The Baby Project by Miranda Liasson

Author:Miranda Liasson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Indulgence; romance, millionaire, accidental pregnancy, bachelor, doctor, fling, contemporary, contemporary romance, player reformed, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, lighthearted, light-hearted
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-08-09T19:20:05+00:00

Chapter Nine

I will not cry. I will not cry. I will not cry.

Earlier that afternoon, Liz blinked hard, forcing her eyes to focus on the numbers in front of her on the computer screen. Her lab results showed undetectable quantities in her blood of human chorionic gonadotropin—indisputable evidence that she was not pregnant. She bit down on her lip hard enough that she tasted the metallic, bitter taste of blood.

What on earth had possessed her, checking in the middle of the workday? She’d been so excited. So positive and hopeful that she couldn’t wait another second to find out.

Except…the disappointing, crushing result had thrown her off her game.

“Deep breaths, deep breaths,” she whispered, trying to pull herself together. Trying to tell herself it didn’t matter…that things were better this way, really. Her feelings for Grant were already so complicated, certainly the fact that she was not having his baby should be a huge relief.

Except it wasn’t, for reasons she didn’t fully understand. She told herself this wasn’t about him, not at all, but rather about the fact that her window to be a mother was closing fast, the sand pitching rapidly through the hourglass. She ached to hold a baby in her arms.

Brett burst through her office door and took a good hard look at her face. “Dammit, Liz, why couldn’t you have waited until I called you? You’re a terrible patient.”

She had nothing to say to that. He was right. She had no words, because her throat suddenly clogged up as if there was a giant wad of Kleenex stuck there. All she managed was a shrug.

Brett immediately walked over and wrapped his arms around her. She leaned into him, never so grateful for his presence. “I’m sorry,” he said.

“I guess I—I was too excited to wait. I felt so certain it would be good news.”

Liz gave him an anemic smile. “I did everything,” she whispered, blinking back tears. “I took the drugs. We did everything right.” With her science background, she understood the odds. But she’d been so hopeful.

“I’m sorry, sweetie,” Brett said, rubbing her back. “Really sorry.”

His compassion skewered her. She hated pity, but she was so glad he was here for her. She could only afford a moment of his comfort, though, because duty was calling. It was midafternoon, and the waiting room was packed with patients.

“I should’ve waited,” she said, swiping at her eyes, trying to stand up straight and get it together. “I just felt so sure…”

He walked over to her and placed his hands firmly on her shoulders, looked solidly into her eyes. “Go home,” he said firmly. “It’s three o’clock. I’ll cover you. We’ll tell the patients you’re sick.”

“I can’t do that to you.” Unlike Paula, she didn’t dump her responsibilities on people. Trouble was, tears were leaking out of her eyes, down her cheeks. And she couldn’t seem to stop crying.

“I know you haven’t missed a day of work since we began residency six years ago. But I don’t think you should be seeing patients now.

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