Chapter 32

‘No,’ she stated flatly.

Bryan gave her a brief glance. The look of almost stubborn anger on Helena's face told him more than any words ever could have done that she had absolutely no interest in how her grandfather reacted to the news of her pregnancy.

‘Do you fear that he will once again be disappointed in you?’ Bryan queried gently.

‘Disappointed?’ Helena echoed. ‘I imagine disappointment is the last emotion my grandfather will feel when he hears he is to be a great-grandfather at last! Or rather that there is to be a Boschheir at last,’ she added, with a bitterness that was unmistakable.

That statement, as far as Bryan was concerned, required clarification! ‘Our child will be the Smith heir,’ Bryan reminded her pointedly.

‘Not if my grandfather has anything to do with it!’ Helena retorted.

‘Which he does not,’ Bryan snapped.

She shrugged, not wanting to carry on this thread of conversation any longer. ‘Then I suggest you take that up with him.’

‘Helena—’

‘Look, Bryan,’ she interrup