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For her, anyway.
    So, “I’m
pregnant.”
    Seth blinked
three times.
    Erin didn’t say
anything else. Just watched him carefully. Tried to gauge his reactions and
also give him a little time to process what she’d said.
    After a moment,
he adjusted his hand on the desk. His fingers flexed and then relaxed, but that
was the only move he made. “And I’m to assume it’s mine?”
    “I wouldn’t be
here otherwise.”
    Seth’s eyes
never left her face, and he appeared to search her expression for an underlying
motivation or agenda. “And have you decided what you’re going to do?”
    For a moment,
she hesitated. She’d decided two weeks ago, but telling Seth—the first person
to whom she would speak the words—would make it real. Would make it final
somehow. “I’m having the baby.” She met his eyes directly. “And keeping it.”
    He inclined his
head—not quite a nod but close to one. Then he asked something she never would
have expected. “Why?”
    Erin felt
ridiculously put on the spot. “Do I owe you an explanation? Why does it
matter?”
     “I was just
curious. I never would have expected you to make that particular choice.”
    Resentment rose
up in Erin unexpectedly, even though he was simply voicing thoughts she’d had
more than once herself.
    He looked at
her with elevated eyebrows, as if he fully expected she’d tell him whatever he
wanted to know. As if he were entitled to such private information from a woman
with whom he’d spent only one night.
    “What right do
you have to presume to know me at all, particularly regarding a choice like
this? Women like me don’t always choose to do only one thing. You’re making
superficial assumptions, and those usually end up being wrong. Too many factors
go into making a decision like this, and there’s no way to predict what a woman
will choose to do.”
    She’d thought Seth
would be a little peeved at her response, particularly since her tone got
rather sharp as she built up the momentum of her argument.
    But he simply
nodded. “You’re right.”
    This surprised Erin
so much it took a minute to recover her focus.
    “You’re sure
it’s mine?” he asked, smoothly moving back into the discussion. He didn’t
appear to be shocked or upset by the news she’d dumped on him. In fact, he
looked very much like he was discussing a case with a new client.
    That fact
actually gave Erin some comfort. It would be better for all concerned if Seth
treated this only like business. That way, he wouldn’t try to interfere in her
life and things wouldn’t get complicated. “It’s yours. Other than you, I
haven’t had sex with anyone in four months.”
    He revealed no
reaction to this statement either. “You won’t object if I request a paternity
test? I don’t mean to doubt your word, but I’d rather be careful—”
    Erin didn’t let
him finish. “Of course, I’ll agree to a paternity test, but I assure you this
isn’t some roundabout way of snaring you for a husband and creating a happy,
little family. I don’t want to be a family. I just felt obliged to tell you
about the pregnancy.”
    Seth appeared
to think about her words for a long time, but, when he spoke, he had changed
the subject. “We were protected.”
     “We used a
condom, but obviously it didn’t work.”
    For the first
time, Seth’s brow lowered. “I know how to use a condom. We double-checked it.”
    “Things happen.
Even when used perfectly, condoms aren’t a hundred percent effective. Or maybe
there was a tiny tear that you didn’t see. We’d been drinking.”
    “At that point,
we weren’t that drunk. I would have noticed.”
    Erin rolled her
eyes. “Yes, I’m sure your powers of observation are infallible, even when
half-intoxicated and midway through a fuck. The condom might not have torn.
Maybe it leaked a little before you pulled out. The fact is we’ll never know.
And why does it matter now anyway?”
    “You seem to be
very settled about all of