The Secret Pregnancy Collection by Andrea Laurence

Author:Andrea Laurence
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459295520
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Gavin wasn’t worth a damn after that. How in the devil was he supposed to carry on with business as usual when the siren who had lured him onto the rocks in Vegas presently occupied a bedroom right down the hall?

Even worse, now that he had tasted her again, he hadn’t a snowball’s chance in hell of pretending he didn’t want her. The need was like a tropical disease, striking without warning long after he had left the neon jungle. One look at her sweet face and mischievous eyes, and he was a goner.

Once again he allowed himself to consider the possibility that he had planted a child in her womb. Dear God. He should be pissed and angry and worried, but all he could latch on to was an emotion that felt a lot like euphoria. A baby. Was it possible?

He sat down hard in his chair and stared at the laptop readout in front of him. It might as well have been written in Sanskrit. The words and symbols danced across the screen, mocking his lack of comprehension. He was a man who could work for hours and never lose focus or concentration. His brain thrived on difficult puzzles.

But never had he faced a situation like this. For a moment, he saw his younger self behind bars, his fate and his reputation hanging in the balance. He’d felt utterly lost and alone.

Was he walking into another trap? Cassidy Corelli was not mentally ill. She had no need of his family’s money. Yet still his unease remained. He kept going back to that night in Vegas. Why had he responded to her so viscerally? Why did she set him on fire? Not being able to understand his reactions made him uneasy. Why did a young, attractive woman wait so long to experiment with sex? And why choose a stranger?

He wasn’t a whimsical man. He dealt in hard numbers and immutable equations. Over the past year or so he’d watched his brothers fall in love. In every instance, he could say without a doubt that his siblings had found mates who were perfect for them. Dylan and Aidan had reconnected with women from their pasts. Liam had discovered a female who didn’t let him take life too seriously.

None of them had initiated relationships based on a one-night stand and an accidental pregnancy.

Gavin had taken several psychology classes in school. Freud would say that there were no accidents. That perhaps unconsciously, Gavin knew when he made love to Cass in the tub that he’d forgotten birth control and didn’t care.

Was it true? Had Gavin wittingly contributed to the current situation? Or was Cassidy using that omission to coax him into believing that she carried his child?

What would have happened if he hadn’t had a plane to catch that morning? Would Cassidy have stayed in his bed? From all he could tell, she was ambitious and determined to pursue her goals. He couldn’t fault her for that. It was one thing they had in common.

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