Harlequin Intrigue December 2019--Box Set 1 of 2 by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Deacon had called twice and Leah hadn’t picked up either time. She was still confused by his actions—actions that had her believing he didn’t want anything to do with her child.

The day was a blur of preschool drop-off and pick-up, grocery shopping and cleaning. By the time dinner rolled around, Leah was certain that being home with her son all day was more work than her full-time job. Both were important and she needed the money so there was no choice about working. But her fantasy that being a stay-at-home mom would somehow be easier was obliterated. Wasn’t there some kind of network that would make the job manageable and less isolating?

Even though conversation with Connor was pretty much numbers and alphabet rehearsals, she felt more fulfilled at the end of day, which struck her as weird. She’d always believed that she worked in order to find that feeling. By the time Riley arrived, Leah was ready to bounce off the walls. She needed her exercise time now more than ever.

“How was school today?” Leah asked, mostly just making conversation as she put on her running shoes.

“Best day ever.” Riley beamed.

Leah took a closer look. Her babysitter practically glowed. “What’s that smile all about? You’re sick of school, remember?”

“Do you remember me talking about Drew?” Riley asked sheepishly.

“Football team Drew?” Leah asked. “Quarterback Drew? The kid who annoyed the heck out of you in pre-calc?”

“He’s not so bad,” Riley defended.

Uh-oh.

“Anything that gets you excited about going to school again isn’t going to bother me,” Leah said. Riley had the worst case of senioritis. “What about him?”

“He talked to me today.”

Well, someone sound the bell tower.

“And?”

“That’s it.” Riley shrugged. “He told me about a party he might be going to this weekend. He said it would be cool if I showed up.”

“I don’t mean to play the old lady card here but that doesn’t exactly sound like he asked you out on a date.” Leah knew that some of the shier guys had a difficult time coming up with the right words and fear of rejection had them keeping conversation general. But she wished he’d given a clearer signal.

Was she still talking about Riley?

“He probably just wants to hang out first. You know, see if we get along before he makes it official.” Riley tried so hard to sound like she didn’t care.

“Well, kiddo, that sounds like a good plan to me. I mean, you may not find that the two of you have much in common after being around each other outside of school.” Leah had a hard time believing a quarterback of a good high school football team could be shy, but she’d seen more shocking things than that. She imagined he had young girls lining up to date him. Leah had had a terrible experience and her defenses were showing. Riley was a beautiful young woman with brains to spare. Now that she really thought about it, why wouldn’t he want to date her? Leah guessed she saw Riley with someone who spent more time with his nose in a book than outside on a playing field.

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