His Unexpected Twins by Carrie Nichols

Author:Carrie Nichols
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-13T20:03:06+00:00

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Liam was still stuffing his wallet into his back pocket after paying when Ellie poked into the bag and pulled out a package of chocolate-covered graham crackers. What the hell? He shook his head. She’d given him grief over some stupid bread and she was chowing down on more cookies. He made a mental note to ask Riley if pregnancy made women unreasonable.

Ellie stuck the package of cookies under her arm and held out her hands. “I can carry some of that.”

He lifted the bags out of reach as they exited the store. “I got it.”

She glanced back as they turned the corner onto his street. “See? That’s why I could never move in upstairs.”

He turned his head. What was she seeing that he wasn’t? The street looked the same as it had when they’d arrived. “I don’t follow what you’re getting at.”

“They assumed we were together.”

“Umm...we were.”

She shook her head vigorously. “I mean together together.”

Maybe he was the one losing his mind. He chose silence.

“Once my pregnancy starts showing, people would be asking all sorts of questions and making assumptions.”

“Assumptions? Like that we’d had sex?” Damn his big mouth. “C’mon, they’ll do all that in Loon Lake.”

“Yes, but, judgment or not, they’ll also be there for me if I ever need help.” Her lower lip came out in a pout.

Ooh, what he wanted to do with that sexy lower lip. Even in a pout, that mouth called to him. “This is Dorchester today, not in the 1950s. No one is going to judge you.”

“That’s what you think. How come you never went out with Mrs. Sullivan’s granddaughter?” she asked as they passed Barbara Sullivan’s three-decker.

“Because I have to live on this street.” Evidently they were done talking about moving. He’d bide his time, but he wasn’t giving up. Huh...he should be relieved she wasn’t demanding all sorts of concessions from him, but the idea of her being so far away from him, in Vermont, annoyed him.

“But you said you always part on friendly terms with women you date. No harm, no foul,” Ellie said.

“You wanna try explaining that to Grandmother Sullivan?”

She nodded. “Good point.”

“And for your information, I’m not some sort of serial dater.” However, he’d had enough relationships to understand the signals leading to the point where women began uttering accusations like “emotionally unavailable” and ended things before that happened. He liked to end on good terms. If the relationship progressed to the point of using those phrases, the inevitable parting could become acrimonious. He never wanted anything like that for himself and Ellie. Is that why he’d hesitated getting involved with her in the past? Of course the no-strings-attached thing hadn’t exactly worked in his favor. He glanced at Ellie. Or had it? Could a child keep them together?

“You have to admit, you’ve dated a lot of women,” she was saying.

“True, but they’ve been spread out over sixteen years. Never two at once and I never poached.” Why did he feel the need to defend his dating history? He never had in the past.

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