His stomach lurched as she stood up and the chair fell behind her. He hated this. He didn't want her to think poorly of him. While nothing he'd said so far was untrue, he would have loved to have told her it wasn't like that, and that he wasn't like that, because he wasn't. Reputation be dammed, he didn't really jump into things with women without considering how it would affect them. Particularly with Melody — he'd told her over and over how miserable she would be if she married him, and the sex in the closet had been her idea more than his.
But he'd rather Nova think him a scoundrel and eventually forgive him than think the worst of the mother of his child, and have it impact her relationship with his son or daughter forever.
"My luck just ran out," he said, with a frown. "Consequences catch up to you no matter how selfish you are. But she certainly never deserved the misfortune of being stuck married to me."
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But he'd rather Nova think him a scoundrel and eventually forgive him than think the worst of the mother of his child, and have it impact her relationship with his son or daughter forever.
"My luck just ran out," he said, with a frown. "Consequences catch up to you no matter how selfish you are. But she certainly never deserved the misfortune of being stuck married to me."
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