her time had run out. "Managing Daily Eats would have required a move to Philadelphia," he said. "I thought maybe you'd decided you didn't want to move and figured the best way to eliminate the opportunity would be to sabotage the deal."
"Excuse me," she said carefully. "What made you think I wouldn't want to move?"
He stretched his long legs out in front of him and seemed to study his toes. "Hell. I was a damn fool."
"Yes, we've established that. But I still don't know why you thought I wouldn't move to Philadelphia."
His gaze snapped to her face. "I thought you might have been hoping for a relationship with me."
Her mouth opened. Actually fell open in shock. All this time she'd been thinking she'd hidden her feelings. She was as much of a fool as he was.
Then another thought sideswiped her. The pregnancy. For a few minutes, she'd managed to forget that calamity again.
How was she ever going to tell him about the pregnancy?
Given what he'd just said, he would be sure to think she'd tried to trap him.
Logan frowned, as if he'd been listening to her thoughts. "Why were you carrying on about this being my fault?"
"Why did you say you knew why I didn't come into work yesterday?" she countered. "I didn't know about this lawsuit."
"Josh didn't warn you the offering had been pulled?"
"Uh—" At her hesitation, a cynical look entered his eyes.
"He called," she said quickly. "But only to tell me the dinner was off."
"He didn't tell you why? You didn't ask?" Logan shook his head. "Come on, Amanda. You're not stupid."
She couldn't even take comfort from that backhanded compliment. The father of her child didn't think she was dumb, but he despised her.
She took a deep breath, trying to crowd out the dread that crept through every cell of her body. She had to tell him and get it over with. There was no point in thinking he might be more receptive to the news if he were in a better mood, because he was never going to be in a better mood with her.
"I didn't ask Josh for any details because I was in the doctor's office when he called." She swallowed. This was going to be hard, very hard.
"I'm sorry you're sick." The words were perfunctory. He stood up, clearly intending to leave.
"I'm not exactly sick." She heard the note of desperation in her voice. She had to tell him before he left because, in the back of her mind, a plan was forming. He wouldn't fire her if she were pregnant.
Would he?
She had to have that job. Even if Daily Eats were a lost cause, and she would get to the bottom of who'd sent that note if it was the last thing she ever did, she still needed an income and health insurance. Her baby was more important than her pride.
She opened her mouth, and the words finally spilled out. "I'm pregnant."
Chapter 25
Logan collapsed back onto the sofa, closing his eyes as if he couldn't bear even to look at her. For a long moment, there was no sound in the room.
"You know," he said softly, "I suppose on some level I always knew I’d be caught this way."
"Caught?" The word strangled in her throat. "How are you caught?"
He placed his computer back on the table carefully and looked at her, his gray eyes expressionless. "I presume you’re expecting me to marry you."
Amanda gasped. "You presume too much!" She surged to her feet. "I have no intention of marrying you."
His gaze never wavered. "Then what is the point of the big confession?"
"Good question," she snapped. "If I ever figure out why I thought you might be interested in knowing you were going to be a father, I’ll be sure to let you know." Thank you, God, she said, rolling her eyes to the ceiling. She got the whole thing out without a single tremor.
Turning on her heel she walked across the room and yanked open the front door. "Out!"
"Damnit, Amanda—" He stood up and hefted his laptop once more.
She had to say something to get him to leave before she broke down completely. "You can console yourself," she said, "with the fact that the doctor said I wasn't likely to be able to hold onto the pregnancy." It wasn't true. What doctor would say that? But he was a guy. He wouldn't know. If he believed her, he might decide he was well and truly off the hook, and get out of her