Texas Bodyguard--Brax by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-12-29T19:27:52+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Telling the truth hadn’t been easy. Putting it out there and hoping Brax would understand. Leaving her life in his hands.

Tessa kissed Walker for the fiftieth time since Brax had handed him to her. Coming clean had been worth the fear. And this was her reward.

“Come on, buddy,” she whispered, guiding the bottle to Walker’s mouth. “Let’s have our dinner so you can go to bed.”

Brax was on the phone, pacing the kitchen. She could hear him down there from the nursery, though there was no making out exactly what he said.

It was enough to know he believed her. And she’d believed him when he’d told her so. This wasn’t a game to lure her into trusting him.

“There I was,” she whispered to Walker with a smile, “thinking he’d call the cops before I even finished, you know? I just knew he wouldn’t believe me. That he would take you away. But he surprised me.”

Brax’s deep voice reverberated from downstairs.

“He’s a surprising man,” she concluded as Walker finished his bottle.

She burped and changed him before putting him down to sleep. His fine hair was so soft under her fingers as she stroked his head. “I love you so much. Nobody’s going to take you away again. You know how I know? Because your uncle Brax is on it now.”

He was in the process of wrapping things up on the phone when she went downstairs. “We’ll touch base on that first thing in the morning. For now, let’s look up the paperwork involved in the custody case and follow up with CPS about the reports.”

He turned to her when she reached the doorway leading from the dining room. “They’re on it. And once my brothers decide to get to the bottom of something, consider it done.”

“I can’t thank you enough. For everything.”

He cocked an eyebrow, eyes twinkling. “What did I do?”

“Are you kidding? Or is this your way of getting me to list everything you’ve done for me so far?” She held up a hand, counting off on her fingers. “You gave me somewhere to live when I had literally nowhere to go. You believed me when you could’ve easily called the cops and turned your back on me. You called your brothers and got them on the case. And this won’t be the end of it. You’ll find ways to keep amazing me.”

It was gratifying, the way his charming smile slid into sheepishness. “Don’t worry about it. I know Robert, and I’m so very sorry he hurt you.”

There was no way to answer that, so she shrugged it off. “I’m starving. I can get something together for us.”

“Don’t bother with that.” He placed his hands on her shoulders and steered her to the table. “Take a seat. I’ll handle dinner.”

“You don’t have to do that.”

“You deserve to have somebody take care of you after everything you’ve been through. It’s the least I can do.” He bent, looking through the fridge. “Though I can’t guarantee it’ll be gourmet cuisine. We’re a little low on supplies.

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