Montana SEAL Undercover Daddy by Elle James

Author:Elle James [James, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626951495
Publisher: Twisted Page Inc
Published: 2018-05-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Kate scrubbed the paint off her nose, hands and arms and helped Lyla do the same. After she helped her niece into clean clothing, she ran to her own room and dressed in freshly laundered jeans and a white, cotton blouse. She brushed her hair out and left it hanging long around her shoulders.

Chuck seemed to like it when she left her hair loose. His eyes darkened and his nostrils flared when she came into a room with her hair down around her shoulders.

For the past three days, she’d done her best to keep from begging him to make love to her again. And it was just as well she hadn’t. Lyla had made a habit of waking up in the middle of the night calling out for her mama.

If she’d done that the first night in the house, the situation would have been embarrassing for all three of them and might have generated a barrage of questions Kate didn’t want to have to provide the answers for. Rachel should have that honor, several years down the road.

When Kate emerged from the bedroom, Chuck was attempting to teach Lyla how to play the Miss Mary Mack hand-clapping game in the living room.

Kate laughed when she saw them. “Where did you learn how to do that?”

A grin tipped up the corners of his mouth. “I have an older sister. She made me play this game until she had it down.” He returned his attention to Lyla and tried again to get her to clap in the correct sequence. They both laughed.

Kate smiled at the silly game, but her smile faded as she remembered how she and Rachel had played that game and others when they were little girls, not much older than Lyla.

She wished Hank would find Rachel soon. She missed her sister and hoped she could help her out of whatever mess she’d landed in.

Chuck straightened, his gaze going to Kate. “Hank’s people are on it. They’ll find her,” he said, as if reading her mind. “For now, we’re going on a picnic to the park.”

He lifted a backpack off the kitchen counter.

She blinked. “You made lunch that fast?”

“You ladies took more than ten minutes. I had plenty of time to make sandwiches and pack some chips, bottled water and a blanket.”

“You’re an amazing man.” She cupped his cheek with her hand and leaned up to plant a kiss on his lips. She did it all as if it was the most natural thing to do. When she realized what she’d done, she shrugged. What the hell? Why not?

Without an apology, she swung her hair back over her shoulder and headed for the door. “Last one to the truck is a rotten egg.”

She flung open the door and would have run out, but Chuck’s hands caught her arm and Lyla’s before either one could race outside.

That’s when Kate noticed a man on the road outside the house, walking a dog.

He slowed as he passed the yellow cottage, his gaze swinging toward them, his eyes narrowing.

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