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“What are you doing here?” I asked bluntly.
“I wasn’t sure you would still be awake.” He said quietly.
“Like I could sleep after that bomb was dropped. Where is Diane?”
“She went home.”
“Home?” I blinked. Why hadn’t she come to talk to me?
He nodded, “Can I come in? I think you and I need to talk.”
I shook my head, “No, I don’t think we should do that, Zeke. Whatever you and Diane have decided to do, she can explain it to me. I think it is better if we avoid one another, at least for the time being.”
Zeke stepped forward, “Yeah, well, I don’t, Shelby. Let me come in and explain what is going on.”
“Zeke, it’s late.” I sighed, “I am sure that I will speak to Diane about all of this tomorrow.”
“No, I think that you are going to want to hear what I have to say.”
“Zeke, please,” I whined slightly. “I’m tired, and it’s been a very long day.”
“And if you didn’t want to hear what was going on, you wouldn’t have stayed up. Let me in so I can explain everything to you.” He gave me a stern look, “I’m not leaving until we talk.”
I growled deep in my throat and turned, leaving the door open behind me so he could enter. I did not doubt that he would have parked his ass outside my door until morning if I hadn’t let him in.
The door shut, and I was in the kitchen when he caught up to me and pulled me around to face him. Before I knew what he would do, he took hold of my face and kissed me passionately. For a few seconds, I gave in to the intense feeling that overcame me, but then I came to my senses and pushed him away.
“Stop! That is what got us in trouble in the first place.”
He grinned down at me.
“Don’t stand there and smile at me! Jesus, Zeke! How can you think this is funny! Diane is having your baby!”
“No, she’s not.” He replied casually with a shrug of his shoulder.
My jaw dropped, and I took two steps back from him. “Oh, my god! Did you talk her into having an abortion?” How could he do that? How had I ever thought I could care about this man?
“Shelby, relax! She’s not having an abortion. The baby isn’t mine.”
I blinked at him, wondering if I was actually asleep and dreaming this whole conversation. “Excuse me?”
He chuckled and stepped forward, taking my face in his hands, “It’s not mine, Shelby.”
“How can it not be yours! We had unprotected sex. I’m sure you two did too!”
“We did, but I know for a fact that it’s not mine. I knew the moment Diane said she was pregnant that there was a lot more to the story.”
“How can you be so sure, Zeke?”
“Because I’m sterile, Shelby.”
His words bounced around inside my skull for a moment, “What?”
“I had cancer when I was a teenager. I underwent chemo and radiation, and it caused me to be sterile.”
“You had cancer?”
He nodded, his dark blue eyes staring down at me imploringly to understand what he was saying. “I did, but we got it, and there is no reason to believe it will ever come back. However, I do get tested every year to be sure.”
