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Sasha stared at her mother. She had never been able to hide things from her for too long because she always saw right through her. She thought about the best way to tell her mom about the pregnancy. She couldn't come up with any so she stood up. "I'm not troubled, mom..." she said. But when she looked back at her mom she saw her mom still had that concerned look on her face."You are not fooling me, Sasha" Penelope said, "I can tell that something is on your mind. I am your mother dear. You can tell me what it is."Sasha buried her face in her hands, "I don't think you want me to tell you about this. You're going to be so upset with me, and dad… Oh God he's going to be so furious. The both of you are going to be so disappointed" "Oh, Sasha,'' Penelope said, standing up and pulling her daughter into her arms. When she released her, Sasha stared at her with wide, sad eyes," Tell me what it is. Whatever happens, we'll face it together… As a family"Sasha couldn't hold it in anymore. She
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Her parents' eyes were on her, and Sasha shifted uncomfortably in her chair. She'd been so worried about their reaction that she'd barely had time to worry about when they would ask her to name the man she'd gotten pregnant for. Her parents knew the Luthors very well, and she was sure as hell that her father would do something crazy if she told him that Kaleb was the father of her baby. He'd probably decide to have a talk with him, and she didn't want to imagine how that talk would go, especially now that Kaleb wasn't even aware of her situation. He'd probably be pissed at her too. Oh God! What a messy situation this was. "I can't tell you that right now," Sasha said, hoping that her parents would drop it, but knowing it wasn't going to happen. "What?" her father thundered, and again Penelope placed her hand on his."Easy dear" she said. "Please dad, I haven't even told him that he's going to be a father. I know you'd want to say something to him if I tell you. Don't you think he
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Turning sideways, she laid both hands over her stomach. The lacy thong, which was all she was wearing now, exposed the slight swell she’d noticed before. Or perhaps she was only imagining it. She was barely six weeks, after all. How soon was a pregnancy visible? She should have asked her mother."Admiring yourself, Sasha?" The voice was painfully familiar. What wasn’t so familiar was the thickening emotion in his words. If she hadn’t known better, she’d have said that Kaleb had been aroused by watching her touch her body. How long had he been standing in the bathroom doorway? Had he seen her examining her breasts, perhaps? He must have done, she decided, her pulse quickening. That was why he was looking at her with such raw passion in his eyes.She made herself turn her head and look away from him and for a long moment the silence stretched between them. She knew she ought to grab a towel to cover herself, but something—some perverse desire to taunt him, maybe— kept her from doing so
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He unfastened another button at the neck of his shirt, allowing a tantalising glimpse of brown flesh lightly covered with dark hair. His eyes narrowed, thick lashes veiling his expression. "Tilly told me you have been sick. What's wrong with you?" "What? Nothing. Nothing is wrong with me," Sasha retorted quickly, inwardly cursing Tilly for making a difficult situation worse. "You—you don't have to care. Tilly worries about me, that’s all." "She does worry a lot. With that, I agree." He paused, and she knew he was registering the color that had entered her pale cheeks as she spoke. "It was just a cold" she added. "Colds do not usually elicit such concern." "No, well, Tilly is a very—sympathetic person." Sasha made a helpless gesture. "And—perhaps she didn't expect you to— to—" "To what, Sasha?" The steps he took forward narrowed the space between them and she had to steel herself not to move away."To—to care" she said hurriedly, not prepared to admit that he could still hurt he
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His fingers slid over her shoulders and down her back, caressing her hipbones briefly, before moving on to her bottom. Filling his hands with the rounded globes, he brought her deliberately against him, rotating his hips so she was made unmistakably aware of the pressure of his erection."Do you feel that?" he asked, his voice thick with emotion. "Yes, of course you do. But do you have any idea what it’s like to be this close to you and not be a part of you?" "Kaleb—" "You drive me crazy," he went on, as if she hadn’t spoken, thrusting his thigh between her legs. "Stark, staring crazy, and I still want you even closer to me, under me, spreading your legs for me, to give me some relief from this torment you’re putting me through." "Kaleb—" "Do not try to tell me I don’t know what I’m saying," he snarled. "I know. I know, Sasha. Believe me." "Kaleb, please—" The husky tone of her voice vibrated through him, but he was too far gone to listen to reason. He'd missed her damn much and
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Since she'd found out that she was pregnant, fretting over the alternatives she was faced with, such sleep as she’d had had been restless and plagued with tortuous dreams. But last night she’d been so exhausted, she hadn’t been able to keep her eyes open.In consequence she felt rested, more rested than she’d done in a long time.Not since Kaleb had come back into her life, in fact. However, it was time to get up and face the day and it wasn’t just the familiar nausea that was causing her stomach to quiver in protest. Dear God, what had Tilly really thought when her brother had thrown open the door and stormed out of the house without any reasonable word of explanation the night before?At the time, however, Tilly had gazed after her brother as if she didn’t understand the situation. And then she'd looked at Sasha and found she was wearing only a bathrobe and an expression Sasha didn’t quite understand had crossed her face.Sasha's own face had been burning. She’d been all too aware t
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His eyes narrowed, then dropped lower, until he was staring at her stomach, although the pregnancy wasn't visible yet, and she felt the force of his shock, the reverberation of his confusion. It slammed into the room, slammed against her, and if she weren’t so consumed with her own feelings she might almost have felt sympathy for him."Yes." She answered the unspoken question, her voice slightly shaky as she repeated her words. "I’m pregnant." He was silent for no more than a split-second. "Congratulations," he said evenly. "Who’s the lucky man?" Sasha stared at him. "Excuse me?" "The father," he explained. "Of your child." Sasha shook her head in disbelief and the French plait in her hair felt as heavy as lead as it snaked down her spine. Even in her very worst nightmares she could never have dreamed that he would be so insensitive. "Why, you are—of course." she said. "You are the father," His eyes swept shut, almost as if he could wipe this meeting from reality, as if he would
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Sasha curved a hand around her stomach, trying to be generous, to remember he was shocked, that she’d had time to adjust to this news and he was being presented with it all now. "Really?" She arched her brow. "But it is," He swore and moved towards a bar in the corner, pulling out two bottles of mineral water. He stalked towards her and held one out and she took it without thinking, her fingers curving over the top, but she didn't drink it. She watched him take several gulps of the liquid before he dropped the bottle. "I can't…. I can’t be a father. I'm not ready to be one. I didn't plan to be one right now," Kaleb was madder than hell. It was so obvious: she had put him squarely in the frame as the father. No woman had enraged and inflamed him as comprehensively as Sasha. He had tried to put her out of his mind, but his body would not let him, a galling admission to make, but not one he intended to act on. His dark eyes raked assessingly over her. The tiny white shorts she wore hu
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