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"We didn’t use any birth control Now he’s worried there ht be a baby"
Nicole’s mouth dropped open "Oh,He didn’t use a condo to have a talk with hih he slept with my sister, but to not use protection? That is totally unacceptable"
Nicole was being protective Who would have thought? Claire s"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, but Wyatt isn’t He’s pretty angry He started talking about hoasn’t going to take responsibility and that I couldn’t trap hiht about it As if she would ever do that
"Guys get weird about that stuff Especially one who has been burned before"
"Maybe I don’t know The thing is, I’nant I’ve alanted children We argued about how that would happen It was a mess"
"I’m sorry he was a butthead"
"Me, too"
Nicole squeezed her hand "Do you really want to be pregnant?"
Claire grinned "It would be a miracle and yes"
"Then I hope it happens for you Hey, I’ll be an aunt"
Another connection, Claire thought Another tie She wanted her life to be interwoven with those she loved
"If I a to have to work on oodwith your emotional health"
"You said I was useless," Claire reainst you I didn’t kno to exist in the real world"
"Right You didn’t But you caet toYou’ve done all this without any help in a matter of weeks Claire, I think you’re theperson I know"
Claire didn’t knohat to say Her chest tightened, but this feeling had nothing to do with panic and everything to do with the affection filling her
Nicole continued with, "Even now, you’re taking care ofyou should worship h that was a little too close to a sob "I want to take care of you"
"I know You’re a good person A great sister and…" Nicole shrugged "Okay Here it is Brace yourself I love you"
"I love you, too," Claire told her, leaning close so they could hug "I can’t believe you finally said it"
"Me, either"
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"I PREFER THIS TILE PATTERN," Alice Grinwell said firmly "With the slate"
Wyatt counted to ten Mrs Grinas building her third house with him in ten years She’d also referred more than a dozen wealthy clients to him Unfortunately she was one of those people who had moreand decorating beautiful houses Her husband supported her activitiesCo what should have been a dreaed heras it should have and cost three times as much Not that Mrs Grinwell cared
"I want it to look like this," she said pointing at the picture in the hauys had thrown up their hands, not sure how they would get the sa to have to hire the person who did it in the first place and pay for her to come down and work at Mrs Grinwell’s place
It wasn’t the cost--his client would cover that It was the time and effort and the fact that he was still pissed at hiry with her for not recognizing the disaster that would follow her being pregnant
"I’llthis will delay things, but I’ll get back to you as soon as I get the details worked out"
Mrs Grinwell sht I appreciate that"
"Thank you"
They talked about a few other details, then his client left As she walked to her Mercedes, he stared after her, wondering what she would think if he asked her what it was like to be rich
She probably wouldn’t kno to answer the question and in reality, he wasn’t sure he cared He had his own business, he was cohter, provided euys He contributed
Unlike Claire, he hadn’t personally made over two million last year
He told himself that her money was the least of his probleure out why He’d always thought of himself as a man as comfortable in his own skin He respected woe how he felt about hione out? Did he expect to make more than any woman he dated? Was he that backward ein touch with his inner anything wasn’t his strongest skill set
"Screw it," he muttered and turned back to the blueprints of the house and the azine pictures that had created the current hell of his day He would figure it out later, or not at all Claire wasn’t likely to be pregnant Once they knew for sure, he could let it go Move on Find someone easier to deal with Or maybe swear off women for a while
CLAIRE HELD OPEN the back door while Nicole carefullyto have to recover frorumbled as she etting over the first one Now look at hting, they’d both fallen It was just bad luck that Nicole was the one who’d been injured Still, she felt horrible to know her sister had h
Nicole looked up and wrinkled her nose "Don’t you dare apologize again"
"I won’t"
"If you try, I’ll scream It’s a scary, shrill sound and you won’t like it"
That ain"
"Let’s not get too wild" Nicole sighed "What aquestion," Claire told her "Don’t teh I wouldn’t play the lotto if I were you It doesn’t seeht tied leg up onto the coffee table "Another scar"
"But this one will look like a sports injury or so That will be cool Men love women with scars"
Nicole shook her head "No a with Drew and didn’t actually uy Actually, they all deserved it