With want.
I want this man.
I’m not even divorced, and yet I can’t pretend any longer that what this is between us is just crazy chemistry.It’s much, much more.Despite my flooded eyes, I force on a smile, taking this moment, even though we’re not alone, to enjoy our last connection.
I see the same emotions within him, and my heart misses a beat.
It can’t be.
Does Zander feel true feelings for me?Are we falling in love?Or is he swept away with believing I might be the mother of his children, even after what I shared with him.
“Vitals are good,” the doc says.“You seem healthy.Heart rate is up a little, but under the circumstances, that seems right.”
We stare at the device.
“Okay, what do we have here?”The doctor lifts it.
My heart thunders inside my chest.
Zander moves, leaning over the device, and then his face snaps up and stares at me with such intensity I almost fall backward.
Oh God.
What is it?
“Yes.Okay,” the doctor says like he’s having fun drawing this out.“Looks like...”
For the love of God!
“It’s positive,” Zander rasps, his voice raw.
I glance at the doctor, my brows so high on my forehead it's painful.
He nods.“Positive.”
“Oh, my God.”I wobble, and Zander is there in an instant, helping me off the stool.
“Whoa, let’s get you on the sofa.”
“Oh, my God,” I say again as I sit, my brain goes into freefall.“Oh my God.”
I hear the doctor and Zander talking, and stare blankly as he walks him out, like I’m in a fish tank.The doctor says goodbye, and it sounds likewoodwhy wortny, fa wests will bwe bwack smomorw.
I’m pregnant?
I’m pregnant.
I’m PREGNANT.
OH MY GOD, I’M PREGNANT WITH ZANDER STERLING’S CHILD.
How the hell did this happen?
Zander walks back in, smirking, and crouches before me.“Would you like a glass of water?”
Blink.
A hand reaches out and brushes against my cheek, suddenly snapping me out of my haze.
