The Bachelor's Baby (Bachelor Auction Book 3) by Dani Collins

Author:Dani Collins [Collins, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781942240396
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group
Published: 2015-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

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Meg had forgotten what an impact Linc had on her. By the time she’d had her pregnancy confirmed by a doctor, she’d convinced herself that her state of fertility had made him seem so irresistible the night of the auction. But he really was that tall and strapping, his rugged features rakish and sexy with that short beard grown back in and his piercing green eyes. His direct manner was pure alpha dominance that made her weak. He certainly wasn’t easy to stand up to.

In fact, she’d already been feeling extra vulnerable when she’d arrived on his ranch. Hungry, thanks very much, because nothing stayed down these days, and tired from all the work of arranging her abrupt departure from her job and life in Chicago. That can of soup he’d opened had smelled revolting. She’d been standing there feeling insecure and overwhelmed, her entire world upended. That stupid king-sized bed of his had been right there, unmade in his living room, a giant reminder of her condition and how she’d wound up in the family way.

From pretty much the first moments of realizing she was pregnant, she’d been anxious to see Linc face to face and tell him, but she’d barely been able to talk.

And when she had, he’d been mean. So appalled.

She sniffed and turned her mind from his reaction, having cried her heart out while Blake and Liz held a mumbled convo in the kitchen. Then Blake had left and Liz had made herbal tea and sandwiches. Eventually Meg had learned that Blake was going over to help Linc with his roof. Traitor. She and Liz had talked until Liz had to drive out to meet the kids at the road so she could take Ethan directly to Linc’s. Liz had come back with her daughter, Petra, and that’s when Meg’s mood had finally begun to lift.

Meg had been too emotionally exhausted to cry anymore and Petra had been over the moon when she learned about Meg’s pregnancy. Meg had thought about keeping the kids in the dark, but she was probably going to be losing her lunch on a regular basis. There was no hiding it. Besides, the kids needed to know why she was moving back to Marietta. After discussing it with Liz, they’d decided Meg’s situation was a useful cautionary tale for a pair of high schoolers with the normal dose of adolescent curiosity about the opposite sex.

Petra offered to sleep in the spa building so Meg could have her old room, but Meg wouldn’t hear of it. She felt like a big enough fool as it was. She didn’t need to disrupt Blake’s new family before it had properly settled. Petra insisted on at least carrying Meg’s bags and offered to help her unpack.

“Sweetie, you’re about the best niece I could have ever asked for,” Meg said with a sad, tired smile, impulsively hugging the sixteen-year-old. “But I think I’ll have a nap and unpack later. It’s been a big day.”

“Okay. And, well, sorry about the mess in here, with the drop cloths and everything.

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