Harlequin Special Edition November 2013 - Bundle 1 of 2 by Lilian Darcy & Brenda Harlen & Rachel Lee

Author:Lilian Darcy & Brenda Harlen & Rachel Lee [Darcy, Lilian & Harlen, Brenda & Lee, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Special Editon
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Seth had been using a twin bed as a convenience until he finished the renovations. So, of course, given all that was going on, did he just go buy another cheap one for one of the other bedrooms? Definitely not. He’d intended to get a king-size bed eventually, to fit his height better, and that’s what he bought.

Try explaining that one to Edie, he thought as he wrote the check for the mattress and frame. But it would be stupid to buy yet another bed he wouldn’t be likely to use in the long run.

He arranged for afternoon delivery the next day, then skipped the sheer idiocy of calling his mother and bought a set of cookware and utensils that were recommended by the clerk. Enough to manage some simple cooking, he figured, and while he claimed to be unable, he’d been married twice. There were a number of things he had learned to cook during those two spells, and he was pretty sure he hadn’t forgotten how.

On the way out the door, heading for the grocery next, he spied a display of stuffed animals. Completing his idiocy, he bought a big stuffed bear for Edie. He could always claim it was for the kid if it bothered her.

He’d been thinking hard since yesterday when she’d thrown out that sarcastic suggestion that they should just get married. His response hadn’t changed. It looked to him like the best way to handle all the things they were going to have to deal with. Logical. Good planning. Mission-specific action.

Thing was, he was beginning to realize that while that might sound like a good reason, things weren’t apt to be so easy in the doing. Why? Because he was still as attracted as hell to the woman, and the more time he spent with her, the better he liked her and the more he wanted her.

If she didn’t feel the same, marriage could be a disaster, for him anyway. He’d meant what he said, though, and if she decided to give it a shot, he’d give it his best one.

But he didn’t really want what he’d offered. He wasn’t sure he wanted to risk marriage again. Both of his had ended so painfully, though in different ways, that he’d pretty much made up his mind never to do that again. When you could avoid that kind of pain, it only made sense to do so.

But this was a whole different equation, one that involved a baby. Every fiber of his being rebelled at the thought of letting that child grow up with an absentee father. No child should have to do that, and even though many did, his was not about to be among them as long as he had breath in his body.

As short a time as Edie had been here, he’d begun to see a change in her. He guessed she was starting to trust him a bit. Certainly the very determined, hard-edged pilot was lowering her defenses

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