It Happened One Season by Stephanie Laurens

Author:Stephanie Laurens
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins US
Published: 2011-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

Jack walked alone on the beach at Rigdon. The sunset created an orange-and-yellow band of exquisite beauty across the still water. He wished Cleo was beside him so that they could share it.

But she was not.

She was at home, sleeping.

At least, he hoped she was still asleep. She had earned the rest. She had been hard at work for almost twenty-four hours.

Hard at labor.

And, shockingly, it was only eight months since the grand wedding at St. George’s on Hanover Square in London that Matt had insisted upon.

It was surprising how large premature babies could be.

Jack smiled across the water.

A son.

And perfect in every imaginable way despite the anxious assurances the physician had given them that the child’s head would look less distorted and the skin of his face less patchy tomorrow.

Their son was perfect as he was. Jack had never seen a more beautiful baby, in fact.

He had left the house to come to the beach because he had been afraid that he might use his time while mother and son slept pestering all the servants with his enthusiasm.

But he was going back now.

Perhaps Alexander needed to be held.

Or perhaps he needed to hold Alexander.

And perhaps Cleo would wake soon and he would see in her eyes again, as he had seen earlier, tired though they had been, that her happiness was complete, that all lingering anxieties had been put to rest.

Foolish Cleo. With her head she still sometimes entertained doubts about herself and his happiness with her. With her heart, of course, she knew the truth.

The heart would eventually rule the head completely.

He turned from the sunset toward the brighter light of home.

And Cleo.

And their son.

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