Pregnancy Of Passion

She saw that, in the faintly gray cast to his freshly shaven face, in the tiny lines at the corners of hi s eyes .

‘Did you think I was going to do something stupid?”

‘I did not think you would harm yourself, but I did think you might disappear again.”

‘you looked for me the last time.” She’d wondered if he had.

‘Si. But you could not be found.”

No need to wonder how he felt about that. Chagrin and residual anger were clear in his expression and tone.

‘So you picked my lock to make sure I was still in here

. What was I supposed to do-climb out through the window?” She wasn’t anywhere near as big as Salvatore but even so such a thing would have been a real feat.

‘you are resourceful.”

‘I see.” Curiously touched by his estimation of her intelligence and abilities, she turned her head to hide her expression from him.

‘Would you like some coffee?”

‘I had coffee at the hotel. I want to talk.”

Yes, she could tell he’d gone back to the hotel, for not only had he shaved, but his damp hair indicated he had also showered and his suit was fresh. He was wearing a tie today.

Why that detail stuck in her mind she did not know.

Maybe because it was easier to focus on the mundane than the possibility-no, probability-she was pregnant again.

‘What do you want to talk about?”

‘The likelihood we will be parents in nine months’ time.”

CHAPTER EIGHT

THAT had her looking at him.

He wasn’t smiling. No teasing. He’d meant it but then possible parenthood was no joking matter.

‘I suppose this time you’ll believe the baby is yours, or are you wondering if I’ve had a lover in the past year?” 661 know you have not.”

‘How? Have you been having one of your operatives spying on me?” Dull color burnished his cheekbones and her eyes widened.

‘you havel”

‘you would not see me. I had to know you were all right. So I had you checked up on.”

‘WeII unless you had me followed twenty-four-seven you can’t know if I’ve been faithful to you, can you?” Why had she put it like that? There was nothing to be faithful to. They weren’t married. They weren’t even dating any longer.

‘I just know,” he said, ignoring her slip of the tongue.

‘What now security tycoons are psychic too?” It was a juvenile jab and his expression said he thought so too.

‘This arguing is getting us nowhere ”

‘Maybe we have nowhere to go.”

‘On the contrary. We leave for Sicily in an hour.”