A drunken night in the past was all that it had taken. You were so beautiful, and he was too infatuated. Now, here you stood, after nearly a year of not seeing one another and with the evidence of that night in your arms.

“Why hadn’t you informed me earlier?” He asked, an undertone of uncertainty and disbelief laced his words as his eyes darted back and forth between you and your— no, his child.

“You should stay here with me, and I shall set aside my duties for now…”