My Girl by Jacquie Biggar

Author:Jacquie Biggar [Biggar, Jacquie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988126319
Publisher: Wavefront Publishing
Published: 2019-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

13

Sophia sat in front of her desktop computer and sighed. So much to do, so little time, and if that wasn’t bad enough, little Egbert here—she patted her slight baby bump—wasn’t the politest of guests. Her hormones were running wild with morning sickness, morphing into afternoon sleepiness and evening weepfests. Poor Tony. He tried so hard to keep her happy, but this baby thing was as new to him as it was to her and she had to wonder if he regretted it. Annnnnd, cue the tears. She loved her baby, they both did. It’s just with the pressure of opening the guest house, maybe this wasn’t the best time to be pregnant. Understatement of the year.

She kept the books. She knew how bad off the ranch was; how close they were to losing everything. Her family needed her to succeed. She wiped her wet cheeks with trembling fingers before clicking the mouse to the Balmoral Guest Ranch website. Thanks to her history in advertising she’d managed to make a professional-looking, welcoming site, and with the pictures they would add from this weekend’s Harvest Dance, the reservations should roll in.

She hoped.

Maybe it had been a mistake to invite Trish and her family to the opening. The Sylvesters were big fish in the investment corporation field, and though Matthew had turned down their offer to buy a portion of the ranch, Trish had approached her with a plan to invest in the venture. And if Sophia could manage to throw Trish and her pig-headed brother, Aaron, together often enough, maybe they would see they were meant for each other.

She prayed.

More than anything, she wanted to see her brothers happy. After their parents died, the boys made a pact to protect her, and she planned to return the favor. If only these stupid tears would quit falling so she could get some work done. She was just reaching for a tissue when Matthew strolled into the office, Pippa on his hip.

“Oh, ho,” he said, brows peaking. “Aunty has a boo-boo.” He hugged his daughter before setting her in the corner with her toys. He made sure Pippa was settled, giving Sophia the time she needed to regain her composure, then sat on one of two leather-tufted chairs across from her desk. “Hormones, or is there something else I need to know about?”

That was Matt. He faced his problems head-on. And family issues were a part of the package. She gave him a wobbly smile and rose to get her aunty hugs from Pippa. “How’s Aunty’s girl? Are you being good for Daddy?” Pippa was about the cutest child she’d ever seen. Big blue eyes and soft blond curls combined with a light dusting of freckles across the nose and one deep dimple in her right cheek when she giggled. Oh, and that girl’s giggles; if Sophia could find a way to bottle them up, the world would be a brighter place.

“She’s always good for Daddy, aren’t you Pumpkin?” Matthew grinned and Pippa grinned back, revealing that angel’s kiss dimple.

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