Baby Mine (Stubborn Texas Siblings Book 1) by Faith Loveright

Author:Faith Loveright [Loveright, Faith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rancher, Romance, Cowboy
Goodreads: 22846938
Publisher: Heart's Desire
Published: 2014-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The next morning when Madeline came down the stairs, she stilled at the sight that greeted her. Eric was standing in the middle of the kitchen wearing only a pair of jeans and his boots. Droplets of water ran down his bare chest towards his waistline and she wanted to lick them from his hot skin.

This was far from the first time she’d ever looked at the man and had naughty thoughts. The further along her pregnancy got, the more often the thoughts bombarded her. Moments like this weren’t exactly making things any easier. A lump of nerves formed in her throat as she stepped into the room.

“I thought you’d be out in the barn by now…” she said, waddling to the fridge to grab something to eat.

“Came back in an hour ago. I didn’t have the heart to wake you. You don’t get nearly enough rest as it is, these days. I’m glad that you aren’t trying to work. As it is, every time you flinch, I wonder if it’s time to worry about getting you to the hospital.”

The surprise on her face was clear and he couldn’t help but grin as he tipped the cup of coffee he was holding to his lips. He knew that she hadn’t come to expect anything but surliness from him. He’d been a grumpy bear ever since he’d moved her in to the house with him and he knew why. What’s more, he was fairly sure she knew the reason for his bad mood too.

“Sorry I was so late coming in last night,” he said, hiding his smile behind his mug. “I decided to go down to the cemetery. Ran into my little brother there…”

“Oh? How is Jeff?”

Eric raised his eyebrows and lowered the cup to his side. “He was surprisingly full of insight for a change. For a guy who wants nothing to do with a personal relationship of any sort, he was shockingly intuitive and observant as to what was going on with me.”

“What is going on with you?” she asked, plopping into a kitchen chair, feeling overwhelmed.

He chuckled and signaled a toast to her in mid-air with his coffee cup. “As if you don’t know. I’m afraid I haven’t been very good at hiding the way I feel around you.”

Madeline gasped and settled her hand on her belly. She wanted to pursue where he was going with that comment more than anything, but in that moment, she knew that she would have to wait.

“As much as I’d like to hear what comes next, I think you’ll need to hold off on telling me,” she interrupted him. A tear rolled down her face and she nodded her head at the panicked look he shot her way. “It’s time…”

Panic filled Eric as he fumbled in the drawer for the keys to his truck. He’d known in his head that this day would eventually come, but the reality that it was actually upon him seemed unreal. This woman had completely turned

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