His Hired Baby by Jacqueline Diamond

Author:Jacqueline Diamond
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: medical romance, single father romance, clean and wholesome romance, surprise baby romance, doctor series romance, family romance series, surrogate baby romance
Publisher: Jacqueline Diamond

Don’t you ever forget you’re a lawyer?

Okay, fine. But how else was he supposed to think?

Maybe like a dad.

As one of the swings twisted dangerously close, his patience snapped. “Stop, right now!” His sharp tone made the guilty rider flinch. “Slow that thing down and straighten it out, or you’re off the swings.” He turned to the boy’s friend. “That goes double for you.”

He half expected a smart-aleck demand to know who’d appointed him playground sheriff. Instead, the boys stopped. “Swings are baby stuff anyway,” one sniffed, and off they rambled.

Two moms with preschoolers hurried to take their places. “Thanks,” one of them said.

“I was afraid to put my little girl on here,” added the other.

“Glad I could help.” Tony’s best reward, though, was the proud grin on Brady’s face.

After a few more minutes, the boy spotted a couple of buddies from kindergarten and hopped down. His feet had barely touched earth before he shot off to join them.

Tony joined Kate, who’d ditched her shoes and stretched her legs along the bench. He slid beneath them and plopped her knees over his lap. What a lovely, casually intimate way to sit, with her legs draped over him.

“I’m envious,” she said.

“You mean because I got to push Brady?” he hazarded.

“Because dads have such booming voices. I’d have had to shout myself hoarse at those boys.”

“I never thought about it.” He’d heard of women attorneys who trained their voices into a lower register to ring with more authority. “We tend to take our advantages for granted.”

“When I figure out my advantages, I’ll let you know.”

“You’re lousy with advantages,” he said.

“Name three.”

“Beauty, brains and chutzpah.” The words came easily.

“Chutzpah, anyway.” Kate’s head turned as she checked on Brady. She did that every few minutes, he noticed.

He hoped he’d develop the same constant awareness of Tara’s actions when he was talking to people. Multitasking. Now there was an advantage women had that he’d forgotten to mention.

The park was filled mostly with couples and moms and grandparents, but he spotted a few fathers who appeared to be flying solo. Divorced, perhaps, with weekend visitation. One young father ran about with his son, who must have been at least nine and grew increasingly squirmy as his dad insisted on throwing a ball with a group of kids. The boy’s body language shouted, “Back off!”

By contrast, a paunchy fellow sat on a blanket on the grass, fervently punching buttons on a handheld device while his toddler waddled full speed toward a passing dog. Tony was debating whether to run interference when the dog’s owner tightened his grip on the leash, squatted and showed the child how to approach an animal gently.

The men weren’t all clueless. A fellow about Tony’s age tussled playfully with a toddler while keeping watch over a school-age girl jumping rope with friends. Obviously, he multitasked just fine.

The girl stopped jumping. “Dad!” she called. “Aren’t we supposed to pick up lunch for Mom? We’ll be late.”

The guy checked his watch. “That’s right. Thanks for reminding me.

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