Well, maybe he wasn't taking it well after all. Inara kept her hands in her lap, her eyes sliding down to study them. She didn't think he was suggesting she end the pregnancy, and she would never agree to that anyway. He sounded rather overwhelmed and not overly pleased.

"Yes, this is real. I am pregnant, and as you're the only man I've been with in quite some time . . . " It was clearly his. If her birth control was going to fail, at least it wasn't while she was a Companion. "I understand if this is too soon for you."