Wanted by Her Lost Love by Maya Banks

was supposed to fly back to New York with Cam and Devon but he’d left in a hurry with a flimsily uttered excuse.
    Deciding not to delay the inevitable, he put the phone to his ear.
    â€œYou and Dev make it back?”
    â€œThere you are. Been trying to call you for the past twenty-four hours. Where the hell did you go in such a hurry?” Cam demanded.
    Ryan sighed. “My investigator called. He found Kelly.” There was dead silence and then he heard Cam murmuring to someone else. Probably Dev.
    â€œAnd?” Cam finally said.
    â€œShe was in Houston. I left the island to go and see if it was her.”
    â€œAnd?” Cam asked again.
    â€œIt was. I brought her back to New York with me.”
    â€œYou did what? Why the hell did you do that?”
    Ryan sighed at the incredulity in Cam’s voice. And then because he needed to unload on someone, he said, “She’s pregnant, Cam.”
    â€œOh, Christ. What is with all the pregnant women showing up? I’ll ask you the same question I asked Rafael when Bryony appeared out of nowhere. How do you know it’s yours?”
    â€œI don’t believe I said it was mine,” Ryan said mildly. “What I said was that she’s pregnant.”
    â€œUh-huh, and you’d just bring your ex-fiancée back to New York with you because she’s pregnant with someone else’s baby?”
    â€œDon’t be a smart-ass. The thing is, it could be my baby. Or it could be my brother’s. Are you seeing my problem now?”
    â€œMan, I’d say you have a whole hell of a lot of problems that I’m glad I don’t have. What does she say about all of this?”
    â€œThat’s just it. She’s pissed. At me. She acts like I’ve wronged her. I don’t get it. She hasn’t said whose baby it is. She hasn’t denied that it’s my child but neither has she confirmed that it’s mine.”
    â€œHas it ever occurred to you that she doesn’t know?” Cam asked dryly.
    Ryan scowled and then pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers.
    â€œSorry, man, it had to be said. If she was sleeping with you and your brother plus God knows who else, she probably doesn’t have a clue who the baby daddy is.”
    â€œGod, stop with the snark. You’re giving me a headache. Kelly isn’t some whore.”
    â€œI never said she was.”
    â€œYou implied it.”
    â€œLook, you’re getting pissed at the wrong person here. I’m just asking—as a friend—whether you’ve lost your everloving mind. But then again, I thought you were insane for hiring an investigator to find her. Well, you found her and now you have to deal with the fallout. I’ll tell you just what I told Rafael when he was faced with similar issues. Call your lawyer. Get paternity testing done.”
    â€œI don’t want it to come to that,” Ryan said quietly. “Damn it, I just want to know what went wrong.” He broke off and shook his head. This was a pointless conversation to be having. Cam was an unforgiving bastard on his best day. As soon as he heard what Kelly had done, he’d basically written her off. Cam might be a hard-ass but he was a loyal hard-ass.
    Cam was silent for a moment. “Look man, I’m sorry. I get that this has you tied in knots. Personally, I think you ought to go out, have a few drinks and get laid. Come off that self-imposed celibacy stint you’ve been on since you threw her out. But I know you won’t so I won’t go there.”
    Ryan laughed and shook his head.
    â€œDev wants to talk to you a minute so hang on.”
    â€œSee ya,” Ryan muttered to empty air.
    A second later, Dev came on the phone.
    â€œI won’t repeat all Cam has said other than to ditto everything. What I wanted to tell you is that I’ll be out of pocket for a while.”
    â€œOh? Eloping with Ashley?”
    Dev muttered a not-so-nice