Cinderella's Scandalous Secret by MELANIE MILBURNE

Author:MELANIE MILBURNE
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-07-10T11:50:15+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

RAFE CAME BACK upstairs with a meal on a tray, after giving his housekeeper the rest of the evening off, but when he entered the bedroom Isla was sound asleep. She was curled up on her side, the red-gold cloud of her hair spread out over the pillow, one hand resting on the swell of her belly, the other lying under her cheek. He was in two minds whether to wake her or not. She needed her rest but she needed food too.

And he needed to keep his hands off her.

But he wanted her with an ache that wouldn’t go away. Touching her earlier had stirred his desire into a throbbing beat that barrelled through his body even now. He had called on every bit of willpower he possessed, and then some, to keep his desire in check. He didn’t want to be blinded by lust, so blinded he got caught out a second time.

He was determined to take things slowly this time.

Slowly but surely, that was his plan.

The future was what he was focused on—their future as a family. He had to show her she had a place in his life as his wife and partner and mother of their child.

A permanent place.

Rafe placed the tray on the bedside table with as little noise as possible. He sat on the edge of the bed beside her curled-up legs and pressed his hands hard against his thighs to stop himself from touching her.

Let her sleep. Let her sleep. Let her sleep. He chanted the words in his mind but to no avail. He found himself brushing a corkscrew curl away from her face and her periwinkle blue eyes opened and met his.

She gave a self-conscious smile and pushed herself up into a sitting position. ‘I must have fallen asleep...’ She glanced at the fragrant array of food on the bedside table and a little frown tugged at her forehead. ‘Gosh. That seems a lot of food for one person...’

‘You’re not one person at the moment,’ Rafe said, placing the tray across her lap. ‘You need to feed the baby that’s growing inside you.’

Her gaze shifted but her frown didn’t go away and her teeth sank into her lower lip. ‘Rafe...’

‘Eat first. We can talk later.’

He handed her the cutlery and her gaze slowly crept up to meet his. ‘I just wanted to thank you for earlier. You’ve been so kind and I’ve been a bit of an ungrateful cow towards you.’

Rafe brushed back another stray strand of hair off her face, tucking it behind the neat creamy shell of her ear. ‘This isn’t an easy time for either of us. You more than me. But I’m confident we can make this work. We have to. We have a child in common and he or she has to be the priority going forward.’

Isla’s frown crept back between her eyebrows and she began to pick at the food. ‘Have you ever changed your mind once it’s made up?’ she asked after a moment.

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