Daddy By Default by Benjamin Nikki

Author:Benjamin, Nikki [Benjamin, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-27T11:31:16+00:00

Although she was fairly sure it was Saturday, Madelyn had no idea what time it was when she first awoke and realized she was feeling better—much better. With the blinds on the windows drawn and the door closed, the guest room in Gabriel’s house was more dark than light and very quiet.

But when she turned onto her side, she spied a slim shaft of sunlight that had somehow breached the barrier to slide across the floor. And off in the distance, faint but recognizable, she heard Brian’s young voice punctuated by the playful yips and growls of her adopted dog.

Glancing at the clock on the nightstand, she saw that it was nearly twelve o’clock. Which meant she’d been sleeping on and off for almost twenty-four hours. She could never remember indulging herself so luxuriantly when she had been ill in the past. But then, living in St. Louis she’d had too many responsibilities—dictated by the wants and needs of her parents, brothers and sistersin-law—to consider herself first. Luckily, she had rarely been as sick as she’d been yesterday.

Just being able to stay home and nurse herself back to health would have been a blessing. But having Millie, then Gabriel and Brian looking after her had been truly wonderful. She hadn’t even had to remember when to take her medication. All she’d had to do was rest, and apparently that was just what she had needed most.

Rolling onto her back again, Madelyn stared at the shadowy ceiling. Her throat was no longer raw, her head no longer ached and the thought of putting something in her stomach besides the orange juice Gabriel had insisted she try to drink was downright appealing. But first she wanted to shower, wash her hair and change into fresh clothes.

Pushing herself up on her elbows, she noticed a pair of her flannel pajamas and her flannel robe laid out on the chair near the bathroom doorway, and realized all three were possible.

Bless Gabriel. He really had thought of everything. He must be as anxious to get her back to work as he’d said he was. Yet she couldn’t believe that was the only reason he had been so concerned about her.

Or maybe she just didn’t want to.

Imagining herself as someone he thought of in any special way was just plain silly. Aside from taking Gloria Munoz’s job at the junior high school, she had caused him more problems than anything else since she’d shown up on his doorstep in Cullen Birney’s company, claiming to own half of his home.

But Gabriel had proven to be a responsible man with a streak of kindness that he probably couldn’t help but extend toward anyone who seemed in need of help. Considering the way she had looked when she answered the door yesterday, he would have had to be much more hard-hearted than he was to abandon her.

Talk about seeing her at her very worst. It was a miracle he hadn’t turned tail and run.

Grinning at the thought, Madelyn finally

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