Out of her Dreams by Natalie Anderson

Author:Natalie Anderson [Anderson, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Natalie Anderson
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Blake tried to marshal his thoughts. Focus. One thing at a time. ‘Tell me this. Is it mine?’ After Paola’s threats and deceit, he had to be certain.

There was a silence. He met her gaze. Hot, hard, angry. Her mouth opened. And then he saw her hesitate, could see the workings of her brain as she deliberated, contemplating the lie.

His eyes narrowed. You dare. The flare of his anger must have been apparent because he saw the second she discarded the idea—the second she looked closely back at him. She gave a jerky nod.

‘I had to be sure.’

Her colour was high and she took a deep breath. But he didn’t think the likelihood of her calming down any time soon was high.

‘You’re to see a specialist.’ God, he needed to get in control of this situation.

‘I already am under a specialist. Do you honestly think I wouldn’t be? I never thought I’d get pregnant.’

‘Right.’ He didn’t care how sarcastic and disbelieving he sounded. Of course she’d be under a specialist—she had a ton of money and she’d gone to some pretty interesting lengths to get pregnant. Why hadn’t she just had herself artificially inseminated? But, no, she’d wanted to pick the stud herself, from a line-up of the best in town. Blake hated to be used, and right now he felt utterly used.

‘You don’t need to worry, Blake. This isn’t your concern.’

‘The hell it isn’t.’

‘You know I’ll do anything and everything I can to ensure this baby has the best possible care.’

‘Anything and everything, huh?’ He clammed his jaw together and inhaled deeply through his nose, trying to stay on top of a barrage of emotions that was tearing through him. He was the one who’d do anything to ensure the safety of his child—he’d failed once. Now he had a second chance. ‘We’ll get married as soon as it can be arranged.’

‘What?’

‘Married.’

The look of shock on her face made him even madder. Did she really think she could get away with this?

‘I’m not marrying you.’

‘You should have thought about that before you used me to get pregnant.’

‘I did not use you.’

‘Sure you didn’t.’

‘I never thought I could get pregnant.’ She hurried to the table in the open-plan living area, looking panicky—as she should. ‘Look, I went to my lawyer this morning. Talked about options. He drew this up for me. If you sign it there’ll be no obligations on you. I have money, you know I’m not going to chase you for that. I do want to put your name on the birth certificate, but that’s it. You don’t have to have anything to do with us.’

Her voice faltered as she looked up from the document and saw the look on his face. If it reflected even half the thoughts he was having she was right to look nervous. He was feeling as close to murderous as he’d ever got in his life. He held out his hand for the papers.

It was a moment before she handed them over, sudden reluctance slowing her down as, wide-eyed, she stared at him.

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