Chapter 145

‘The day after...’ She swallowed, felt a blush heat her cheeks and hoped Ariston couldn’t see in the dark. ‘The day after I saw you I slept in. I took the pill three hours later than I normally would.’

‘And that was enough to keep it from working?’

With a self-conscious laugh she patted her little bump. ‘Apparently the mini-pill has to be taken at exactly the same time every day—although I didn’t know things were quite that strict until it was too late.’

‘You must have been shocked.’

‘I was in a complete daze. I...I didn’t know what I was going to do.’ She hesitated in making that admission, afraid that Ariston would use it against her, but he just nodded.

‘That’s understandable.’

‘So for a while I didn’t do anything. And then I felt so sick I couldn’t do anything but drag myself through each day. When I went to the doctor to get some medication for my nausea he said something—just a throwaway comment about how such sickness usually meant the baby was healthy. "Here to stay," is wha