A Dad for Her Twins by Lois Richer

Author:Lois Richer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Abby caught her breath at the beauty of the hoar-frosted morning at the ranch. She snuggled into the warmth of her coat, every sense on high alert as they glided toward the building, the sleigh runners making a hiss as they cut through the snow.

“It’s so lovely.” She glanced at Cade to see if he was as affected as she. But then why would he be? This was his normal, everyday world. “This is like something you’d see in one of those snow globes that you turn upside down and shake. Ivor is going to be mad that he missed this sleigh ride.”

“We’ll take him out another time.” The horses whinnied as Cade drew on the reins to stop them in front of a massive red structure with a curved metal roof. “Here we are. I’m going to help Dad out first, so you stay put.”

“Yes, sir.” Abby saluted, then whispered to Mrs. Swanson. “As if I could get out on my own in this condition.”

Cade ignored Mrs. Swanson’s guffaw as he unfolded his father’s traveling wheelchair and set it on the shoveled path. Then he basically lifted his father out of the sleigh and set him in it. “I shoveled the path but is it enough for you to make it to the door?”

“I’ll help Ed. You help Abby.” Mrs. Swanson nimbly stepped down from the sleigh, gripped the wheelchair handles and began moving to the door of the building.

Cade walked toward Abby, filling her gaze, strong and handsome, a part of this land as surely as the frost-flocked pines that surrounded the yard. A rush of pride suffused her. Cade was such a good man, a man worth loving. She wished she’d kept in touch with some of her single friends from work. She could have introduced him to them. Cade needed someone to love him for who he was, someone to share his life’s work with.

“Ready?” At her nod he slid his hands around her waist and lifted her out of the sleigh.

As Cade set her down, her gaze melded with his and Abby lost her breath. Her fingers tightened around his arms as the world swooshed and dipped before her.

“Okay?” he asked when she didn’t immediately release him.

“Yes, just a bit dizzy. I must have moved too quickly,” she said and then thought how foolish that sounded. She hadn’t really moved at all. Cade had moved her, both physically and emotionally.

She felt lighter since their visit to the graveyard, as if a burden had shifted off her. She was moving on with her life, but that didn’t mean she intended to find someone to replace Max. Not that Cade would want that, either. She could hardly be considered desirable.

“Abby? Would you like to go back to the house? We can do this some other day if you’re not feeling well.” The blue gaze of his revealed his disappointment.

“I’m fine, just had another idea for a quilt,” she said airily. And it was true; a quilt of multihued blues that she saw in his eyes would be amazing.

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