Our Broken Love by Terri Anne Browning

Author:Terri Anne Browning [Browning, Terri Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

nine

Things were a little crazy the next morning. Christa had invited everyone over for brunch, and they had all shown up. Drew brought Cammi, a turn of events that I was more than pleased to see. Grayson had somehow conned Nina into coming which, in the mood I was in, might not have made for the best of Sunday morning family get-togethers.

Matt had come too, alone, as usual. He helped me set out the last of the buffet of scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, pancakes, crusty rolls, and various fruits. It was a feast, and I was starving.

Everyone was just starting to serve themselves when Rhys joined us. Dressed in jeans and a polo shirt that hugged his chest in that yummy way I liked so much, he had me sweating a little. He greeted his half-brothers and father with handshakes and dropped a kiss on Christa’s cheek before taking his daughter into his arms for a hug. Lilli kissed him quickly before loading up her plate.

“Me too!” Sophie told him. She was looking up at him with her hands on her little hips, eyeing him like she thought he was going to leave her out. “Me too!”

My heart caught as I watched my daughter being scooped up by her father for the first time ever and swung around until she squealed. Rhys was laughing just as hard as she was when he finally put her on her feet with a kiss to her forehead. “Better?” he asked.

“Are you positive you aren’t a giant?” she asked, sounding happy and a little in awe.

“Positive, little bit.” He tugged on one of the pigtails Lilli had arranged her hair into. Sophie gave him a skeptical once-over before taking her place at the long table with Lilli where I had already set her plate of pancakes and scrambled eggs.

After making sure both of the girls had what they needed, I finally fixed myself a plate and took my place at the table beside Matt and an empty chair. Linda, the temporary housekeeper, was moving around pouring glasses of orange juice or refreshing coffee and tea while everyone dug in.

“Can I sit with you?”

I lifted my head to find Rhys standing beside the empty chair. There were several others that he could have chosen. There was one beside Nina, who was directly across from me, or the one between Sophie and Cammi. I wondered if I could handle sitting so close to him after spending so much time with him the night before, but I just shrugged my shoulders. “Sure, I don’t bite.”

“Lie.” He grinned and took his seat. His thigh brushed mine under the table, and I had to hold in the gasp at his hot, hard jean-covered thigh brushing against my bare one. “You look beautiful this morning,” he murmured. “I really like that dress.”

“I-I… Um… Thank you?” I finally stammered out.

There was something different about him this morning. He seemed more relaxed, happy, even. He’d never complimented me like that and certainly never in front of my aunt and the rest of the family.

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