The Billionaire I Married

say?" Kevin asked i

uth. Kate hadn't expected him to jump for joy after revealing her pregna

I said I'm pregnant,

apped, having recovered

," he continued heatedly. "How

last time, remember?"

back across his living room like a caged tiger. Kate watched hi

and devil-may-care personality. As a teenager, Kate fantasized ab

who happened to be Kate's boss at the town's only pastry shop. Kevin is Darlene'

gged him to church during the annual Thanksgiving service. They'd hung out a coupl

arlene's pastry shop as a pastry chef. It was her

eans. His living room in the small apartment he'd lived in for the past two years since he move

inned Kate with his icy blue eyes t

this to me?" He

ded with confusion. "Wha

" Kevin continued. "What made you th

n. I didn't do this by mys

t!" He denie

e gasped in

ted. "You did this to yourself, and I'm not going t

k a home kit test yesterday and it was positive. I knew I was pregnant e

about this?" K

," Kate

I'm sure you're smart enough to figure

prise. "Kevin! Are you sayin

at thing and let's go on with our lives separately. I'm not abou

say to me?" Kate as

big to be lived out here. Do you think I'm satisfied with just being a junior engineer in that

doing well at it and earning a reasonable income. He'd always hinted at wanting to travel a

up to, Kevin?" Kat

town in a few days to start my MBA program in Michig

onishment. "You're going away

ugly. "I'm getting ou

ed in the gut. Was Kevin being s

tell me about this?" K

very good at breaking up with ladies. There's always lots of crying invol

love with this guy? Why did she ever think this spi

just made it easy for me. So, there you

baby?" Kate as

" Kevin ask

now," Kate answered agitated

"If this was your little trick to get me to marry you, then I'm s

stupid and humiliated at the same time. How wa

responsible for it was literally cutting her loose a

erwhelmed by this situation right now, but we can make it

while looking at Kate wit

, wasn't I?"

what?" Kate

en dropping hints about it all year since your brother got married last year t

't have to insult my fam

if you want, but don't think for one second that I'll send you my hard-earned money for you to buy diapers and baby foo

n't just abandon me here with a baby. Do you realize ho

te. Do you know what year it is? Nobody cares about women h

in Sommerville,"

aunt in Atlanta? The one who taught you how to bake cookies and cakes.

st mine," Kate reminded him. "

Kate, and said, "You need to leave now. I'm ex

ate aske

"Don't bother asking me who

." Kate

He opened it and made a sweeping motion with his o

ppening. Kevin had not only denied being responsible f

him, hanging on to a tiny spark of h

ike the kind of man who falls in lo

evin she'd dreamed of marrying someday and having a brood of babies with would

"I've done you a favor by being honest with you. Wouldn't it be worse if I pretended

back on this day and thank me for doi

d was made up. He wasn't going to accept the b

Kevin didn't deserve her tears. She was a fool to have thought he had a single noble

ting on and she walked purposefully toward the front d

erve better. And yes, you were right. I'm going to look back on this day and remember it as the day I rescued my baby from

ishment and come up with a witty response to her scalding

finally broke free and ran down her face. She had no idea what she was going t

would be devastated. And her father? He would be crushed. He was her biggest cheerleader and

ked herself aloud through her flood of te

ake of giving herself to Kevin. She'd wanted to remain a virgin until she got marri

for her choices. How was she going