Harlequin Love Inspired July 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Deb Kastner

Author:Deb Kastner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Laurel set Sarah-Jane in her playard late the next afternoon, then headed into the kitchen to fill her sippy cup. Wes would be here soon, and that concerned Laurel even more than the ominous gray clouds gathering to the west. While she wasn’t able to make it over to Irma’s today because of work commitments, that hadn’t kept her thoughts from drifting to Wes and their conversation last night.

She’d meant what she said about him being a wonderful father. She just wished she had kept that particular thought to herself, because the look in his eyes had nearly been her undoing. Coupled with that little stumble she’d taken at Irma’s…

Filling Sarah-Jane’s cup with water from the dispenser on the refrigerator, Laurel recalled the feel of Wes’s strong arms around her and the way he made her feel safe, protected. The same way he had that night two years ago. No one else had ever made her feel like that before.

A knock at the front door startled her. She quickly put the lid on the cup and passed it to her daughter on her way through the living room where Wes, no doubt, stood on the other side of the door. Pausing, she drew in a deep breath. Lord, help me to keep these crazy, mixed-up emotions in check.

When she opened the door, though, the man on her porch wasn’t Wes. He was older, tall, thin and clean-shaven with short gray hair. Hands in the pockets of his sharply creased medium-wash jeans, he looked nervous. And, while she couldn’t put her finger on it, there was something familiar about him.

With Sarah-Jane safe in her playard, Laurel stepped into the humid air, pulling the door closed behind her. “Can I help you?”

He simply stared at her for a moment before saying, “Are you Laurel Donovan?”

“Yes.”

The man’s faded green eyes teared as a smile quivered at his lips. “My name is Jimmy Donovan.”

Laurel felt her own eyes grow wide. Her nostrils flared as a jumbled ball of emotions slammed into her gut. Her breathing intensified. “Get out of here.” Every muscle in her body tensed. How dare this…this—

“Please, let me—”

“No!” The word spewed from her mouth with a vehemence she’d never experienced. “I don’t believe you.” She dared a step closer, fists clenched. “What are you? Some kind of sicko? Have you been stalking me, gathering information so you can blackmail me or something?”

“No, I would never…” Lines creased his tanned brow, and he appeared confused. Panicked even. Yet he made no effort to move.

Fortunately for her, she spotted Wes’s truck easing toward the curb. He’d take care of this pathetic excuse for a human being.

“You wait right there.” Taking two steps back, she pointed toward the stranger, as though her finger alone would prevent him from fleeing.

To his credit, the guy looked genuinely freaked out as she motioned with her other hand for Wes to hurry.

Thankfully, Wes caught her drift, slammed his truck into Park and practically ran toward her, taking the porch steps in a single leap.

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