The Baby Battle by Laura Marie Altom

Author:Laura Marie Altom
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

WITH THE DARK SKY threatening rain, Olivia didn’t go far in terms of physical distance—just headed along the trail winding through the cabins. Emotionally, however, she was all over the map. She didn’t know what had prompted her to say such a thing to Tag. He’d been wonderful. Kind and funny and helpful. Gut instinct told her Flynn was lucky to have the man for a father. But another, deeper instinct told her she had a far greater problem.

The fact that with every walk she and Tag shared, every laugh over an old movie, every meal, conversation and even their trip to the grocery store, she was starting to enjoy his company more.

It hadn’t been until the diaper debacle, though, that she’d realized just how much fun sharing parenthood could be. It was like going on a vacation with someone you love and sharing the sights. Not that she loved Tag. But his wanting to go baby shoe shopping was a rush. Flynn practically peeing on him and Tag still not running screaming was indescribable.

She hadn’t been aware that men like Tag even existed. And the sad truth was that she’d been better off not knowing. Because then she didn’t have to wonder what if? What if she’d never met Phil? Never been emotionally destroyed by him? What if she’d met a man like Tag first? Or even Tag himself? How might her life have turned out differently?

Hand clamped over her forehead, she stopped, sitting hard on a log bench.

“What’s wrong with me?” she whispered to the squirrel chattering in the oak tree above her. One minute she was enjoying Tag’s company, the next she was snapping his head off. What was wrong with her? Tag no doubt thought she was a total head case.

Speaking of the handsome lug…

With Flynn looking safe and loved in his arms, Tag strolled down the path. “You’ve been gone more than fifteen minutes and I heard thunder. I was worried.”

He was worried?

Her heart lurched. No, no, no. She wasn’t the least bit attracted to him. He wasn’t even remotely hunky, standing there holding her grinning son—their grinning son.

“I, um, want to apologize,” he said. “I shouldn’t have flipped out over a few simple words.”

“No, I’m sorry,” she said, only just now realizing that she was. “I blew everything out of proportion. I do that a lot. Maybe even with Phil I should’ve—”

“Don’t even go there. Phil was an ass.”

“Yes,” she said with a firm nod and smile. “Yes, he was. How insightful of you to bring that to my attention.”

He bowed his head. “My pleasure.” Sighing, he asked, “Truce?”

“Absolutely.”

“Good. I hate to fight.”

“Me, too.” She smiled.

He smiled.

He held out his hand. “Walk with us?”

If the knot in her throat grew any bigger, she thought, she wouldn’t be able to breathe. Not trusting her voice, she interlocked her fingers with his.

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