A Bride Before Dawn by Sandra Steffen

Author:Sandra Steffen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

At the end of Lacey’s first day as Joey’s nanny, she left him in Reed’s care and, with her library books under one arm and her purse over her shoulder, walked out the back door. She was surprised to see Marsh walking toward her. She’d known that he and Noah were back when they’d buzzed the house, but she hadn’t heard anyone drive in.

“I’ll see you on Monday,” Marsh said gruffly as he walked past. Lacey and Reed had discussed her work schedule, and since the brothers apparently had been in contact and agreed that they would handle Joey’s care over the weekend, Lacey saw no reason to detain Marsh now. Cradling his right hand, he went inside without saying another word.

Noah was waiting for her in the driveway. Unlike Marsh, he looked relaxed and at ease. “Hey, Lace,” he said. “Got a minute?” His voice had taken on a sleepy velvet smoothness that didn’t necessarily mean he was sleepy.

Shading her eyes with one hand, she was pretty sure she was about to hear about step two. They seemed to have the same idea at the same time and, in unison, cut across the driveway to the shade of an enormous maple tree. An old-fashioned swing hung from a high branch. After giving the ropes a tug, Noah said, “Care for a push?”

She hadn’t expected that, but she set her things out of the way and tested the ropes, too. “Maybe a small one.”

He slipped silently behind her, and then she felt herself being drawn backward. With a whoosh, she was soaring through the balmy evening air. A little giggle bubbled out of her.

“Want another?” he asked.

“No.” She laughed out loud. “This was easier on my stomach when I was a kid.”

“Do you remember the first time we went out, Lacey?”

“Out?”

“You know, on our first date.”

She glanced over her shoulder at him to see if he was serious. His eyes, those deep brown eyes, were trained on hers. His lips were parted slightly, the edges tilted up just enough to tell her it was an honest question.

She straightened her arms and leaned back. Her hair nearly brushing the grass every time she passed the middle, she looked up at the branches disappearing in the lacy green leaves and considered Noah’s question.

Back in school, he was one of those guys all the girls noticed. Two grades ahead of her, he’d driven an old white Charger, a sweet car if there ever was one, until he wrapped it around a tree his senior year. How he made it out alive was anybody’s guess. He’d been popular with everybody, even the teachers who shook their heads and threw their hands up in surrender for all the times he pushed his limits and theirs.

Lacey’s path didn’t cross his until a few years later. He’d grown up a little by then. He hadn’t settled down, but he’d found something he loved more than driving too fast and raising hell.

Late one night after he’d returned

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