Page 51 of Definitely Not Him

Silence.

I stared at her for several seconds, waiting for her to tell me that this was playful nonsense. A first-day prank of some kind.

“I was trying to find you to let you know. But, as I’m sure you can assume, it was hard to do that when I didn’t have your real name.”

“You had my phone number.”

“I haven’t slept with anyone else since my birthday, so if you’re thinking about challenging this, I left my lab work and samples at Mercy Clinic for a paternity test.”

“I’m still stuck on the ‘baby is mine’ part.”

“Good.” She smiled. “That’s called acceptance.”

“Quite ironic, coming from the person who’s spent most of today in denial.”

“I’m a little over six weeks as of today and at some point we’ll need to talk more.” She ignored my comment. “I don’t plan to tell anyone else or ever share a word of it with the press, but I want you to know that what happened between us on that night will never happen again. Once was enough.”

“It happened far more than once.”

“Maybe the other times weren’t memorable.” She stepped back and grabbed the door handle. “What exactly was the ‘unfinished business’ you wanted to discuss with me?”

I gave her a blank stare.

“Okay, well—” She unclasped my watch from her wrist and set it on my bookcase. Then she opened the door. “I’m going home for the rest of the day. Have a great first day at Rogue Publishing, Mr. Carrington. Welcome to the States.”

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