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A shiver went through her ‘Of course not I’ll find another place to live’

‘And when the child is older? What then?’

‘I’ll find adequate childcare and continue my career Millions of women do it every day Why should I be any different?’

‘Because this child is not just any child It is a Pantelides Whether you want to admit it or not, that makes it different from any other child’

‘I know you like to think you’re special but—’

‘No buts, Perla I’ve lost one unborn child’ His gaze dropped to her flat stoh to beco and no one will keep me from my child’

A stalemate

Despite knowing it was te onto the stalemate as Ari’s private jet raced them towards Bermuda and the Pantelides resort project she’d undertaken what seeo

It was hard to fathohteen hours since she’d discovered she was carrying Ari’s child

Even harder to believe she’d agreed to give hie licence would take to be ready

But the look on his face when he’d made his vow had shaken her to the core Shaken her into considering the fact that he meant it when he said he wanted a full-time role in their child’s life

After what she had been through, shoved from foster hohteen, did she not owe it to her child to give it the best care possible?

But then could she bear to tie herself to another an had used her to hide his true sexual orientation froe him

With Ari, it was simply the fact that she carried his heir

A wave of sadness washed over her and the tablet she was supposed to be using to jot down ideas for the resort opening blurred as tears welled in her eyes

Tears Another synancy she couldn’t seem to ste her

‘What’s wrong?’

‘I seenancy hormone that lets me cry at the drop of a hat I should hire myself out to Hollywood’

He stood from his wide leather seat and approached her with one hand outstretched ‘Come with me,’ he commanded