Having Adam's Baby (Harlequin Special Edition)

Author:Butler, Christyne [Butler, Christyne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Okay, you’ve got us all here, just like you asked.” Alastair Murphy beamed as he looked around the room. “I’m guessing you have a reason for gathering the family like this?”

His father was obviously expecting something much different than what Adam was about to say. He hated to disappoint him, but he had to tell the family everything that was going on between him and Fay.

Well, not everything.

Less than twenty-four hours ago he’d screwed up and used her sympathy over his past to do what he’d dreamed of since he’d returned home.

Hell, what’d he’d dreamed of since that night he and Fay made love back in April.

Having her in his arms again, kissing her, had been incredible.

Incredibly stupid.

He’d wanted his home to be a place where she and their baby would be safe and taken care of. But after promising her that his marriage idea was off the table, he’d practically attacked her.

She’d attacked him right back, too.

He wasn’t so far gone not to know when a woman was kissing him back. But when he’d told her nothing like that would happen again, she’d pulled from his touch and agreed. She’d even pointed out it’d been an emotional day for both of them and that keeping things strictly platonic between them was for the best.

Yeah, right.

“Uncle Dev is missing,” Abby said, her attention on the book in her lap as she curled up on the far end of the couch. “So we’re not all here yet.”

“Wasn’t he supposed to be back an hour ago?” Bryant asked from where he sat near the oversize fireplace, Laurie perched next to him on the arm of the chair.

“He called. He’s having some trouble with the helo.” Liam took a long pull from his beer, his attention on his cell phone. “He’s going to stop by Zachery Aviation down in Laramie before heading back.”

“Is he okay?” Elise walked in from the kitchen, wiping her hands with a dish towel, a simple cotton apron around her waist. “We can hold off putting dinner on the table until he gets home.”

“He’s fine, mama hen,” Liam said with a grin, ducking when his mother flipped the towel at his head. “We’ll be nice and save some leftovers for him.”

Adam glanced at his watch. He wanted to get this over with so they could eat and he could get home.

Fay had been worried his family might hear about her moving into his place from someone else and be upset at the news. He’d tried to convince her to come with him, reminding her both his folks and Nolan already knew about the baby, but she’d had a client consultation scheduled for this afternoon, so he’d agreed to do this alone.

But the longer he waited, the more his nerves ate at him.

And there was no time like the present. “Dev pretty much knows what’s going on anyway, so—”

“Hey, don’t start the family meeting without me.

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