Fall for Me by Sydney Landon

Author:Sydney Landon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2013-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Beth almost laughed aloud when Nick slowly walked through the doorway that evening. He approached her with a wary expression. She had intentionally avoided him all day, knowing it would keep him on edge. Part of her thought she wasn’t being fair to him, but then she remembered the babies she was carrying and how devastating it would be for all of them if he decided he didn’t want to be involved later on. Nick was a good guy, but sometimes good guys hit the road when things got tough.

In her limited dating experience, each guy she had once hoped might be different had ended up disappointing her. She always thought if she were thin, they would stay, but was that really true? Seeing coworkers’ marriages falling apart through the years seemed to indicate that even being slim couldn’t make someone stay if they wanted to go. So if they were going to raise a family together she had to know that no matter what, he was going to be here. Maybe she still had issues from her fat days. In her experience, all men left her eventually. She was just somewhere they stopped until something better came along. It would kill her to let Nick into her heart and have him leave her, too. She just couldn’t take the risk. She had to know that he was more than a fair-weather man.

Giving Nick her most charming smile, she patted the couch beside her. “Hey, honey, come sit with me. I didn’t think you would ever get home.” She hid a smile as he looked at her in surprise. The poor man was probably afraid she had forgotten she was pregnant and drank a bottle of wine. As he still looked at her uncertainly, she patted the couch again, saying, “Hurry up, I’ve missed you.” Boy, she must have really been bad this morning if he was so afraid to approach her. He finally walked over and sat beside her.

“Hey, princess. Are you . . . um . . . feeling better?”

Giving him a confused look, she asked, “What do you mean?”

Clearly stumbling now, he quickly said, “Oh, never mind. I just meant I’m glad to see you so happy.”

“Ah, thanks.” Then giving him her most adoring look, she added, “I ordered Chinese for dinner from that place down the street. I know it’s your favorite.”

“That’s great, princess.” He kissed her lightly on the mouth and started to stand. “I’m going to take a shower before dinner if you don’t mind. As you can see, I came straight from the gym.”

Beth stood up with him. “I don’t mind at all. How about I sit in the bathroom with you and we talk about our day?” Oh, God, look at him squirm. He has rubbed his forehead at least five times since he got home.

“Don’t you need to wait for the delivery guy?”

“Oh, no. I just called before you got home. They only have one driver tonight so it will be at least an hour.

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