The Doctor's Accidental Family. Jacqueline Diamond

she was pregnant, I did what I figured was the right thing. I asked her to marry me.”

      Zady regarded him skeptically. “A romantic proposal with flowers, a ring and so forth?”

      “More of a ‘we should get married’ proposal,” Nick admitted.

      “And to your astonishment, she declined.”

      “She insisted on placing the baby for adoption.”

      “You didn’t object?”

      “I had no right to pressure her,” he said. “How could I insist Bethany do what I wasn’t prepared for—raise a child alone?”