Lone Star Daddy by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781408920527
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd.
Published: 2011-09-08T18:25:14+00:00

A few hours later Alexa woke to daylight streaming through the window. Jonas was stretched out beside her on the wide bed. He was sound asleep, his face lax and unguarded.

Between them, nestled in the crook of her arm, her son was sleeping, too, and as she looked down at his sweet, tiny face, she felt a pang of deep longing and regret. How wonderful, how truly perfect, it would be if the three of them were a family. Jonas would love her baby. He would father it the way a child should be fathered, she realized.

But she was only dreaming a pleasant dream. Jonas had kissed her and held her. He’d even delivered her child. But he’d never once talked about love or forever. Would she be crazy to think he would ever talk about those things with her?

The question was still swirling around in her mind when she saw his eyes flutter open and slowly focus on her face.

She smiled and her heart swelled to such fullness that she could hardly breathe.

“Good morning,” he said huskily. “Are you okay?”

“I’m—” She blinked as happy tears gathered in her eyes. “I’m wonderful. Thanks to you.”

He propped his head up on one hand. “Don’t give me the credit. You did all the work and then some. And I hope you don’t mind me lying here next to you two. I wanted to stay close. In case you needed something.”

Reaching across the baby, she touched his cheek. “I’ll never forget what you’ve done for me and the baby. Never.”

Sheepish color crept up his face, and he looked awkwardly away from her and down at the baby. “Don’t make me out to be a hero, Alexa,” he said lowly. “Hell, you have no idea how scared I was.”

“Hmm. All I saw was a cool guy with a pair of steady hands.” Seeing that her praise was embarrassing him, Alexa changed directions and pushed the thin blanket away from the baby’s face. “Look at him, Jonas. He’s the most precious thing. He has black hair like me.”

Jonas smiled as he studied the baby’s sleeping face. “Yes. I already noticed the hair.”

“And look at his little fingernails. They already need to be clipped!”

“I described his fingernails to the doctor. He said that meant the baby was all ready to come out and greet the world. I’m relieved he wasn’t premature.”

She rubbed her thumb over the baby’s tiny hand. “How much do you think he weighs?”

“About a half bucket of horse feed.”

She chuckled. “Jonas, be serious! How much? Really.”

“Oh, I’d say he’s a pretty big boy. Maybe eight pounds or so.”

A sigh parted her smile. “That will give him a good start.”

A good start. Her life was just beginning, he thought enviously. While his felt as though it was ending.

Rising from the bed, he looked down at woman and child. If they belonged to him, if the three of them were a family, the whole world would seem like a bright and beautiful place. For a while, he thought sadly.

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