An Unexpected Father by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-12-01T18:34:36+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The more he saw her in action, the more Brady found himself to be totally in awe of Harper. She was nothing short of phenomenal when it came to handling the twins.

As much as Brady hated to admit it—because he had once seen himself as being able to master any and every situation he came across—when it came to parenting and disciplining two rambunctious little boys, Brady was totally out of his league.

Even after putting in six grueling months on the job, he still didn’t have the vaguest idea what to do when it came to managing the twins.

He just wasn’t cut out for parenting, Brady thought, resigned. While Harper seemed to be a natural. Somehow, she just instinctively knew what to do, how to get the lively twins to back off. And, more important, how to get them to behave.

Moreover, she could get them to want to behave.

It seemed to Brady that the two hellions who had come roaring into his life on an express train were in competition with one another as to who could be the more well-behaved around Harper. And, he’d noticed, in competition as to who could manage to earn her first smile of the day.

“You don’t drug them, do you?”

Harper looked at Brady, stunned by his question and certain she had to have misheard what he had just said. “Excuse me?”

“I’m joking.” He held up his hands and grinned. “But I am curious. They’re...well, not exactly calm,” he said tactfully, “but less wild around you than they are around me. Why is that?”

She smiled at him. The man certainly needed to be educated in the ways of children and their instincts. “Because they sense they can have their way with you while they’re not that sure how far they can push me. And, I’m happy to say, I get the feeling that they don’t want to do something that might make me leave.”

It was the tail end of another excruciatingly long day. Brady had come home early—and had come very close to regretting it. His intention had been to attempt to bond with the boys, but that just wasn’t happening. After much bargaining—and with Harper coming in to back him up—he had succeeded in getting the twins to bed.

When he had followed her out of the boys’ room and made his way downstairs, he was completely wiped out. “Let’s face it,” Brady told Harper when she had asked him if there was anything wrong, “I’m just not cut out for this.”

“This?” Harper questioned, clearing away the last of the mess that the twins had managed to create as they played today.

“Being a parent,” Brady answered, then specified, “Child-rearing.” He took in a disheartened, shaky breath as he added, “While you, you’re a natural. I’m surprised that you don’t have kids of your own,” he told her.

“It takes the right man for that,” she answered. Their eyes met for a long moment, communicating things neither was free to say out loud yet. But it was still there.

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