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He saw the confusion and shock on Lisa’s face as she registered what he was doing, but right now he didn’t care what she thought All he wanted to do was ensure she ell, that the syes of pregnancy

The very word, pregnancy, struck through hi hi for evermore, that he would have to somehow find a way past the hurt his father had inflicted on hih? Would his child grow up resenting him as he had his father?

‘I don’t need to see anyone,’ Lisa protested as an appointiven to him for later that afternoon

He ended the call ‘You will see a doctor this afternoon for a scan and that is not negotiable’

‘Why are you doing this?’ Lisa looked at hi to prove and to who?’

‘I have nothing to prove, other than to you, it see ether once more We crossed the boundary of professionalism and must now deal with the consequences’

He watched as a uilt through him, but this wasn’t about the two of them any more, this was about a new life—his child

‘I can’t do that, Max, not after you walked out on ain? Am I to stand by and watch you hurt our child? You of all people should understand that’

The pleading in her voice only increased the fury that erupted like a volcano around hi a father? He bit down hard on the bitter taste of the truth, knowing that was exactly what he hiht There was no way he would allow Lisa to know his uncertainties

‘We should have thought about that before spending a night together’ He was angry at her, at hiether once more and this time it will not be so easy for either of us to walk away, not when our child needs us—both of us’