Meant for You by Michelle Major

Author:Michelle Major [Major, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503943667
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“You hit the man-jackpot with that one.”

Jenny turned from setting the table to where Dina stood in front of the sink, staring out the window with a goofy smile on her face.

Don’t walk over there. You don’t care about the man in your backyard. It’s a game. It’s an act.

But even as she mentally repeated every excuse she could think up, she felt her feet moving her closer.

Dina turned off the water and made room for Jenny in front of the sink. Her breath caught as Owen ran by the patio carrying Dylan on his back. The boy laughed wildly while Cooper chased them, holding tight to Emma’s hand as he did. Jenny loved the flagstone patio with its old-fashioned planter boxes and view of the mountains far in the distance. She’d added a table and chairs with an oversize sun umbrella and spent as much time as she could out there in the evenings.

“I thought they were playing soccer,” Jenny muttered. “That looks like chase.”

“It looks like fun,” Dina said, her voice wistful. “Do you know the last time John played with our kids?” She rolled her eyes. “Never. My dad spent hours with us in the backyard. Kids need that.” She glanced at Jenny. “Did you have a fun dad?”

“I didn’t have a dad.” Jenny grabbed the sponge from the back of the sink and wiped at an invisible spot on the counter. “Cooper doesn’t either, and he’s turning out fine.”

“Now he has Owen. He’s great with the kids.”

“Yeah,” Jenny said. “Imagine that.” Her skin got the same hot, prickly sensation she’d had the night of the party where she’d set it up to look like she was cheating on him.

Owen Dalton was a man she could easily fall for, and she’d learned a painful lesson from the two men she’d been foolish enough to love—first her father and then Trent. If she made herself vulnerable and gave her heart to someone, she was certain to have it broken. Jenny had spent her whole life aching for the dad she never knew and a good portion of it bitter after being deserted by the callous teenager who’d walked away from her and her unborn son.

She would not make that mistake again. No matter how perfect Owen seemed, she couldn’t trust him. Or herself. Mostly herself.

The problem was her. She couldn’t be certain about her father, but Trent had gone on to marry and have a wife and kids. He simply hadn’t wanted her or their unborn child enough.

The boy who was the center of her world.

As she watched, Owen dropped to his knees in the grass at the edge of the patio. For a few seconds Emma rode him like a horse, then he pointed to a nearby bush. All of the kids gathered around him to peer at whatever was in the branches.

Like it was the most natural thing in the world, Owen sat back on the lawn, putting an arm around Emma and lifting Dylan to his lap.

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