A Baby for the Doctor by Stephanie Dees

Author:Stephanie Dees
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love Inspired
Published: 2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

It was after midnight when Ash pulled the car into the driveway and turned off the ignition. Jordan’s head was spinning with everything that had happened. The awards dinner, the civic group’s incredible generosity to Triple H and, most of all, the time with Ash at the river.

They sat for a moment with the car ticking in the silence.

Because the kiss on the riverbank was what her mind lingered on, she rambled. “I had a really nice time tonight. I have to admit that I felt like an idiot getting all dressed up. And those shoes. Well, the shoes were as bad as I thought they’d be, but the party wasn’t. The people were amazing. The award. I don’t know what to think about that, still.”

“It was a really great night. But next time we go on a date, maybe you pick the place.” His phone buzzed and she wondered who it was contacting him after midnight, but he cleared it from his screen without a glance. “I can walk you to the door.”

She shook her head. “I’m going in to check on Levi before I hit the bed at my place.”

Before she could get out, he had his door open and was around the car opening hers. He held a hand out. She slid her fingers into his and stood, the torture-shoes dangling from her other hand.

His eyes were on hers, a mischievous, flirtatious look that she knew she would be thinking about after he left. His lips were inches—millimeters, really—away from hers. Her breath caught as he ran a single slim finger down her jawline. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

She held his gaze, wishing she could see inside that quick, agile mind. “Okay.”

Brushing past him with a rustle of blue silk, she walked up the steps and into the house. She leaned back against the door, her eyes closed. What a night.

“About time you got home.”

The shoes hit the floor. “Claire? What are you doing lurking in here?”

Her twin sat up on the couch. “Waiting on you. Yoga pants in the powder room. Ice cream in the freezer. I want details.”

Jordan found the stretchy black pants and an oversize T-shirt in the bathroom and slid into them with no small amount of relief. Claire had even left a padded hanger on the hook on the back of the door for the dress.

Grabbing the tub of ice cream from the freezer, she dropped onto the couch beside her sister and passed her a spoon. She dug it into the rocky road and looked into Claire’s expectant face. “It was the most horribly boring evening I’ve ever had. I can’t believe you all talked me into going.”

Claire’s face fell and a half second later, she was laughing. “You almost had me. But you won an award that came with fifty thousand dollars tonight. That’s not boring.”

Another spoon of ice cream and a sigh. “It was magical. I can’t even believe I’m saying that because I had on a formal dress and killer heels for hours, but it was just one of those nights that was.

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