Daddy Next Door by Judy Christenberry

Author:Judy Christenberry
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-12-25T05:00:00+00:00

JENNIFER ENJOYED THE FEEL of Nick’s arms around her, his lips on hers. It had been a while since she’d been kissed, a while since she’d dated. She’d been concentrating on her career.

Besides, she hadn’t found anyone who seemed to understand her as well as Nick did. He believed in her career and he agreed with her decision to adopt the girls. No one else, especially her mother, backed her on both those endeavors. It meant a lot to her.

But as he took the kiss deeper, she forced herself to pull away. “Nick, I can’t do this. As I was trying to say, I’m a mother now, and I have to be responsible.”

“Does ‘responsible’ mean no kissing? Because if that’s true, then I vote against responsible.” He smiled to encourage her.

She took a step away. “I just— I need to get back to the girls.”

“Can you get a baby-sitter for this evening?”

“Yes, but I don’t want to. I have to have her tomorrow night for the parenting class.”

“Get her for tonight and I’ll take you out for a steak dinner. Then I’ll baby-sit tomorrow night.”

“I don’t know… No, I don’t think so.” By now she’d backed all the way to her door. “I’ll talk to you later.” She opened the door and disappeared behind it. Then she leaned against the door till she caught her breath. Her heart still beat erratically and her lips still burned from his kisses.

Nick Barry was one potent male.

Shaking her head, she pushed away from the door and walked to the girls’ room. They were all sitting at the big table Nick had gotten them. Missy was coloring, under Steffi’s eye, while she was putting together a puzzle, one of the easier ones Nick had gotten them.

Annie, on the other hand, was working on the complex puzzle Nick had given her. She wasn’t even aware of Jennifer entering the room. Jennifer noted that she had almost finished the outer rim of the puzzle, needing only a couple of pieces to connect the circle.

“You’re doing a great job on your puzzle, Annie,” Jennifer said.

The other girls insisted she look at their work, too.

“Yes, you are all doing well. We need to remember to thank Nick again for the table. It certainly makes a wonderful area for all three of you.”

“Can we go thank him now?” Missy asked, jumping up.

“No, not now. He’s busy this morning. We’ll thank him later.”

Though Missy appeared disappointed, she returned to the table.

“I’m going to go put in some laundry. Do you have all your dirty clothes in the laundry basket in the bathroom?”

Steffi and Annie both assured her they did, but Missy jumped up again and ran to put some of her clothes in the basket.

While she was doing that, Jennifer stripped the girls’ beds of their sheets.

Once she got the laundry going, she headed for the kitchen to start lunch. While she prepared sandwiches for the four of them, she debated whether to hire someone to come in and help her keep the house tidy.

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