Harlequin Medical Romance February 2024--Box Set 1 of 2 by Janice Lynn

Author:Janice Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2024-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

ROMAN GLANCED THROUGH the café window, his throat constricted with fear. The place was busy with lunchtime diners, but, attuned to Sadie as he was, he spotted her easily at a table near the back, sitting with a woman who was obviously her identical twin, a buggy between them, facing away so there was no sign of Milly.

He watched Sadie chat to her sister for a few minutes, her stare falling to her phone often. She was clearly waiting for him, apprehensive that he might change his mind about meeting his daughter.

Compassion for Sadie surged through his chest. This situation wasn’t easy for either of them. Not only had she felt forced to keep her secret, when their baby must have brought her so much joy, given her fertility issues, but she was also giving him time, because she knew about his past and understood how he must be feeling...torn.

Entranced and curious, fearful and desolate all at once.

Drawn to meet his daughter, as he’d been almost from the first instant he’d known of her existence, Roman entered the café. The minute Sadie had put the idea of today’s introduction in his head, he’d struggled to think about anything else. Meeting Milly would of course jeopardise the emotional status quo he’d inhabited since he’d lost Karolina and Miko. But it was too late.

He couldn’t pretend that his baby didn’t exist, and he could no longer stay away. He needed to see her, just once. Then he could make sense of his conflicted thoughts, make a plan, move forward from the numb void he’d inhabited these past few days.

Roman ordered tea he likely wouldn’t be able to drink and headed for Sadie’s table.

The two women looked up.

‘Grace, this is Roman Ježek,’ Sadie said, her voice wary but her eyes alight with a spark of excitement he’d come to depend upon whenever their eyes met. ‘Grace is my sister, obviously. The one I told you about,’ she added for Roman.

‘Hello,’ Roman said, smiling at the woman, so much like Sadie, who cared for their daughter while her parents worked.

‘Nice to meet you.’ Grace stood, nudging the buggy in Sadie’s direction and reaching for her bag. ‘I’ll leave you two alone. I...um...need to make a phone call.’

Grace discreetly melted away.

Roman stared at the hood of the buggy, the feeling that he’d forgotten to do something vital clawing at his insides. Pressure built in his head. He’d imagined this moment a million times since Sadie had informed him of his daughter’s existence, but now that it was here, now that he was about to see his baby in the flesh, he feared his legs would buckle.

‘Why don’t you sit down?’ Sadie suggested, attuned somehow to his inner turmoil.

Roman folded himself robotically into the chair, feeling brittle, as one false move would shatter him into a million mismatched shards.

Sadie reached across the table and took his hand. He clung tight.

‘Do you want to see her?’ Sadie asked, her smile soft with sympathy and understanding.

‘Yes,’ he

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