Marriage by Contract Part 2 by Sandra Steffen

Author:Sandra Steffen [Steffen, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Beth stepped to the side as soon as she walked through the door, allowing Tony enough room to follow. He slipped out of his soggy shoes, then shouldered his way past the lamp and bookcase he and Martin had moved from her place. Standing barefoot and dripping wet, he looked at her, the need in his brown eyes warming her despite the cool evening breeze.

Christopher made a mewling sound in his sleep, drawing both their gazes. As if the sight and sound of the baby reminded them that he wouldn’t sleep forever, they both strode farther into the room. Moving around a box containing some of her things, Beth bent down to turn on a low lamp; Tony leaned over a sturdy table, ready to place the baby seat in the center.

“Wait,” Beth said quietly. “Let’s take him upstairs to his room.”

“You don’t think we’ll hear him if he wakes?” Tony asked.

“Are you kidding? The next time I talk to Jenna, I’m going to ask her if she can hear him all the way from her cabin in the mountains. I’d just feel better knowing he’s upstairs with us.”

Cradling the infant seat in his arms, Tony said, “All right, lead the way.”

Beth felt his eyes on her and doubted that it was an accident that he stayed three steps behind her all the way up the stairs. She wasn’t accustomed to leading, or setting the pace, or making the first move. The fact that Tony didn’t seem to think twice about allowing her to do all those things cast a spell over her, making her feel winsome and beautiful and strong.

She switched on the night-light in Christopher’s room, then watched from the doorway as Tony placed the baby, infant seat and all, in the center of his maple crib. Brightly colored animals danced from the end of the strings of the mobile. When Tony turned around to face her, her nerve endings danced in a similar fashion.

She felt heat spread to her throat and a fluttering sensation in the pit of her stomach. Tony pulled his shirttails free on his first step toward her, unfastening the top button on the second. By the time all the buttons were undone, he was standing directly in front of her, and the butterflies in her stomach had been replaced by the most amazing sensation.

Before her stood a man who obviously had but one thing on his mind. She’d always thought of him as aggressively male, and yet he’d waited for a sign from her. The enormity of what he’d done for her filled her with a quiet urgency she’d never known before. She and Tony had become husband and wife in name two days ago. Tonight, she wanted them to become husband and wife in every way.

Tony followed Beth to the next doorway down the hall. He’d been waiting for this moment for weeks, and had imagined it dozens of times. In his fantasies, he’d been as strong and passionate as the rumors about him.

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