His Texas Christmas Bride

But being a father? Raising a child? God help him. Or more accurate, God help the poor child.

That’s as far as he could go right now.

He simply couldn’t wrap his mind around it. But there was no sense in getting shell-shocked until he had the facts in hand.

He knew he sounded like a first-class jerk, but the sad truth was he wouldn’t be able to wrap his mind around the pregnancy until he was certain the baby was his.

Yes, she was three months pregnant. Yes, he’d slept with her twelve weeks ago. But they’d been together one night. He didn’t know her or how many guys she’d slept with or when she’d slept with them. Even though he didn’t want to believe she’d try to saddle him with another man’s kid.

But he didn’t really know her. Because of this, he reminded himself, it wasn’t out of line to ask for proof that he was the father.

“We used a condom,” he said. “I just don’t see how this could’ve happened.”

She squinted at him and did a little head jut.

“Hello, you’re a doctor. You, of all people, should know that condoms aren’t one hundred percent fail-safe.”

He shrugged. “You’re right. They aren’t foolproof. But they do prevent pregnancy most of the time. I need a paternity test for my own peace of mind. It’s not you, it’s me. When you get the test and the results come back, you can tell me I’m a jackass and say I told you so as many times as you want.”

She scoffed and shook her head, obviously disgusted with him.

“Becca, don’t be mad, please.”

“I’m not mad at you. Because even though I don’t sleep around, Nick—before you, I’d never had a one-night stand, and after I got the news, I wished I never had—you couldn’t possibly know me well enough to know that. So I’m not mad at you. I’m mad at myself for sleeping with a man who doesn’t know me well enough to know that.”

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