Harlequin Intrigue December 2021--Box Set 1 of 2 by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“Hear me out.” Riggs had had no idea, until now, how much Cheyenne blamed herself for the loss of their child, until he heard how pent up her emotions were. “I should have done better by you.”

The look she shot him said she thought he was crazy. He’d seen that look before, so he put a hand up to stop her from objecting.

“You are carrying around the weight of the world on your shoulders, Cheyenne.”

“Which isn’t your fault,” she defended.

“I needed to be a better husband to you. I wasn’t,” he admitted. “I got caught up in the surprise of becoming a father and husband, and volunteered for extra work on the ranch rather than come home and figure out how to talk to you about what you were going through. I told myself that if I just kept my head down and worked, everything would magically work out between us. That we’d figure out how to talk to each other and everything would be hunky-dory. Believe me when I say that I’m usually not that naive.”

“The pregnancy news came out of the blue. We were just getting to know each other, Riggs. You’re being too hard on yourself.” The words rolled off her tongue like she didn’t even have to think about them.

“Am I?” He didn’t think so. In fact, he wasn’t being nearly hard enough on himself.

“Yes. The whole marriage and family idea takes some getting used to,” she said.

“Did you get used to it?” For some reason, it mattered.

“Not really,” she admitted. “We rushed into it. I guess I expected a transition but then with a baby it seemed like being an instant family was going to be a tough hill to climb.”

“Yeah.” He couldn’t have said it better himself. “I’ll be one hundred percent honest right now. I wasn’t ready to be a father. Not when I first heard the news and not a few weeks ago before the...”

He stopped himself before saying the birth.

“And now all I can think about is her...us. I’d give my right arm to go back to the way things were before,” he admitted.

“What would you do different?” she asked.

“I’d be there for you in the way you needed me to. I’d be a helluva lot more excited about the birth. You would not have been in an ER alone,” he said.

“I wasn’t alone. I had Ally,” she pointed out.

“You should have had me.” He started the truck and put the gearshift in Reverse, backing out of the field.

No one spoke for half the ride back to the motel room. And then Cheyenne said, “I’d like to go back to the ranch if the offer still stands.”

Few words could have shocked him as much as those.

“It’s your home, Cheyenne. You’ll always be welcome,” was all he said in response. Despite her arguments to the contrary, he should have been a better husband. There was no excuse in the book good enough as far as he was concerned. But at least

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