‘Are you in trouble?’ he asked sharply.
‘That’s one way of putting it.’
‘What?’
‘Sorry, bad joke,’ she said with a weak laugh although there was nothing remotely funny about any of this.
‘Get to the point, Kate,’ he snapped. I’m busy.’
Right. Yes. Good plan. She pulled her shoulders back and lifted her chin. ‘There’s no easy way to say this, Theo,’ she said, sounding far calmer than she felt, ‘so here goes. There’s been a...consequence...to our...afternoon together.’
A muscle ticked in his jaw. ‘What kind of consequence?’
‘The nine-month kind.’
There was a moment of thundering silence, during which Kate’s heart hammered while Theo seemed to freeze and pale. ‘What exactly are you saying?’ he said, his voice tight and low and utterly devoid of expression.
‘I’m pregnant.’
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A SCANDAL MADE IN LONDON
Lucy King
Copyright © 2020 by Lucy King
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