Taking a Chance on the Single Dad by Sue MacKay

Author:Sue MacKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-06-05T12:20:14+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

HUNTER SWALLOWED HARD as he stared at the woman standing before him. Brenna looked more stunning than any of his memories recalled. Her svelte figure filled the sleek red dress to perfection. His eyes travelled down her shapely legs to the colour-matched high heels that brought her head a little closer to his shoulder and he felt a tightening in his groin.

There was a time when they’d—

Don’t go there.

Dragging his gaze upwards, he stared at the wild curls that were her signature. They’d been coaxed into a soft style framing her face and highlighting her eyes.

‘Bren, you get more beautiful by the day,’ he whispered.

Was this why he’d asked her to accompany him? Because he’d wanted something good back from the past? Something to help him through the mire of their current situation? Needing a woman to deflect Molly had been an excuse. He knew it, Dave knew it, which meant Jess did. Hopefully Brenna didn’t. It might create a stumbling block when they were trying to move past the bog that was their history.

She blinked, squirmed in those unreal shoes and finally laughed softly. ‘You scrub up all right yourself.’

He took her arm to lead her out to his four-wheel drive, paused while she locked up. ‘Where’s Poppy?’

‘In her run. Where’s Dylan?’

‘In the back of my vehicle. Along with Dave’s two. It’s a bit of a squeeze. I had to put one child on the jump seat, in the appropriate car seat, of course.’

Her eyes widened, whether in disappointment or relief that they weren’t going to be alone he couldn’t decide. Then she said, ‘Hang on, I’ll get Poppy and clip her in the back too.’

Laughter pushed past the tightness in his throat. ‘A carsick dog would not be a good look at the wedding ceremony.’

Her sigh was OTT. ‘I hate it when you’re right.’

‘Come on. Let’s move.’ They weren’t late but he couldn’t stand here bantering with Brenna all afternoon. Well, he could, but then they might never make it on time. Also, the kids would start getting stroppy over being belted in for too long and going nowhere.

‘Hi, guys,’ Brenna called as she slipped into her seat and reached for her belt. ‘I’m Brenna. I know Dylan. What are your names?’

‘Joshua.’

‘I’m George.’

Hunter shut his door and turned to the back. ‘Everyone ready?’

Shrieks of ‘Yes!’ and ‘Hurry up!’ answered him.

‘Shouldn’t have asked,’ he muttered to Brenna. ‘Hope you brought your earplugs.’

‘They’re in my purse.’ She grinned.

That grin was dangerous. It tightened parts of his anatomy that he needed to stay quiet for the rest of the day. And night. Concentrating on driving was the only way to go for his passengers and his libido. ‘Thanks for agreeing to be my partner.’

‘I’m not sure why you needed me when you’ve got three escorts right here.’

He glanced sideways, got whacked with another, bigger grin. ‘They’re not coming with us. I’m dropping them off at a friend of Jess’s who’s bravely volunteered to look after them until the morning, when Jess will take over again.

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