Carrying the Lost Heir's Child(24)

                “He’s probably sorry he treated you like that now that you’re famous.”

                Lily laughed and eased back to look him in the eyes. “I wouldn’t know. He left my mother several years ago, just as I was getting my start. He took all the money, even what she’d worked for. He was always a greedy money whore. Money never meant anything to me, still doesn’t. It doesn’t define me, but I saw the evil it produced.”

                Nash’s arms tightened on her again. “Money isn’t evil, Lily. It’s what a person chooses to do with it that can be evil.”

                “Yeah, well I choose to keep my mother comfortable in a nice home that’s in a gated community where she can have her privacy and not worry. Other than that, I don’t need it.”

                “So if I were a rich man you wouldn’t have looked my way twice?” he joked.

                Lily laughed. “Oh, you still would’ve caught my attention. I’ve just always promised myself I wouldn’t get involved with anyone like my stepfather.”

                Nash squeezed her tighter. “Not all men are like your stepfather.”

                “Don’t defend him.”

                Nash’s chuckle vibrated through her. “I’m not, baby. I’m defending all of mankind.”

                Lily snuggled deeper into his embrace, wondering what path they were starting down. The last time her passion had bested her, she’d ended up across the internet, on the news and every magazine willing to make money off her bad decisions. Karma had intervened and her ex hadn’t made it very far in the industry. She couldn’t help but take a little satisfaction.

                Now her passion had cornered her again. This time the consequences were far greater than a soiled reputation. She was going to be in charge of another life. How long would Nash want to be in the baby’s life? Would he honestly be a hands-on father? He hadn’t grown up with a dad so perhaps he truly did want to give this child a better life.

                Lily hated all the unknowns that surrounded them, but her doctor said she needed to relax and she would do anything to ensure a healthy baby. Maybe she hadn’t planned on a child, but the reality was, she was going to have one. There was a little being inside of her right now with a heartbeat of its own, growing each and every day. Angry as she may be at herself for allowing this to happen, she couldn’t deny that she loved this baby already. If that meant relaxing with Nash for the next several weeks or even months, she wouldn’t argue.

                She’d wondered how they would work if they tried for something more serious, more than just ripping each other’s clothes off at every opportunity. How would they mesh together in reality?

                Looked like she was about to get her chance to find out.





                                      Six

                He was screwed. Royally, utterly screwed. He’d wanted to open up to her, wanted to start paving the way for an honest relationship. Or at least some type of relationship, considering she was carrying his child and he was developing stronger feelings for her.

                Nash still couldn’t put a title on whatever they had going because all their “relationship” consisted of so far was hot, fast sex in a stable loft and a surprise baby. He didn’t know what the hell the next logical step would be because nothing about the entire past two months had been logical.

                But Lily deserved the truth and Nash was too much of a coward to give it to her. He’d had an opening last night when they’d been halfway clothed and just talking. Such an emotionally intimate moment hadn’t happened between them before, but that moment slipped by about as quickly as he’d taken off her silky gown. Yet again, he’d let passion override anything else. His need to have her consumed him and he didn’t even try to push it aside and reveal his secrets.