Heartsong Cottage
“He threw back the covers and shot from the bed. “You miserable bitch. Damned if you didn’t have me well and truly snowed. This was a setup from the start. What happened? Whoever he is dumped you? Or do you even know who the father actually is?”
As he grabbed his jeans off the floor and shoved his feet into the pant legs, Shannon gasped at the vitriol spewing from his mouth. What had just happened? She’d known he might not be happy about her news, but this rage took her breath away.
“Shame on me... for being so damned gullible. Guess no man is immune to a pretty piece of ass turning on the—”
“Whoa!” she interrupted, finally finding her voice. “Stop right there. I don’t know where this temper tantrum is coming from but you have no call to speak to me that way.”
“No call? No call! You try to foist your bastard off on me and—”
Whap. Her slap against his cheek was an instinctive reaction. “Don’t you ever use that word again when you’re talking about our child.”MoreLess
As he grabbed his jeans off the floor and shoved his feet into the pant legs, Shannon gasped at the vitriol spewing from his mouth. What had just happened? She’d known he might not be happy about her news, but this rage took her breath away.
“Shame on me... for being so damned gullible. Guess no man is immune to a pretty piece of ass turning on the—”
“Whoa!” she interrupted, finally finding her voice. “Stop right there. I don’t know where this temper tantrum is coming from but you have no call to speak to me that way.”
“No call? No call! You try to foist your bastard off on me and—”
Whap. Her slap against his cheek was an instinctive reaction. “Don’t you ever use that word again when you’re talking about our child.”MoreLess
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