If he wasn't so attractive.
She wouldn't have impulsively slept with him at their first meeting, merely from a glance.
The madness of that night is still etched in her memory.
But now?
It's all in the past.
Her tone is airy, carrying a hint of sarcasm.
"So you're saying this now because I'm carrying your child? If I wasn't pregnant, would you still say this? Would you still stand here and speak these tender words to me?"
She paused, her gaze fixed on him, and continued, "Are you planning to keep ignoring me, using the silent treatment to wear me down? Waiting until I lose heart and leave on my own? Do you think that once I stop pursuing, everything can go back to the way it was?"
Caleb Shaw's body stiffened slightly, and his fingers instinctively curled.
He lifted his head, meeting her eyes, and suddenly felt a bit of panic in his heart.
Her questions were too accurate.
Was he really thinking this way just because of the child?
