little simpler.

“I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out how this could happen. I have the distinct memory of you putting on a condom.”

He had to interrupt, grinning. “You remember that moment?”

Clearly this was not a remark she appreciated, because she let out some kind of squeal and her arms flailed again. “No, no that moment is not what I’m remembering. I’m remembering the one where you told me you hadn’t slept with anyone else in five years.”

“That’s true.”

“But you had a condom in your wallet.”

He nodded, feeling like he was on the witness-stand.

“Did you replace this condom on a regular basis in case you got lucky?” She was speaking really slowly now, as if she might explode at some point soon if he didn’t give her an answer she liked.

He held up a hand. “Let’s be clear about something. I have no issues finding willing partners. I chose not to sleep with anyone else because I knew I would be coming back to you.”

Her eyes softened for a second then turned to steel. “And what, I was just sitting here waiting for you to get your crap together? How was I supposed to know that the almighty Jack would be back and think he could pick up where he left off? What kind of self-absorbed, conceited thinking is that?”

This wasn’t going well at all. “Fine. But it was the truth.”

“Okay, you know what, you’re making me lose my train of thought. Back to the condom. So, that condom was not replaced with a new one every now and then. So basically, what you are telling me is…” She took a deep breath and he waited for the bomb to drop. He may have been sweating slightly.

“You used a five-year-old condom!”

He swallowed hard. “I’m sure it was still fine.”

“No, or I wouldn’t be pregnant, Jack!”

She had a point. The thing was he wasn’t upset about the baby. The second she’d told him. Sure, he’d been shocked. But, this…a baby with Lily…was what he’d always wanted, what he’d always planned. Yeah, maybe the timing was off, but this was the best news he’d had in years.

He cleared his throat and reached out for her. Not a good move, because she looked like she was going to hit him. He stopped moving. “Lil, how many times did we talk about kids? We’ve always wanted a family together.”

“Are you kidding me? That was when we were together! Engaged!” She waved her hand in between them. “We are nothing now. We are two people who slept together in a moment of weakness.”

“I wasn’t weak.

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