Evan's POV

"I can't believe you moved that girl into your house!" Aria snapped at me.

We were sitting in a restaurant, having lunch together. I had just told her the news about the pregnancy and moving Jasmine into my mansion. Aria was furious. We had been going steady for three weeks now.

"How are you even so sure that the baby is yours?"

"I took her word for it."

She scoffed and folded her arms. "Wasn't she the same one who left you for another man? Wasn't she the same one who embarrassed you at your gala last month?"

"Yes. That's the one."

"And, yet, you're taking her word for it?"

I remained silent. The thought of someone else fathering the child did cross my mind. If that wasn't my kid inside of Jasmine, I honestly didn't know what the hell I'd do. I wanted a kid. And, although Jasmine and I had parted ways, a fraction of my heart still belonged to her, and I was happy she was carrying a baby for me. I believed it was my baby.

"Even if she was lying, there's still a possibility that I could be the father to that child, so I'm not about to leave her out there on her own."

"Evan, you're a billionaire. It's obvious that a woman, and it just so happened to be that current former girlfriend of yours, is going to try and trap you into a constant connection with her. Why is it that the moment in time you moved on with me, she found out she's pregnant?"

"Aria, baby, maybe she didn't know. I know Jasmine. She wouldn't get pregnant with another man's child and move in with me."

"It was your idea to move her into your house!" Aria snapped.

"With all fairness, I didn't hold a gun to her head. I moved her in the mansion because she seemed scared of having a baby and caring for him or her by herself. You don't have to be so uncomfortable with this, or feel threatened by Jasmine. It's over between us."

"I'm not threatened by anyone and, in my opinion, I think you should issue a DNA test once the baby is born. You can't trust this woman."

"I'll do that, just to clear the air."

"And if you're the father?"

"Then I'll do anything and everything for my child."

"And what if you're not the father?"

"Then Jasmine would regret the day she met me."

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Jasmine's POV

I was enjoying the mid-August atmosphere outside by the pool. I laid down on one of Evan's lounge chairs and sipped on my drink.copy right hot novel pub