Harlequin Desire November 2015, Box Set 2 of 2 by Janice Maynard

Author:Janice Maynard
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459292031
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Sitting in the waiting room next to Jessie, Nate watched several pregnant women and their partners being called back to the examination rooms and wondered if the guys felt as clueless about all this as he did. He’d done a little research on the internet about what a woman went through as the baby grew inside her and how her body changed, but he couldn’t say it felt all that real to him.

Maybe he hadn’t come to terms with the fact that he was going to be a daddy. He still couldn’t feel the baby move when Jessie told him to put his hand on her rounded stomach. When was a man supposed to feel a deep emotional connection with his baby? Was he the only guy to feel like he was part of something that he couldn’t quite get a handle on? Or was he destined to be like his biological father—a man who was incapable of feeling anything that didn’t benefit him in some way or hadn’t come out of a whiskey-soaked haze?

The thought that he might turn out to be cut from the same cloth as his worthless father was Nate’s worst nightmare. Joe Rafferty had been an abject failure at being a husband and father, and the day he walked out to leave his two sons on their own after their mother died had been the luckiest day of their lives.

They’d had to resort to armed robbery just to survive. But even that had turned out to be a lucky break for them. After getting caught, they had been placed in the care of Hank Calvert and during their stay at the Last Chance Ranch, they’d learned what it meant to be honest, law-abiding men.

His brother Sam had turned out to be a great husband and father despite the early example their father had set for them. But Nate had yet to prove himself. Could he live up to the standard his brother had set? Could he be the man he’d always hoped he would be?

“Jessica Farrell?” a woman in a white lab coat called from the door leading back to the examination rooms.

Brought back to the present, Nate rose to his feet and took Jessie’s hand in his as they walked down a hall to the room where the ultrasound would be done. He had no idea what he was supposed to do, but he figured holding her hand for moral support was a good start.

“I’m Dr. Evans,” the woman said, introducing herself to Nate.

“Nate Rafferty, ma’am,” he said, removing his Resistol and extending his hand.

The doctor smiled as she shook his hand. “Are you two ready to find out if you’re having a boy or girl?”

“I’ve been waiting for this day since I discovered I was pregnant,” Jessie answered, sounding excited as they entered a small room.

When the doctor looked at Nate expectantly, he didn’t know what else to do but nod. He wasn’t about to explain that he had only

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