Having My Baby by Theresa Ragan

Author:Theresa Ragan [Ragan, Theresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-04-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“So you’re not married and you’re not dating anyone?”

Jill smiled at Grandma Dora and answered the same question for the third time in the past ten minutes. Derrick’s sister, Rachel, gave Jill an I’m-so-sorry-you-have-to-go-through-this look.

Truthfully though, Grandma Dora was fun to be around and Jill was glad she’d come to the picnic to meet everyone. Derrick’s family, whether she had planned it this way or not, was going to be a part of her and Ryan’s life. Over the last few hours, Jill had managed to squeeze in a few questions of her own, but getting a word in edgewise was not an easy task around the Baylor family.

“I’m glad you’re available,” Grandma Dora said, “because I think you and my little monkey make a cute couple.”

Rachel put a hand to her temple. “Oh, Grandma, please. We all have real-life names and Derrick is way too old to be called monkey any longer.”

“Don’t get your panties in a twist, my little Tinkerbell. It’s just a name. Nothing to get worked up about.”

“She is right,” Derrick’s mom chimed in. “Jill and Derrick definitely make gorgeous babies together. Just look at this sweet face. Is he the best baby in the whole wide world, or what?”

Rachel and Jill looked at one another and laughed.

An hour and a half ago Jill had given up trying to convince Derrick’s mother, two dozen neighbors, and especially Grandma Dora, that she and Derrick weren’t meant to be. They were not fate in the making or destiny at work. For starters she explained that Derrick loved football, while Jill had never watched a game in her life. According to some older articles she’d found on the Internet, Derrick tended to date curvy voluptuous women. Jill happened to be the opposite of voluptuous. She wore an A cup before Ryan was born, and she had no hips to speak of. According to his sisters, Derrick was a meat and potato guy. She preferred sushi. Derrick was one of ten; she was one of two. He liked action movies; she liked romantic comedies. He liked coffee; she liked tea. The list went on and on.

But, after getting to know Derrick over the past two weeks, she realized none of that mattered.

She liked Derrick Baylor.

She liked the way he looked into her eyes whenever they said hello. She liked the way he kissed, too, and the way she felt when he wrapped her in his arms and held her tight. She liked the way his mouth curved upward and his eyes twinkled when he smiled. He always smelled good, and he looked as good wearing a pair of sweats and a T-shirt as he did in slacks and a button-down shirt. She liked his positive and cheerful disposition. She liked the way he looked at Ryan as if his chest might burst from all the love he was feeling every time he cradled his son in his arms. And now, Jill realized, she liked his family too.

But although there

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