Burn For You (Boys of the South) by Marquita Valentine

Author:Marquita Valentine [Valentine, Marquita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, contemporary romance
Publisher: Valentine Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Landry

I’m rocking Mia to sleep in her nursery while I sing the words of Brave like Paisley asked. The baby’s strawberry blond hair lays flat against her head, the only hint of curl in the back. She has blue eyes that are the exact shade of her mother’s.

I think she’s the most gorgeous, sweetest baby on the planet.

She pats my face, then starts pulling on my bottom lip. “Don’t like my singing?”

Mia stares up at me, not saying a word, but her eyes are luminous in the soft light of the room. She smiles, and my heart flips in my chest. I can’t imagine how she must feel, being pulled between her parents. And now they’ve added another person to her life—me.

“I like your singing,” Beau says, and I look up.

He strides into the room, thankfully wearing a shirt and jeans this time. His hair is still damp from his shower. Unlike when I first arrived, when his hair was damp from working out. I almost swallowed my tongue when I saw him standing with Paisley, his nipples pierced and his lip ring flashing. His sweat pants rode so low that I could see the angel and devil tattoos on each hip.

But what really got me thinking, what really made me feel like I didn’t belong, were the initials on his heart. PS. Paisley Sawyer.

“Thank you. Would you like to put Mia to bed? I already bathed her and put her in her pajamas.”

“I can see that.” He comes to stand beside us, and I stop rocking. “You look really sleepy.”

“According to her mother, it’s past Mia’s bedtime.”

“I meant you, sweetheart.”

Regret clenches my heart. Regret that I’ve let myself fall this far for him. “Please don’t call me that in front of your daughter.” Actually, I should tell him not to call me that in front of anyone. On the way back from my parents’ house, I thought long and hard about us, but I was confused as to what to do—that is, until I met Paisley.

Instead of acknowledging my request, he begins to rub the top of Mia’s head. “Start singing again, and she’ll be out in no time.”

I do as he says while he rubs Mia’s head. Our combined efforts put her to sleep in no time at all. I grow quiet as he takes his daughter from me, and then follow him to the crib. Not because I want to be close to him, but because I want to see the routine he has with Mia.

Or so I lie to myself.

He places her on her back, covers her with a light blanket, and then tucks a pink doll beside her. “She’ll turn on her tummy in just a minute.”

“So you wait until she does it, and then cover her up again?” I whisper.

“Yes.” Sure enough, Mia turns over, tucking her legs under her and sticking her butt in the air.

“Oh my gosh. That’s adorable,” I whisper, trying not to giggle.

Beau and I reach for Mia’s blanket at the same time, our hands colliding.

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