Finding Glory by Sara Arden

Author:Sara Arden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2015-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

WAKING UP WITH nowhere in particular to be on a Saturday was foreign to Gina. She felt as though there had to be something to do. There was some minor unpacking, but she’d put most of her things in storage and had donated the rest.

She liked that they’d spent their first few nights together as a family unit, focused on Amanda Jane. That was how it should be. That’s why they’d done all of this—for her. So it was only right that their time together be about the child and not about the heat between them.

It was a relief actually, to not be afraid of pouncing on him like some sort of rabid animal in heat.

The best part was that Amanda Jane seemed to have settled in with no problem at all.

A small face peeked up over the edge of her bed, interrupting her thoughts. “Wanna go on a picnic?”

Amanda Jane was already dressed and had an empty picnic basket at the ready.

Gina was kind of enjoying not having to move anything, but it was nice to be able to tell her niece yes instead of telling her that she had to work, she had to rest or she had to study.

“Yes.”

“I’ll get Daddy.”

For all of her constant thinking about him, she’d forgotten that he was now a part of everything that Amanda Jane did or wanted to do. She kind of missed the one-on-one time, but she supposed that having a dad was something Amanda Jane was still getting used to and enjoying.

“Okay. Let me brush my teeth and get dressed.”

After getting ready in a pair of shorts, a T-shirt and trainers, she went downstairs to find Reed and Amanda Jane waiting for her.

Reed was wearing a pair of jeans that should in no way ever be legal on a man. They reminded her of things that she shouldn’t be thinking about—like just what exactly was under that zipper.

Above the waist wasn’t any safer. He was wearing another of those damn shirts with the guy on the horse stitched on the chest. The way it accentuated his shoulders, it just wasn’t fair.

“Hey, sunshine. You ready to go?” He cocked his head to the side.

“I didn’t know we’d decided where we were going?”

“I thought we’d take the new walking trails and go downtown. Maybe take Amanda Jane to the carousel museum and eat by the river?”

“That sounds really nice.”

“I’ll make the picnic,” Amanda Jane volunteered.

“I’ll help,” Gina offered.

“No, no. No help. We’re going to celebrate. I made a cake,” she called down the hallway as she skipped to the kitchen.

She cut a sharp glance to Reed. “What are we celebrating?” Then in a lower tone, “Tell me you didn’t let her bake by herself.”

“No. Maybe.” He looked sheepish. “It’s a microwave cake. One of those individual snack things. I supervised.

“That basket looks heavy. I’ll carry it,” Reed said.

The walking path from Knob Hill to downtown was about two miles. She was sure she’d be carrying Amanda Jane on the way back.

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