The Girl Nobody Wanted by Lynn Raye Harris

Author:Lynn Raye Harris
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

HE HADN’T heard her correctly. Surely he hadn’t. The world seemed to slow, the sounds from outside the car distorting in his ears like he was on a carnival ride. Leo could only focus on her, on her tired face and huge eyes. Her long hair was twisted up high on her head, as always, and she wore the pearls she’d had on the island. Her white raincoat stood out starkly in the dark interior of the car, contrasted with the black V-neck sweater and trousers she wore.

No color, as usual. Anna didn’t like color.

“How?” he asked, his voice colder than he wanted it to be. Shocked.

She looked away. Shrugged. “I don’t know. I—I was on the Pill, but of course I didn’t have it for the two days we were marooned.” Her chin dropped to her chest. “I might have messed up the dosage after we returned.”

She fingered her pearls, a nervous gesture he knew all too well.

Leo could only blink. A current of ice flowed through him, freezing him to the spot. A baby. His baby. He had no doubt the baby was his. No doubt.

But he couldn’t be a father. He was the last person in the world fit to be a father. What if he was too much like Bobby? What if he didn’t know what to do when this tiny being came into the world and needed him?

Panic threaded through the ice, melting his immobility. He exited the car smoothly and held out his hand for her. After a brief hesitation, she slipped her fingers into his palm. Fresh sensation rocked him at the touch of her skin on his.

She didn’t say anything as he led her inside the hotel and over to the brass-and-wood lift. “Which room?” he asked as the lift operator waited patiently.

“Five-oh-four,” she said quietly.

The lift began to move, its speed belying its age as they reached the fifth floor very quickly. “Here you are, Mr. Jackson,” the operator said.

Leo took a bank note from his breast pocket and shoved it into the man’s hand, uncaring how much it was for, and escorted Anna down the hall to her room. She fished the key card from her pocket, and then he opened the door and let her pass through before he closed it behind him and took a deep breath.

Pregnant.

A lamp burned in the suite, illuminating the sitting area. The room was furnished with the finest antiques, the best silks, the latest electronics—but Leo could focus on none of those things. All he could see was the woman standing across from him. Her raincoat was still buttoned up, her hands shoved in the pockets. Her eyes said she was tired, worn, wary.

Fury burned through him. She was afraid of him? Of him? After all they’d been through together?

“You have confirmed this pregnancy?” he said. It wasn’t the first time a woman had claimed to be having his baby, though it was the first time he thought it was true.

Her head snapped up, her chin thrusting forward defiantly.

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