The Baby Bond by Linda Goodnight

Author:Linda Goodnight
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781426833090
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-03-05T07:17:41.865000+00:00

Cassidy got butterflies in her stomach when Nic said things like that. She knew he was teasing. He was always teasing. Notorious Nic’s idea of fun could not be a stressed-out neighbor and her sometimes cranky nephew. From the gaggle of girls, and if she was fair, an equal group of guys, who had roamed in and out of Nic’s apartment since he’d moved in, Cassidy was certain he could find better entertainment.

“My grandmother called again this morning,” she said as they waited at the corner for the light to change.

“Sorry to hear that.” A red sports car roared past, going far too fast. Nic braced an arm in front of her and scowled at the disappearing Camaro. “Dude. Slow down.” To her he said, “Grandma still pressuring you?”

Cassidy wrinkled her nose at him. “Sometimes I wonder if she’s right, if I’m cheating Alex out of a real family.”

Easily pushing Alex’s stroller with one hand, Nic took her elbow in the other and guided them across the busy street. “Don’t do that. Don’t sell yourself short.”

“I want what’s best for him.”

“That would be you. You are a real family. Small but mighty.”

She was starting to believe him.

After they stepped up on the curb, Nic dropped his hold. She realized then how protected and safe she’d felt for those few seconds. Notorious Nic was working his amazing charm on her and she couldn’t seem to stop reacting to him.

She didn’t understand the reaction, either. She had friends and a busy life. She didn’t need Nic’s attention.

After the other night when she’d told him things she’d never told anyone, he had been in her thoughts constantly. On the days he didn’t bounce up to her apartment with some silly quip or tale of wild adventure or jokingly asking to borrow a cup of sugar, she missed him.

Dumb. Real dumb.

At times like this, she could forget he was a firefighter. Almost.

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