Marriage Reunited: Baby on the Way by Sharon Archer

Author:Sharon Archer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781460377697
Publisher: Harlequin

CHAPTER TEN

LIZ blinked at the rapidly blurring sight of Jack’s fingers intertwined with hers. How stupid to ask if he was disappointed. The man didn’t want to be a father—why would he care if they had a boy or a girl? Though most men had a gut reaction about wanting a son. Someone to carry on the family name.

Would Jack have been happier if she’d been carrying his son? Not that it’d made any difference with her own father—he’d ignored both her and her brother with cold impartiality.

Jack’s answer was the very best she could hope for. He’d been more accepting of his position as a father-to-be than she’d expected. She shouldn’t want more. And yet part of her wanted much, much more.

Jack’s thumb began to rub slowly along her index finger. The tiny caress was mesmerising, almost unbearably sensual. She’d always loved his hands. So strong and intrinsically masculine. She sealed her lips against an avalanche of silly, need-filled questions that pushed to be spoken.

Did he still love her? He hadn’t said it since he’d been back. He’d never been a man who spoke of his feelings often. And she hadn’t found it necessary to hear it before. But now…Pregnancy stripped her emotions to a raw dependency, shaking her usual confidence. An unsolicited declaration of love would be a balm.

Did he want to hold her or was her rounded body repulsive to him? She longed for a hug, for some physical contact from him with a desperation that frightened her. How could she ask for his touch? Asking would diminish the gift.

‘Liz?’

She turned her head slowly to find him watching her intently through brooding, half-closed eyes. Her heart turned over as his gaze slipped down to her mouth and lingered there. The urge to slide her tongue out to moisten her lips, to leave them parted provocatively, was overwhelming.

‘Yes?’ she managed, her voice rough. She swallowed, waited, hardly daring to breathe.

After a long, charged moment he leaned forward, his midnight-blue eyes still holding hers as he touched his lips to her mouth. So gentle, so undemanding that she could feel emotion welling in her chest again. His lips rubbed hers softly and her eyelids fluttered closed with the delicious sensations. She could feel his breath on her cheek and a faint rasp of his five-o’clock shadow. His teeth grazed her bottom lip lightly.

When he would have broken the contact, she leaned towards him, holding his mouth with hers. Would she have to beg for more of his kiss, for his touch? She sensed his hesitation. A reluctance. Fear and humiliation trickled into her stomach. Had she disgusted him with her hunger?

Just as she was about to pull away, his arm curved across her back, drawing her closer until her head was cradled on his shoulder. His other hand curled around her neck, tilting her chin, holding her as he deepened the kiss. His lips were firm and commanding on her mouth. She twisted towards him, running her hand across his nape, spearing her fingers into his hair.

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