Dane
Dane's heart stopped. "What is it, babe?" he asked quietly, taking her hand and internally bracing. What had he forgotten? What had he missed? Where was the danger?
"Dane, I'm so sorry. I wanted to tell you, but—"
"What happened? Is something wrong?" His swallowed hard and put a hand to her shoulder.
"No, I mean… I have to tell you that I'm not pregnant." Dane went very still. "I was lying to Chris. Banking on the fact that he doesn't know how to read a pregnancy test. The two lines were to show that the test was taken properly, that's all. It was negative. I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to disappoint you. I just…" she trailed off miserably.
