A Diamond for the Single Mom by Susan Meier

Author:Susan Meier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-10T18:28:36+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

HARPER STARED AT Seth as he held her baby at eye level and talked to her. Speechless didn’t come close to what she was feeling. For a guy who’d only a few weeks before claimed he was afraid of babies, he held Crystal like a pro.

“You wouldn’t be the first woman to try to steal me away.”

Crystal patted his face. He didn’t even blink.

Harper took a sip of coffee to ground herself in reality, but the delicious pastries were forgotten as he made stupid faces and talked with her little girl.

Warmth filled her, and she had to make a conscious effort not to let the amazing feelings she’d been having for weeks bubble up and form the word.

Love.

She could not love him.

She wasn’t even supposed to like him, had struggled to keep her emotions in check. Yet here she was, with a feeling in the pit of her stomach that couldn’t be denied. Love. Or at least the beginnings of it.

He was easy to be around, fun to be around, and he could no longer say he didn’t like babies.

And she’d made her peace with Clark being gone.

She could love Seth. She simply couldn’t do anything about it. He was a playboy, not the kind of guy to get serious. And even if he was...why would he pick her?

Clark’s widow. She might be someone he’d play with, but that would be all.

Considering all these feelings were new, maybe they weren’t fully formed? Maybe they were a possibility, not a total conclusion? Maybe she could guide them, so they wouldn’t fully form?

She ended her debate with the knowledge that Seth was a great guy, worthy of her affection as a friend, and that settled her mind. It gave her great peace not to be fighting herself. She liked the idea of having feelings for him. She also liked the idea of controlling them. That was, after all, what adults did. Not let every little wisp in the wind drag them into things that were wrong for them.

That’s how she could have a good time, not get hurt herself, not hurt or annoy Seth. Who probably wouldn’t want to know she was feeling all this.

They spent the next hour with her pushing the stroller toward the Arc. But half the time Crystal wasn’t in it. Seth picked her up and gave her her own personal tour of the city.

When Crystal tired, they went back to the hotel. Harper fed her and put her down for a nap, but she didn’t go back to the sitting room with Seth. She took a long bath to pamper herself, then dressed for dinner early, knowing she had to take Crystal to the penthouse so the nanny Jake and Avery had hired could watch both babies.

She dressed Crystal in pajamas, then packed a diaper bag. When she came out of her room, Seth was nowhere in sight, so she left him a note that she was taking the baby upstairs to the nanny.

When she got to the penthouse, the luxury of it stole her breath.

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