One Secret Night, One Secret Baby

Author:Charlene Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-02-02T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Emma dragged herself through the door on Saturday evening, her twenty-five-year-old bones aching. She was too tired to make it to her bedroom. She tossed her handbag onto the sofa, then plopped down next to it. The well-worn cushions welcomed her and she put her feet up on the coffee table. Stretching out, she closed her eyes.

Little Clinton’s birthday party had done her in. It had gone fairly well for a seven-year-old’s party, though there’d been a few potential disasters in the making. One of the goats in the petting zoo had escaped the pen and begun nibbling on the party decorations. The kids thought it hilarious, until the darn goat made a dash for the cupcake table and nearly downed the whole thing. Emma screamed for the zookeeper to do something, and he’d looked up oblivious to the goings-on from across the yard, giving her no choice but to navigate the stubborn animal back to the pen herself.

But that was an innocent mistake, unlike the guy dressed in a furry purple character costume. Judging by the way he was walking, the guy must have been intoxicated. It was either that or balancing himself in the costume was too much for him. She’d kept her eyes peeled on him for the entire day and thankfully he didn’t cause any trouble.

Then there was the incident at the taco bar. The kids took one bite of their tacos and their little mouths were set on fire from too much chipotle sauce added to the meat. Emma escorted those kids right over to the snow cone machine. Rainbow ice doused the flames and put smiles on their faces again. Disaster averted, but not before Emma scolded the cook. What had he been thinking?

Emma leaned forward and did slow head circles, first one way, then the other. The stretch and pull felt good, easing away a full day’s worth of tension. Her cell phone rang and she had a mind not to answer it, but as she glanced at the screen name, she smiled and picked up. “Hi, Dylan.”

“Hi,” he said in that low, masculine tone that made her dizzy. “What are you doing?”

“Just putting my feet up. It’s been a long day.”

“Tired?”

“Yeah, pretty much. What are you doing?”

“Driving by your apartment.”

“You are?” She bolted straight up, her heartbeat speeding.

“Yeah, I thought I’d take a chance and see if you were up to company. If you’re too tired, I’ll just keep on driving.”

God, just the sound of his voice roused her out of exhaustion. It had been three days since she’d seen him. He’d been constantly on her mind. “I’m not too tired.”

“You sure? You sound wiped out.”

“I’m...not.”

“I’ll be right there.”

A soft flow of warmth spread through her body. Her hormones were happy now. Beautifully, wonderfully happy.

Just minutes later, she opened the door and he walked straight into her arms. He lifted her off the ground as he kissed her and moved her backward to the sofa, setting her down and taking a seat next to her.

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