Baby Be Mine(Spinsters & Casanovas Series Book 1)(111)

“The name’s Hunter, not Anton,” Hunter said, sitting down again.

And this time it was Max who looked like he’d just seen a ghost.

“Cou-could you repeat that again?” Max stuttered nervously as he felt his carefully constructed mosaic of Clarice, her baby, and Anton breaking into tiny pieces. “Your name, repeat your name again.”

“Hunter, Hunter Silverton,” Hunter said, taking in Max’s sudden change of attitude.

“Ho-how are you related to Anton Silverton?” Max asked quietly, not really wanting to hear the answer.

“He’s my cousin,” Hunter said.

Like a little deer about to be hit by a car, Max’s eyes shot up with the realization he had once again interfered with his cousin’s life. And this time, the consequence was beyond forgiveness.

“Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!” Max sank into his chair, his head in his hands. “Clarice is going to skin me alive. God, I gave her the wrong sperm. I’m just going to die now. Good-bye. I’ll just text my will to my lawyer. Yes, I’ll do that,” Max muttered to himself in his moment of sheer panic.

“Get your head together, kid,” Hunter said when he saw Max’s strange behavior. “What’s gotten into you?”

“You don’t understand. You were a mistake. I don’t even know you. I thought you were the one she was after, so that was why I tricked you into that room. Oh God, I might as well die now. I can’t face Clarice. Help me. Just bring me a noose. Let me hang myself here. I’ll text Whitney and Elise to let them know I’m moving on to the next life.”

“Max, what the hell are you on about?” Hunter asked in a panic as his frantic heartbeat chased the rhythm of his breath. “What mistake? Not the one you thought?”

“You…” Max gasped, then gave up and laid his head on the table, wailing like a little lost puppy. “Just kill me already. I can’t face Clarice.”

“Max, Jesus, get a grip, boy.” Hunter pushed Max’s head up and looked into his brown eyes. “What the hell are you talking about? Answer me.”

Max’s lips trembled slightly. “You want to find out who your mysterious goddess is?”

“Yeah.” Hunter’s eyes lit up. He would get to see her again. Inside, he felt a sudden wealth of happiness.

“She’s Clarice, my cousin.” Max spoke quietly but clearly.

Hunter was stunned speechless for a moment. “What? You mind repeating that again?” His heart beat faster now. All his focus was zoomed onto Max and those words echoing in his ears. But he was afraid he didn’t hear him properly. He needed to hear it again.

“I said your mysterious goddess is my cousin, Clarice. She’s the one that slept with you that night in Queenstown,” Max cried out. “But you don’t get it. She didn’t know it was you.”

Hunter didn’t hear anything. For the second time that day, he was in complete and total shock. First the doctor announcing to him that Clarice was pregnant, and now finding out his mysterious goddess was actually his avocado.

“But this means… this means…” Hunter couldn’t finish his sentence.

“It means you’re the father of Clarice’s baby.”





CHAPTER 26





Clarice opened her eyelids slowly. The bright light really hurt her eyes, so she closed them again. Feeling she could now adjust to the light, she slowly fluttered her eyes open again and saw Whitney’s and Elise’s worried face looking down at her.