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“Can I offer you so to drink?” Neal asked cautiously

He was conscious of her eyes studying his living roo who had paid for all the luxuries that surrounded his in this house had been bought with the money he had earned himself Most of it had been his own money, but it was part of his inheritance Froh e that he really did not want He rarely saved what he earned from those jobs because he knew his safety net was secure

“Water, please,” Elena replied

“Take a seat,” Neal motioned her towards the sofa, but she followed him to the kitchen

Elena took a seat on one

of the bar stools that surrounded the center island as Neal poured her a glass of water and passed it over She looked around the kitchen, ad the clean surfaces It looked like it was barely used

“I don’t really use it hts

“I don’t cook much either,” Elena admitted, “but I wish I could, I just don’t have the patience”

Neal s of how the two of the to pull this off This time, Elena was the one who read his mind

“Hoe do this, Neal?” she said, businesslike all of a sudden

Neal poured hi sip before he replied

“We… need to get started i, you already need to be pregnant”

“And what are you going to tell the board?”

“I’ve alreadysoht when you heard about the accident As soon as you’re pregnant, we can make the announcement”

She bit her lower lip and thought for a moment “Will they require a paternity test done?”