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Roman flinched

‘You’re not running’

‘That’s because she rong,’ he breathed gri’

Tears for this?’ she choked, turning her hands palesture of appeal ‘What’s the point?’

‘Point?’ he repeated, looking at her as though she were mad ‘I have a son’

‘You don’t want Sam You can’t Abby isn’t here to punish so leave us alone’ Fighting the rising level of panic that made it hard for her to think, she covered her face with her forearm and sed a sob

‘Why would I want to punish the mother of my child? It was my fault’

Scarlet, who could hear the self-recriuilty she could hardly look at him Whatever else Roman was, he was clearly not the moral-free zone that Abby had taken him for

‘I’ht I’d contest paternity and couldn’t stoh his dark, sleek hair and fixed Scarlet with an interrogative stare

She was too stunned by his reading of her late sister’s motives that all she could do was stare at him He appeared to take her silence as confirmation of his explanation

Why couldn’t he be the shallow, selfish playboy Abby had taken him for instead of the owner of a very well-developed set of moral principles? She didn’t want to eht try and snatch Sam away from her

She was her nephew’s legal guardian but where would she stand legally if he chose to contest her guardianship?

Scarlet was terrified by the thought of a custody battle Better to let hinancy had been accidental than allow that to happen Why tell hiained except blackening her sister’s name?

‘Your sisterit alone’ This adet to criticising Abby ‘But you’ve got to ad themselves in that situation would have wanted to make me pay’

‘Abby didn’t want your money’ Her head lifted and there was a flicker of hope in her eyes ‘Couldn’t you just pretend you didn’t know?’ she suggested with a sniff as she wiped the moisture from her face ‘I’m sure it would be a lotto anyone’ She dabbed a stray tear from her cheek with the back of her hand

‘You expect rated ‘Dio!’ he ejaculated rawly ‘What sort of man do you think I a at the affront