Suddenly, there was a tap on my shoulder. I froze in place, in an awkward crawling position. ‘Was that really necessary?’ a man’s voice asked. I... had to be the rogue. Damned rogues… ‘Yes,’ I said. Slowly, I turned around to face him. And it was indeed the same rogue I had been watching. He held on the flat of his hand my burr. Guess the dart had found its target after all. I gulped, not knowing how to handle this situation. Social skills were not my strength. ‘This belongs to you?’ I nodded,. Neelima floated out of her chair and sat in her father's lap and kissed him on his mouth, "Daddy, you are transparent like a glass. I wonder how you manage to negotiate with all these multinational tycoons." I somehow survive, Neels. It also helps to hire good help. As we are talking about negotiation, what do I have to offer to take this beautiful girl to bathroom and give her a shower and then tuck her in." Taran kissed Neelima's nose Neelima smiled enigmatically, "That is easy negotiation. They were so old fashioned. We laugh about that now, but it was a real consideration then.We knew the huge amount of unprotected fucking we were doing was definitely going to result in pregnancy, and probably very quickly. We were NOT going to use any birth control. That would have spoiled it. Our families would have been absolutely mortified if she had become pregnant out of wedlock. An Asian bride with a huge pregnant belly walking down the aisle to marry her Caucasian man would have simply. She jerked her head up in surprise. "What?" I said 'sorry'. I feel like I've screwed things up — and I never meant to do that."Ellie looked away and Michael felt his heart sink lower. It was blatantly obvious that she didn't believe a word of his apology. In all honesty, who could blame her?"It wasn't your fault," she said eventually. "I behaved badly too. I should have known better than to drink red wine." You didn't behave badly!" This was ridiculous. Why on earth was she blaming herself?"Yes.