Billionaire's Baby Chase by Valerie Parv

Author:Valerie Parv [Parv, Valerie]
Language: kor
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373192700
Google: q9GIGQAACAAJ
Amazon: 0373192703
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1998-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Thanks to Zoe’s painkillers, the throbbing headache gradually dulled to a tolerable ache, but James knew the relief wouldn’t last. He cursed himself for not packing his medication, but he’d been sure he could manage without it for one night and it didn’t go with driving in any case.

Fat lot of good that bit of bravado had done him. Now he didn’t have either the painkillers or the steadiness of vision to tackle the bush track in the dark. He wasn’t fooled by Zoe’s assurance that she could handle it. Wilderness driving was a challenge for an experienced driver. To someone new to off-road vehicles it was unthinkable.

She made a habit of doing the unthinkable, he noticed with a surge of unwilling admiration. Dragging herself out of the mire of a bad marriage to remake her life and career after her husband died. Making a home for Genevieve when her family couldn’t be traced. Coming with him to White Stars when it was probably the last place Zoe wanted to be.

He had to hand it to her. She was a fighter.

She was incredibly passionate, too, judging from the all-too-brief kiss they had shared. His investigators had reported that her late husband had been jealously possessive, so she probably didn’t know the half of it herself. Exploring her full potential in that area would be a positive pleasure—for both of them, James thought, then chided himself. It was pointless to torment himself with the remembered warmth of her mouth or the softness of her slender body in his arms when he could offer her only an uncertain future. Today’s fiasco proved it beyond doubt.

He made himself get up and move. Luckily they hadn’t fully unloaded the car so it wouldn’t take long to get under way. Zoe had already gathered up the food and kitchen utensils and had stowed them aboard.

He smiled as Genevieve appeared at the cabin door, dragging a packed sleeping bag in one hand and clutching a Vegemite sandwich in the other. Zoe had managed to make a game of their need to drive home in the dark, turning a potential disappointment into a new adventure. She had short-circuited Genevieve’s protests by telling her a story about the possums, wombats and kangaroos and how they were most active at night. Now the little girl couldn’t wait to get going.

Funny, but he couldn’t recall Ruth ever being so considerate with their child. The sight brought a pang that was hard to dismiss. Zoe was a much better mother than Ruth had ever been. A much better wife? He shoved the thought aside. As the one coming between her and Genevieve, he’d be the last person to interest Zoe. Under the circumstances it was probably just as well.

She looked pale but resolute as she got behind the wheel, and at her shaky smile his respect for her notched even higher. “Ready to go?” she asked.

“Maybe I should drive.”

She frowned in denial. “You can barely see straight. And you daren’t take too many more painkillers until you’ve seen a doctor.

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