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“I’ll get out of here. I was just giving my congratulations.” Her smile is tentative. “Unless you’d like me to stay?”
God, I could kiss her for being so supportive. This isn’t her place, and if Nathan needs to say something, he
deserves to have that privacy.
“Thank you, but we’re good.”
Her attention swings to Nathan, the question not solely for me. She’s worried about her other friend too. “Nathan?”
Her voice is like a trip wire, and he releases a heavy sigh. “I’m good, Cam. See you later, yeah?”
She hugs him quick and squeezes my hand as she passes. “I’ll see you both later. Love you guys!” she bellows on her way out. The clank of the door closing sounds like a blown transformer in the tense silence.
I’m too restless to resume my seat on the couch and pacing makes me look like a mental patient. “Can I get you something to drink?” I ask if nothing more than for something to do.
“No.” His reply is curt.
“Well, can you spit out why you’re here because I thought we said all we needed to say earlier, so I’m confused why you came back.”
“You’re angry with me? Are you being serious?”
I cross my arms over my chest, feeling exposed. A knot forms beneath my rib cage. “Yes, I’m serious right now. You asked for time, and I’m willing to give it.”
“I was in shock. Still am, frankly. And I do still need time. But I sat on my couch in an empty house for a few hours and realized I had a few more questions I need answered in order to process all this.”
“Get in line, buddy.” I huff under my breath. “You could have called.”
“I’d rather see your face.”
“Why? Do you think I have something to hide?”
He looks at me beneath raised brows, which does nothing to take away how hot he is. Except now he’s angry hot instead of just regular hot. The thought of angry makeup sex turns me on. Stop it right now!
“How sure are you that the baby is mine?”
The question thoroughly douses my libido in a way I don’t know if it’ll ever turn on for this man again. “What did you just say to me?” I grit through clenched teeth.
Nathan raises his palms to me. “I’m not taking pot shots here. That’s not the kind of guy I am.”
“Honestly, I’m not sure I know what kind of guy you are anymore with a question like that.”
His arms drift limply to his side, and he rolls his head back with a loud groan. “Oh, come on. We all know you fall into bed with whoever it is you’re feeling at the time, and I’ve not once judged you for it. But as the supposed father of your baby, I have a right to know if there are any other potential donors!”
“No, you actually don’t.” I blink rapidly to hide the wateriness of my eyes. My heart splits down the middle with the implications behind his words. I’d expect the question if he had been only a one-night conquest, but this is Nathan. He’s been one of my best friends for a decade, and he should know me better than this. Or I assumed he did.
“If you think I’d call you over to tell you that you’re about to be a father if there were other possibilities, then you don’t know me at all.”
“Kiersten—” He takes a step forward that I match with a step back. I hold up my palm to ward him off.
“No. I think I need some time here too. In case you forgot, this was absolutely a shock to me as well. I didn’t plan for you to knock me up.”
Nathan scrubs his hand over his tired face. “I’m sorry. This isn’t how I planned to have this conversation.”
“Yeah, well, me neither. Any other burning questions before you go? I’d hate for you to have to come over again so soon.” The bite in my tone causes him to flinch.
“No, other than asking how sure you are.”
“About what?”
