One Night, Two Babies by Kathie Denosky

Author:Kathie Denosky [Denosky, Kathie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Category, Texas, Inheritance and Succession, Suspense, Billionaires, Sep 2009, The Illegitimate Heirs
ISBN: 9780373769667
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Zach stared at the ceiling of Arielle’s living room long after he heard her close her bedroom door. If he wasn’t so damned uncomfortable, the situation would be downright laughable. Hell, he’d single-handedly built and maintained a thriving empire of luxury resorts. He had several billion dollars in assets. He had a mansion with eight bedrooms, all with very comfortable king-size beds. And here he was, on a couch that was too short, his head resting on a throw pillow hard as a chunk of concrete and covered up with a stadium blanket that needed three more feet.But other than his back was going to kill him in the morning and he was in one room while Arielle was in another, the evening had gone rather well. After her nap, he’d finally explained about Aspen, hadn’t pushed the marriage issue and his body let her know in no uncertain terms how he still desired her as much now as he had then.

Now he had to convince her that getting married was in the best interest of their babies and by the time her brothers and sister-in-law arrived on Saturday, everything should be set for a weekend wedding. Granted it would be a small, family-only affair, since they didn’t have time to make a lot of arrangements. But later, if Arielle wanted something larger, they could plan a lavish wedding and reception.

Extremely satisfied with the way he was handling everything, he’d just drifted off to sleep when a woman’s keening wail caused the hair on the back of his neck to stand straight up and had him bolting off the couch in less than a heartbeat. His heart hammered hard against his ribs as he made his way across the dark room and when he stubbed his toe on the armchair, he muttered a curse that would have had Mattie washing his mouth out with soap when he’d been younger. But ignoring the throbbing pain that followed, he rushed down the hall and flung open Arielle’s bedroom door.

Relieved to see there wasn’t someone in the room trying to hurt her, he then realized she was writhing under the duvet as if in extreme discomfort. Rushing to her, he turned the bedside light on, pushed the covers away and noticed she was desperately trying to rub her left calf.

“Arielle, what’s wrong?”

“L-leg…cramp,” she moaned, her normally melodic voice tight with pain.

Kneeling on the bed, he brushed her hands aside and immediately massaged her left calf as he loosened up the muscle. “Hang on, darlin’. It should start feeling better in just a minute or two.”

In a matter of seconds, her expression told him the pain was lessening. Now sitting beside her, he continued to gently rub her calf.

“That feels…much better,” she admitted. “Thank you.”

During the ordeal with the muscle cramp, her thin yellow gown had ridden up well above her knees and he noticed that although her stomach had rounded slightly from being pregnant, the rest of her body was every bit as shapely as in Aspen.

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