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Though, he guessed it kind of was, but it hadn’t felt like it with her.
    “So I assume you’re not staying there? You’re welcome at my place, but…” Jace’s words hung in the air. Breck knew his friend’s grandfather was sick. That he was dying, which was why Jace had gone home in the first place. It wouldn’t do his friend any good to have Breck there getting in the way.
    “We’re okay… I think. It was a hell of a shock, but she’s letting me stay.” Which he wanted, probably more than he should. She was too tempting. He remembered the look of her pale, creamy skin and the way it felt beneath his hands. This wasn’t a good idea at all.
    Jace took a moment before he spoke. He was almost as good at that as Breck was. “I don’t want her hurt. She’s a good friend. The kind who’s looking for forever and deserves it.”
    Breck sighed. He’d had a feeling that was the case. “Like I told you on the phone, I’m just looking for a little R and R. I wasn’t joking when I said I’m done with women. Hell, Jace. The last woman I spent time with stole my cat and the first woman to spark any interest in me in a long damn time fainted when she saw me. I’m pretty sure that says something.” Add to all that the fact that he traveled half the time. That wasn’t something most women wanted in a man.
    Jace’s eyebrows lifted, Breck assumed because he’d admitted to being interested in Rowan. “You know me, man. I like to have fun. We’ve had a lot of it together, but it’s never serious for me. The women I’m with all know that, but…” He shrugged. “I’m thinking it’s time I take a little break.”
    “A settling down kind of break?”
    “Hell no.” Not that. Never again.
    “All right. If you change your mind, just don’t do it with her. Actually, with anyone I’m friends with, okay?”
    A little jolt went through him at his friend’s warning. Still, Breck nodded. He knew he wouldn’t be changing his mind. “Do me a favor and don’t mention you know. I don’t want to embarrass her.”
    “Piss her off, you mean,” Jace said with a smile. “You didn’t even have to say it, though. I wouldn’t bring anything up to her.”
    Thunder cracked above them.
    “Want to go grab a bite to eat somewhere? Rain will be here any second,” Jace said.
    Breck felt a smile spread across his face. “Nah. Houdini said I was welcome to go back.” He might not be interested in a relationship, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t have a little fun with her. The truth was, he liked what he knew of her. She was interesting and he couldn’t remember the last time he’d had the pure kind of fun he’d had with her in Vegas—even before they’d gone up to the room. Maybe turning over a new leaf included making a few friends, too. Or at least giving her hell. That would be a lot of fun.
    …
    Rowan couldn’t stop wringing her hands. Her feet didn’t touch the floor as she sat on the bed in the hospital room, so she couldn’t bounce her leg. She still wasn’t able to stop moving, so she let her feet swing. If the doctor didn’t come back soon, she’d freak out.
    “Hello, Ms. McKinley.” The female doctor pulled the curtain closed.
    “Hey.” Her throat was so dry, it was almost hard to speak.
    “We got your lab work back. The nurse mentioned you didn’t think it was a possibility, but the pregnancy test came back positive.”
    “Excuse me?” She couldn’t have heard her right. Maybe she’d hit her head harder than she thought.
    “You’re pregnant, Ms. McKinley.”
    Oh God. Her life was a chick flick. “How…how did this happen?”
    She didn’t realize she’d spoken aloud until the doctor replied, “Birth control is never a hundred percent effective. You’re not on the pill and condoms aren’t fool proof.”
    Rowan buried her face in her hands. Holy crap. She got pregnant from a one-night stand with a guy named Wilder—in Vegas— and now her doctor was giving her a health lesson like