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blood pressure cuff.

“It’s nothing really. A stomach bug I think.”

He wrapped her arm and lifted his stethoscope to his ears.

“How long has it been going on?” he asked, pumping the bulb until the cuff squeezed her arm.

“A week maybe? It’s not constant and I feel fine most of the time, but every once in awhile, I get sick. I thought it was something I ate the first couple of times.”

“Blood pressure is good. Let’s take a listen. Deep breath in.”

Harper sucked in a deep breath and let it out slowly.

“Again.”

After a couple more breaths, he sat back. “Lungs sound clear.” He slid his fingers around her neck, under her throat and felt around. “Nothing swollen. Let’s check your temperature.”

She closed her lips around the thermometer and it beeped a minute later.

“A little elevated, but nothing that worries me. And the last time you were sick?”

“About twenty minutes ago,” Ethan said. “We were..well yeah..anyway..she stood up and went a little green and ran into the bathroom. That’s when I called you.”

“Just a few more questions. Have you recently been out of the country?”

“Yes. Tahiti. About a month ago.” Her gaze strayed to Ethan. Never knowing she’d run into her hot hookup when she got back. A smile tilted up her lips and he grinned at her in return.

“You should probably have a few tests run to rule out anything, but you can do that with your regular doctor. Did you get any shots before you traveled? Sometimes they can cause side effects.”

“I was up to date with everything.”

The doctor jotted something down on his chart, checked of a few boxes on the form.

“Date of last menstrual cycle,” he said, his pen poised above the paper.

“Three or four months ago, I think.” When the doctor glanced up in surprise she gave him a smile. “It’s normal for me. I’m very irregular and have been working with my primary for years trying to get things straightened out.”

“Birth control?” he asked.

“Nothing right now. We tried the shot about a year ago, but it made my moods too weird.”

The doctor set his pen down and glanced at her. “So I have to ask. Is there a chance you could be pregnant?”

A laugh bubbled up in her throat and the denial was right there on her lips. Except Ethan sat up and when she looked at him, his eyes were wide. His face a little pale. A slow sinking feeling started in her stomach and the nausea returned.

“Tahiti,” Ethan croaked, his voice breaking on the last syllable. “We didn’t use anything.”

“But…” She couldn’t say anything around the lump in her throat. How? She hadn’t had a period in such a long time.

But it made sense. The throwing up. The way her breast had gotten super sensitive all of a sudden.

It hit her out of nowhere.

She was pregnant.

Today was supposed to be the last time with Ethan, had to be because of everything in the outside world that demanded it.

He was a Wentworth, for God’s sake. As far as her parents were concerned, he might as well have been the son of Saddam Hussein. And surely Ethan’s father would think even less of her, were he to ever find out about all of this.

She covered her face with her hands. This couldn’t be happening.

Why had she been so impulsive, so careless and irresponsible?

Maybe it runs in the family, she thought.

She wanted to look at Ethan, wanted to see in his eyes that he would help her, stand by her, take care of her during all of this. But she knew that he wouldn’t.

This was the same guy who’d disappeared after their one night together, leaving a scrawled apology behind to cushion the blow.

Harper swallowed hard and tried not to sob. She was going to have to be strong now, because decisions needed to be made. And she had no idea what to do next.

THE END OF BOOK 1

Part II

Hidden (Stolen, Book Two)

An Alpha Billionaire Romance

Chapter 1

The doctor looked from Ethan to Harper. “I take it that it’s a possibility?”

“Yes.” Ethan’s voice cracked and he cleared his throat. His eyes hadn’t left Harper and she knew that she probably looked like a deer caught in headlights. Pregnant?

“I can take a blood sample today and get the results back to you if you’d like?” the doctor asked. “So you know for sure.”

Harper felt the blood leave her face and she gripped the arm of the couch. Needles? “Can’t we just wait and see if in nine months a baby