Small Town Mountain Daddy: A Mountain Man's Baby Romance (Mountain Men of Liberty Book 14) by K.C. Crowne

Author:K.C. Crowne [Crowne, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

She was in the middle of watching a television program on the small TV hanging on the wall across from her bed, some raunchy romance movie whose name escaped me. Rebecca turned the volume down using the remote at her bedside and tried to sit up, but I waved a hand at her.

“Relax,” I said, entering the room. “Isn’t this movie a part of a series?”

She nodded, a small, wary smile upon her lips. “It is. None of them are any good.”

“Then why are you watching?”

“Either this or Jeopardy, but it’s no fun playing without friends.”

I pulled up a chair and sat down beside her, taking the remote to flick through the channels. The contestants were already halfway through a round, the third player on the far right of the screen having racked up a significant amount of money already.

“You don’t have to stay the night with me,” Bex murmured. “I’d understand if you want space.”

I shushed her, paying attention to the trivia question up on the screen. “You just want me to leave because you’re scared I’ll beat you at Jeopardy.”

She rolled her eyes, a small hint of her old self breaking through. “Please. I’ll kick your ass at this game.”

“The colorful term for a misleading clue in a murder mystery,” Alex Trebek read aloud.

“What is a red herring,” Bex and I answered at the exact same time.

“What is a red herring?” the middle contestant answered.

“That’s correct.”

I grinned, settling into my seat. “That was just a warmup.”

“Care to make it interesting?” Bex asked, a hint of playfulness in her tone.

“What do you propose?”

“Loser buys the other a KitKat bar from the vending machine outside.”

“Prepare to owe me a chocolate bar, Holland.”

“In your dreams, Carpenter.”

“In Einstein’s famous equation about energy, c is squared and stands for this.”

“The speed of light,” we shouted at the television together.

“You’re sitting closer to the screen than me,” Bex complained. “That’s giving you a split-second advantage.”

I laughed. “It’s really not.” I backed my chair up anyways, just because I wanted a better look at her smile.

We played a few more questions. We were tied all the way up until the final question of the round, at which point I stalled just so Bex could have the win. She looked so damn happy, beaming brighter than she had all day.

“You owe me a KitKat,” she said gleefully.

“Alright, alright. Be back in a minute.”

The vending machine just outside her room was actually out of KitKats, so I had to do some late-night exploring of the hospital. She probably would have been more than happy with a different kind of candy, but for her, I was willing to put up with the search.

She was fast asleep by the time I got back. The TV was still on with the volume muted, casting gentle light across the soft features of her face, and I was able to notice the dark circles beneath her eyes and the way her lips tugged into a slight frown. Bex had one hand over her stomach, a protective mother even in sleep.

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