A Baby In His Stocking (The Buckhorn Ranch Book 4) by Laura Marie Altom

Author:Laura Marie Altom [Altom, Laura Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother-To-Be, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Small Town & Rural Area, Cowboy & Western Romance, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, The Buckhorn Ranch Series, Family & Domestic Life, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Winter Weather, Buckhorn Family & Siblings, Anti-Family Policy, Sterile, Just Friends
Publisher: Harlequin American Romance; Original edition
Published: 2011-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

FACED WITH A PLETHORA of bath toys and seats and lotions, Wyatt wasn’t sure the pep talk he’d given himself on being a better uncle would be enough to see him through his voluntary task. From the looks of it, bath time may be more complex than he’d anticipated.

Setting Mabel on her feet, he asked, “Can you tell Uncle Wyatt what we’re supposed to do?”

She pointed at a pink rubber duck. “Ducky says quack!”

“Thanks,” he said, ignoring the ball of fear in his gut. “That helps a lot.”

She pointed to a boat. “Boat goes brrrrooooom!”

“Esther, I don’t suppose you have any clearer advice?”

The infant blew a raspberry.

Okay—well, water would be a great first start, but he wasn’t sure on the temperature. Seemed like one of the women he’d dated had told him her niece screamed whenever her water was even lukewarm. Personally, he enjoyed a near-scalding shower, but that had to hurt baby skin.

Wyatt couldn’t help but smile when Mabel had already stripped and climbed into a purple plastic bath chair in the tub.

“Bubbles!” She pointed to a giant bottle of Mr. Bubble.

A knock sounded on the door. Natalie asked, “How’s it going?”

He scratched his head. “We’re good except for water temp. Thoughts?”

“That is tricky.” On her way to the tub, she overwhelmed him with her trademark scent of watermelon lotion, along with lingering traces of her delicious dinner. She squatted to adjust the faucet, revealing a yellow polka-dot thong. “What you’ll want to do is run your wrist under the warm water, like this. Checking to ensure it’s not too hot. Make sense?”

The only thing that made any sense to Wyatt was Natalie removing her jeans to give him a better look at how little she wore in the way of panties.

Two weeks…

If he could keep his eye on the prize of freedom to be gained in those fourteen days, he’d no longer need worry about the naughty thoughts that had a way of popping into his head whenever she was around. As a woman growing more pregnant by the day, she was the enemy. Last thing he needed was her nonverbal reminder of the one thing he wanted, but would never have.

Mouth dry, he nodded. “Got it.”

While the tub filled and Mabel splashed, Natalie said, “Esther’s the tricky one. As you can see, Mabel knows the drill.

“Set Esther’s seat in the tub, preferably on the opposite end as her sister. Then, you’ll want to place her in it. Use a plastic cup to get her wet, then go over her body with the baby wash and rinse. For her hair, there’s baby shampoo. Once you finish, she has a special towel—” she pointed to a hooded pink hippo hanging on the wall “—just put it over her head and pat her nice and dry. Then you add lotion, a fresh diaper, pajamas and voilà, you have a baby ready for bed.”

“How’d you learn to do all of this?”

Her helpful smile faded. “You know Josie had a daughter with her first husband, right?”

Wyatt nodded.

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