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It was the question Jessica had been dreading ever since she’d made the decision not to tell him.

It had been the wrong decision. Or at the very least, the wrong thing to do. There had been so many factors to consider, though, and she’d been so very frightened and alone.

To Alex, however, she said simply, “I didn’t think you’d want to know. Most men wouldn’t.”

“I’m not most men,” he said slowly and very deliberately, almost as though each word was a statement unto itself. “I would have stepped up to the plate. And I most certainly would have wanted to know I’d fathered a child.”

“I’m sorry.”

Jessica didn’t know what else to say, not without saying far too much.