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And now she was pregnant

Tiny waves of joy slowly spread through her stunned senses

A child of her own To cherish and love And, if she was lucky, a child ould love her back

She jerked upright, her hand rushing to cover her stomach ‘Oh, God, I took some painkillers this afternoon!’

His gaze sharpened on her ‘What did you take?’

She told him ‘Wwould it have harmed the baby?’

He shook his head ‘The doctor told nancy’

Relief poured through her ‘You asked him?’

Ari stilled ‘Of course This baby is rated out

But it didn’t take a genius to see that he wasn’t thrilled about it Pain and hurt scythed through her joy A second later a rush of protectiveness enveloped her

‘I realise this is unexpected I don’t want you to think that you need to be involved in any way’

‘Excuse me?’ His voice was a rasp, his eyes dark with thunder as he stared at her

Perla licked her lips, conte a sip of water and discarded the idea She was too shaken not to pour it all over herself

‘I , so don’t feel as if you have to participate in any decision- I’ll take care of it’

‘You’ll take care of it?’

The skin-flaying fury in his voicewords

‘No! I meant I’ll take care of him or her after the birth’