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“And since we were just fucking around, I can just…what? Walk away from you and the child we created and never think twice about it, or you, ever again? Like we were nothing, right?”
She nodded once, pain blinding her. Stabbing her. “If that’s what you want.”
“If that’s what I—” He cut himself off, his whole body vibrating with anger. “You’re actually keeping this baby. For real.”
She nodded again.
“Guess it isn’t just about the fun sex anymore. So much for not asking me for more than I was willing to give, huh?”
Wow.
The way he said it, like they’d meant nothing, was that what he really thought of their time together?
He hesitated. “I mean—”
“You meant exactly what you said.” She hugged herself, backing up a step. She needed the distance between them, to be honest. He’d put that initial wedge between them, and it was up to her to keep it there since he’d made his position on her news pretty clear.
Dragging his hands down his face, he didn’t bother to argue with her. “I never wanted to be a father.”
She swallowed hard, her th
roat unable to swell anymore without her breaking out into sobs. “Then don’t be one. No one is making you.”
“No one is—?” He took a step toward her, trembling with rage, his face red, nostrils flared, but pulled himself up short. “Do you actually think I’d walk away, and act like you weren’t having my child? Leave you alone, without support?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know anything anymore,” she shot back at him, using his own words against him.
He laughed. Actually laughed. “Unbelievable.”
She didn’t say anything.
There was nothing to say.
“This isn’t happening. I’ve been so safe throughout my whole career. So careful to avoid this.” He gestured at her stomach and then started pacing again, talking to himself more so than her. “And now, when I make one exception, in the blink of an eye, everything changes.”
It was clear he was in panic mode, so she tried not to let his words bother her…but they did.
“I’ve seen this happen to so many guys,” he muttered, shaking his head. “They swore they were safe. Swore there was no way they could have gotten their girl pregnant…and now I’m one of them. Trying to figure out how the hell—” He turned back to her, his eyes narrow. “Are you sure you took your pill every day?”
How could you be treating me like this? Biting her tongue to keep the words back until it hurt almost as much as her heart, she hugged herself. “Yes. This was an accident, a twist of fate. Nothing more. It happens. This happens.”
“It’s just…” He faded off, not meeting her eyes.
“What? You can tell me anything,” she said, echoing his words from earlier.
She was trying not to get angry, to be understanding, but it was really hard.
“Is it definitely mine?” he asked, his voice so low she almost missed it.
She recoiled. “Excuse me?”
“I’m asking…” He locked eyes with her. “I’ve seen you with other men and even told you to go out and find someone else who could give you everything you wanted. I watched you flirt with other dudes, and we didn’t even talk about being exclusive until two weeks ago.”
Tears blurred her vision because he actually… “Wyatt, don’t—”
“Have you had sex with anyone else since the first night we spent together?” he asked, his voice harder than she’d ever heard it.
“No,” she bit out, clenching her teeth as anger overtook the pain inside her. “It’s only you. It’s only ever been you. Why are you asking me this?”
