Expecting the Boss's Baby Twins Under His Tree by Christine Rimmer

Author:Christine Rimmer [Rimmer, Christine/Smith, Karen Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408903704
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2010-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Mitch paced the maternity floor waiting room and stopped when he saw Lily’s friends watching him peculiarly. He didn’t like the worried expressions on their faces. Raina, Gina and Tessa were all baby experts. Along with them, he knew premature babies often had problems—thirty-three weeks was iffy.

Trying to loosen up the tight feeling in his shoulder, arm and hand—injuries that reminded him all too often of his service in Iraq—Mitch flexed them, then sank down on one of the vinyl chairs.

Moving forward on the sofa, Tessa said gently, “It really hasn’t been that long.”

What was worrying Mitch was that they hadn’t heard anything in the hour they’d been here. Closing his eyes, he remembered the day Lily had learned she was having twins. It had been the week before Thanksgiving. One of the techs in the office had performed the ultrasound. Mitch had just finished discussing fertility procedure options with a couple. As his clients had headed for the reception area, he’d noticed Lily exit the exam room, her complexion almost sheet-white, her blue eyes very bright.

“The ultrasound go okay?” he’d asked.

“Oh, Mitch, I’m having twins!”

He hadn’t been able to tell if she was totally elated or totally terrified.

Clasping her hand, he’d pulled her into the office he’d just vacated. “What’s going through your head?”

She’d stood at the chair in front of his desk, holding on to it for support. “The obvious. I’ll be a single mom. My friends all say they’ll help, but these babies will be my responsibility.”

“Twins will always have each other,” he pointed out. “They won’t grow up lonely. They’ll be able to play together.” He hoped Lily could see the upside of this monumental news. “Girls or boys?”

“They’re girls.”

“Our techs are pretty good at distinguishing the difference.”

Lily had actually blushed a little. Until he’d met her, he didn’t think women blushed anymore. But she was blonde with fair skin and all of her emotions seemed to show in her complexion. Major ones had played over her face over the past few months—grief, fear, determination and the sheer loss of her husband.

“Troy would be so proud,” she’d said, tears beginning to run down her face.

That’s when Mitch had done something he never should have done. He’d taken her into his arms. She’d laid her head on his shoulder, crying. And he’d felt desire that had no place in that room.

Mitch had met Troy—at that time Troy and Lily had been engaged—when the Family Tree staff had planned a dinner to welcome Mitch into the practice. Since he’d once served in the Army National Guard and Troy still had, they’d developed an immediate rapport, becoming friends. After Troy and Lily married, Troy had even asked Mitch to watch over Lily while he’d served overseas.

But then Troy had been killed in action, leaving Lily pregnant and alone.

When Lily had finally looked up at him, Mitch hadn’t been sure what he’d seen there. Yet he’d known damn well it hadn’t been interest. Gratitude, maybe?

She’d pulled away, wiped her eyes and mumbled an awkward apology, and they’d gone their separate ways.

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