Consequence of His Revenge (One Night With Consequences) Page 17

  “I would never do that,” she vowed.

  He smiled. “No, you won’t. And neither will I. I love you.”

  “I love you, too. Now let’s have a do-over. See if you can last a little longer this time.”

  “I will take that challenge, bedduzza,” he chuckled, then set about proving his staying power.

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  ‘We were so hot, Cecelia, and we could have been good, but you chose to walk away. You left. And then you denied me the knowledge of my child and I hate you for that.’ And then, when she’d already got the dark message, he gave it a second coat and painted it black. ‘I absolutely hate you.’

  ‘No mixed messages, then?’ She somehow managed a quip but there was nothing that could lighten this moment.

  ‘Not one. Let me make things very clear. I am not taking you to Greece to get to know you better, or to see if there is any chance for us, because there isn’t. I want no further part of you. The fact is, you are my daughter’s mother and she is too young to be apart from you. That won’t be the case in the near future.’

  ‘How near?’

  Fear licked the sides of her heart.

  ‘I don’t know.’ He shrugged. ‘I know nothing about babies, save what I have found out today. But I learn fast,’ he said, ‘and I will employ only the best so very soon, during my access times, Pandora and I will do just fine without you.’

  ‘Luka, please…’ She could not stand the thought of being away from Pandora and she was spinning at the thought of taking her daughter to Greece, but Luka was done.

  ‘I’m going, Cecelia,’ Luka said. ‘I have nothing left to say to you.’

  That wasn’t quite true, for he had one question.

  ‘Did you know you were pregnant when you left?’ Luka asked.

  ‘I had an idea…’

  ‘The truth, Cecelia.’

  And she ached now for the days when he had been less on guard and had called her Cece, even though it had grated so much at the time.

  And now it was time to be honest and admit she had known she was pregnant when she had left. ‘Yes.’

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