Pregnant with the Paramedic's Baby--The perfect gift for Mother's Day! by Amy Ruttan

Author:Amy Ruttan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-09T17:16:57+00:00

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The dinner at the diner was exactly what she needed. She’d forgotten how much she liked french fries. And Lucy really seemed to be enjoying herself. Truth be told, Sandra was too. She hadn’t planned on eating fries in a diner. She’d been hoping to spend time with Kody and Lucy at their house, where they could talk about things without having to shout above The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.

Still, it was fun.

And she couldn’t remember the last time she’d had so much fun.

Lucy was an absolute delight and Sandra found herself longing for something more, which she couldn’t have. She and Kody had made a promise that they didn’t have to commit to one another.

She wasn’t sure about opening her heart again because of Alex, and he was still grieving his late wife, but now there was a part of her that wished she hadn’t made that promise. She wished that she could be hopeful for something more.

After their dinner, they wandered just a bit beyond the fifties diner and found a soft-serve ice-cream shack, which literally looked like a dirty old shack on the outside, except for the side of the building, which had been transformed by a mural artist, who had painted a beautiful sunrise. Just like the sunrises that she often experienced in the morning from her kitchen.

Inside the shack was an immaculate soft-serve ice-cream place that served up sugary twists of cool, soft ice cream. They all got a small cone and slowly walked back to Kody’s house, Lucy skipping ahead of them. They decided to take a walk to the local playground, so that Lucy could burn off some steam on the swings and the slides.

It was like something out of a dream.

It was something she’d always imagined in her deepest, most sacred dreams. It was something that she’d never thought would happen, especially when her doctor in San Diego had told her she wouldn’t get pregnant.

She could get used to a Sunday like this more often.

Don’t get too attached.

Her anxiety reminded her that the last time she’d got too attached that man had broken her heart.

“Why do you want a divorce? I thought we were happy?” she demanded.

“We were, but then I got stressed, Sandra. All the fertility treatments... There was no spontaneity to our sex life. And you turned into a totally different person.”

“It was the hormones, Alex. You know that. You’re a doctor!”

“I’m sorry, Sandra. Adoption is not for me and I’m not even sure I want kids.”

Her world dropped out beneath her.

“You don’t want kids? You told me you did when we got married.”

“I don’t know. But I know I don’t want to adopt. You can’t have children and you want a family, and I’m not sure I can support your decision. I’m not sure I’m the right man for you after all.”

“Hey, you okay?” Kody asked, waving a hand in front of her face.

“What?”

“You zoned out there and seemed so sad,” he said.

“Just thinking about something. Something that is not important.

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