"Please place your seal here, Lady Grint."

"No!"

"Don’t make this harder than it needs to be. Just do it."

"I said no! Why on earth would I marry you?"

"Then who would you marry, my lady?"

At a distance close enough to feel each other’s breath, Therious Hurt gently raised his index finger and began tracing soft circles over my flat belly. My body stiffened at the strange, indescribable sensation.

"My child is right here. Who do you think you’re marrying if not me?"

I got dumped by the man I’d loved for 10 years, and in a fit of anger... I slept with his superior! It was fine up to that point, but what am I supposed to do now?!