Daddy, Unexpectedly by Lee McKenzie

Author:Lee McKenzie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Driving home from the office late Friday afternoon gave Claire a chance to reflect on all the changes in her life since she had run into Luke. So many changes that it was nearly impossible to believe it had only been a week ago. The days since Luke moved in had flown by in a flurry of appointments with her lawyer, her real estate agent and her business partners. Those were interspersed with moments spent with him, some stolen, others planned, all like a dream that had unexpectedly yet almost magically come true.

His dog and her cat had grudgingly reached a truce, although Rex was still on the defensive whenever Chloe got too close. Claire loved taking Rex for a walk, and one afternoon she had even gone for a run with him and Luke. Just as suspected, she’d had a hard time keeping up.

Twice Luke had taken her out on the Ducati, and she’d decided that living dangerously had some serious advantages. The only thing better than riding on the bike, with her arms around him and her body on fire, happened in the bedroom.

What struck her most, though, was how much he had changed over the years. Sitting astride the bike in his leather jacket, he still looked very much like the devilish Luke Devlin she’d crushed on in college, but the reality was very much the opposite. He was thoughtful about how he adapted to her routine, interested in her ideas and opinions on everything, helpful around the house. A gentleman in every sense of the word. Every woman’s fantasy. The bedroom was another matter. Her fantasy was no match for the reality, and he wanted to be with her, Claire DeAngelo, in spite of the extra pounds.

On Monday she’d met with her lawyer and gone over the divorce papers, and they had pretty much agreed with everything. There would be a fifty-fifty split of the proceeds of the condominium after it sold. To her relief, Donald wasn’t asking for anything from her business, which meant she couldn’t go after any of his investments, either. Since she wanted nothing of his, that was not a problem. The only sticking point was the Beatrix Potter book, and now that she knew its value and that he would sell it the first chance he got, she had dug in her heels and flatly refused to hand it over.

Still tucked inside the book was the card his grandmother had written when she had given the book to her.

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