A Baby for Christmas by Joanna Sims

Author:Joanna Sims
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-01-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

She found him later in the library building the fire he had promised her. He greeted her with his version of a smile, and she could see that he was clean-shaven and refreshed. She curled up in her favorite chair and pulled the comforter over her legs. Ranger, who had been keeping her company in the kitchen, dragged himself up onto the ottoman and shared a corner of the comforter with her.

“How’s it going?” she asked him as she watched him build the fire. His back was wide and the muscles rippled beneath the cotton of his T-shirt as he loaded wood into the fireplace. The man was covered in hard, thick muscle, where Daniel had been a lean runner. Both were very appealing physiques in their own way. With his back turned, her eyes roamed over his body without censure. There was something she particularly enjoyed about how the muscles bulged in his arms whenever he tensed them in the slightest way.

She also enjoyed the feel of his strong, thick arms beneath her fingers whenever she had to hold on to him for balance. In the beginning, she had spent all of her time with Luke picking out all of the details that reminded her of Daniel. Now she found that she spent most of her time noticing the little details that made Luke distinctly Luke.

Luke held on to his cane and levered himself up. He watched the fire for a moment, made certain that the flame caught, before he set himself down on the couch. Then, he answered her question.

“I’ve recovered from our little field trip, if that’s what you’re getting at.”

“That’s what I was getting at.” There was a smile in her voice. She snuggled farther down into the chair, pulled the comforter up to her chest and sighed happily.

“I’m so glad that you showed up, Luke. These fires are the best part of my day.”

He didn’t respond with words, but he did give her a slight nod. That was another thing she had to become accustomed to with Luke; he was a man of few words. His actions were his words, and it had always been the exact opposite with Daniel. Daniel would talk your ear off without thinking twice. It was hard to pry a full sentence out of Luke most of the time, but she was learning to enjoy the silences between them. She was also learning to pay close attention to what Luke did say, because each word counted for something, and he never said anything he didn’t mean. She loved that about him. As it turned out, there were many things that she loved about Luke. She loved his strength, she loved his honesty and she loved the fact that he thought of her baby as his own.

Perhaps she had always loved him, in her own way; she just hadn’t realized it until Luke had come home early for her sake. That one act opened her eyes. And her heart.

“Can I ask you a question?” she broke the silence.

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