Reunited with His Runaway Bride by Robin Gianna

Author:Robin Gianna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

SURGERY RAN UNEXPECTEDLY LONG, and Sean hoped Bree understood and wasn’t ticked about him not showing up to relieve her until nine p.m. He didn’t expect her to be, because she was a reasonable woman who understood how unpredictable any doctor’s schedule could be, including her own.

When he walked in to see her sitting in his armchair, Will curled up sound asleep in her lap, he fought the feelings that washed over him again. The touching picture of beautiful Bree, her hand resting on the baby’s belly as she read a book. She looked up and sent him a brief, friendly smile, but not a warm one, and his chest ached a little more even as he knew he should welcome some distance between them.

“Long day. Did the surgery turn out okay?”

“Yeah. Just ran into a few issues that dragged it out, but he’ll be fine, I think. Sorry I’m so late.”

“Not a problem.”

She’d returned her eyes to her book as she spoke. He knew he should be glad that the Bree inside his house tonight was the cool woman he’d talked with earlier. Not the sexy, teasing Bree that kept unexpectedly appearing, reminding him of the woman he’d been so crazy in love with. Not the angry-at-him Bree who conjured up bad memories of their breakup.

But he found that the masochistic part of him he hadn’t known existed until recently had wanted either one of those Brees, or both, far more than the distant one who seemed intent on acting as if they barely knew one another.

And, yeah, that was probably smart on her part, but smart didn’t feel right. Or good. Trying to pretend their past, their former closeness, their hurt and anger—and, yes, their intense chemistry—hadn’t happened between them, that it didn’t still exist, was futile. At least, it was for him.

“Have you fed him?” he asked, as much to get her attention, still fixed on the darn book, as he needed to know.

“I was about to, but he went back to sleep.” She finally closed the book and set it aside. Lifted Will to hold him close against her, which seemed to partly wake him up as he began to nuzzle his face against her. She looked down and smiled, slowly stroking his face with her knuckle. “Looks like his tummy woke him up again. Do you want to go ahead and feed him? I’m going to head out. By the way, when it got so late, I ordered a pizza for you—I hope that’s okay. Figured you’d be hungry when you got home. Should be here any minute.”

“Sure. I appreciate it.” He shoved his hands into his scrub pockets. All day, he’d been thinking about how he might not have told Bree often enough how much he appreciated her help. Had a feeling he’d let the stress of the situation get in the way of that. Now was as good a time as any, and maybe afterward she’d be a little more friendly.

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