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I closed the email in a hurry, fumbling with the mouse in such a panic that I knocked a vase of flowers to the ground. Neither I nor Max moved as the water seeped into the carpet around us.
He gazed at me, his stare impossible to read.
“Look, it's, um... It isn't what it looks like.”
“You're pregnant. ” Finally, he appeared to notice the bump in my belly. He frowned. “It's exactly what it looks like.”
Yeah, we'd just had sex ten minutes ago – but so what? I owed him nothing. To him, I meant nothing.
But then why did he look so angry?
The screen door opened in the kitchen. Trey yelled to us. “You guys coming or what? Your dogs are going to get cold.”
“Yeah, man.” He looked away from me. “Coming.”
With that, he walked outside after Trey. I stayed there, staring blankly at the computer screen's too-bright glow.
Whatever Max's problem was, I shouldn't have cared. He was a jerk, after all. He was the one who seduced me, who wouldn't take no for an answer. If he was upset for some dumb reason, it shouldn't have bothered me.
Except that it did, and I couldn't figure out why.
“Why does it feel like I've done something wrong?” I asked the little one. Well, he could act pissy with me all he wanted.
I just hoped the man knew how to keep a secret.
Chapter 6 - Max
A woman, clearly super-extra pregnant, strutted out of the burger joint with her sack of food. Her belly looked as if she'd swallowed a couple of watermelons. Soon enough, Anna would look like that too.
My own stomach suddenly felt very queasy. I'd slept with her after another man very recently knocked her up. I dunno why that bothered me so damn much, but it did.
“She's just about ready to pop, eh?”
I nearly spit out my soda in Trey's face. “Huh?”
He pointed to the lady. “Gotta be tough carrying a load like that in the middle of summer.”
“Oh. Yeah.” I made myself laugh. “And I thought dealing with sweaty balls was bad.”
“Whatever you do, do not say that to a girl. Especially a pregnant one. Last thing she wants to hear about is your...” He wrinkled his nose. “Actually, I don't wanna hear about it either.”
I took a big bite of my sandwich. “Mom always did tell me I didn't have a filter on my mouth. I say whatever comes to mind. People don't like it, tough crap.”
He sighed. “Ever the charmer. I see you won't be giving me a niece or nephew anytime soon.”
I hadn't mentioned Anna's pregnancy to him yet. Normally, I was pretty dumb about things like this, but I figured it wasn't really my business to talk about it. Neither Trey nor her sister had said a peep about an incoming baby, so chances were, they had no idea.
That meant she was hiding it for some reason, and I was kind of scared to find out why.
She sure as hell hadn't told me about it before I screwed her. Why not? Was she cheating on the father? Maybe that's why she resisted me so hard. Didn't take much to break down that wall, though, so...
“What about you, huh?” I tossed a hunk of bread to the ravens. “Don't see you starting a family yet, and you're four years my senior.”
He sighed and neatly wrapped up the rest of his grilled chicken sandwich. Grilled chicken? Who the hell gets that at a burger place?
Apparently, Rachael had dug her health-nut claws in him deep. I swore on my life no woman would ever change me the way she did him.
“We'd like to get married first, obviously.” He kicked the truck into drive and off we went. “And I'd love to marry her. Trouble is, her family is a bit... high-strung and somewhat meddlesome.”
“The hell's that supposed to mean?”
“You remember they used to own that big ranch? Well, they decided raising cows for a living wasn't good enough for rich folks, so
I closed the email in a hurry, fumbling with the mouse in such a panic that I knocked a vase of flowers to the ground. Neither I nor Max moved as the water seeped into the carpet around us.
He gazed at me, his stare impossible to read.
“Look, it's, um... It isn't what it looks like.”
“You're pregnant. ” Finally, he appeared to notice the bump in my belly. He frowned. “It's exactly what it looks like.”
Yeah, we'd just had sex ten minutes ago – but so what? I owed him nothing. To him, I meant nothing.
But then why did he look so angry?
The screen door opened in the kitchen. Trey yelled to us. “You guys coming or what? Your dogs are going to get cold.”
“Yeah, man.” He looked away from me. “Coming.”
With that, he walked outside after Trey. I stayed there, staring blankly at the computer screen's too-bright glow.
Whatever Max's problem was, I shouldn't have cared. He was a jerk, after all. He was the one who seduced me, who wouldn't take no for an answer. If he was upset for some dumb reason, it shouldn't have bothered me.
Except that it did, and I couldn't figure out why.
“Why does it feel like I've done something wrong?” I asked the little one. Well, he could act pissy with me all he wanted.
I just hoped the man knew how to keep a secret.
Chapter 6 - Max
A woman, clearly super-extra pregnant, strutted out of the burger joint with her sack of food. Her belly looked as if she'd swallowed a couple of watermelons. Soon enough, Anna would look like that too.
My own stomach suddenly felt very queasy. I'd slept with her after another man very recently knocked her up. I dunno why that bothered me so damn much, but it did.
“She's just about ready to pop, eh?”
I nearly spit out my soda in Trey's face. “Huh?”
He pointed to the lady. “Gotta be tough carrying a load like that in the middle of summer.”
“Oh. Yeah.” I made myself laugh. “And I thought dealing with sweaty balls was bad.”
“Whatever you do, do not say that to a girl. Especially a pregnant one. Last thing she wants to hear about is your...” He wrinkled his nose. “Actually, I don't wanna hear about it either.”
I took a big bite of my sandwich. “Mom always did tell me I didn't have a filter on my mouth. I say whatever comes to mind. People don't like it, tough crap.”
He sighed. “Ever the charmer. I see you won't be giving me a niece or nephew anytime soon.”
I hadn't mentioned Anna's pregnancy to him yet. Normally, I was pretty dumb about things like this, but I figured it wasn't really my business to talk about it. Neither Trey nor her sister had said a peep about an incoming baby, so chances were, they had no idea.
That meant she was hiding it for some reason, and I was kind of scared to find out why.
She sure as hell hadn't told me about it before I screwed her. Why not? Was she cheating on the father? Maybe that's why she resisted me so hard. Didn't take much to break down that wall, though, so...
“What about you, huh?” I tossed a hunk of bread to the ravens. “Don't see you starting a family yet, and you're four years my senior.”
He sighed and neatly wrapped up the rest of his grilled chicken sandwich. Grilled chicken? Who the hell gets that at a burger place?
Apparently, Rachael had dug her health-nut claws in him deep. I swore on my life no woman would ever change me the way she did him.
“We'd like to get married first, obviously.” He kicked the truck into drive and off we went. “And I'd love to marry her. Trouble is, her family is a bit... high-strung and somewhat meddlesome.”
“The hell's that supposed to mean?”
“You remember they used to own that big ranch? Well, they decided raising cows for a living wasn't good enough for rich folks, so
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