The Billionaire's Colton Threat by Geri Krotow

Author:Geri Krotow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Halle woke before the sun, which wasn’t difficult since the autumn days didn’t brighten until after 7:00 a.m. After she made a pot of decaf tea for herself, a pot of coffee for Alastair and some steel cut oatmeal for both of them, she waited. For her husband.

“Good morning.” Alastair stood in the middle of the kitchen, looking yummy in a fleece pullover and the jeans he’d worn last night.

“Morning. Help yourself to oatmeal and coffee. There’s tea, if you’d prefer.”

“No, I’m definitely a coffee man when I wake up.”

She’d bet her life savings he was a “man” any time of day. It’s just the novelty of having a sexy man in your house, your kitchen.

Nothing to do with the fact that she’d had the best sex of her life with this man that had resulted in the growing baby in her womb. Not at all.

He slid into the chair opposite her at the table and looked out the window at the corral and pasture beyond. “Lovely view.”

Halle followed his gaze. The sun was rising above the rolling hills, shattering the curtain of darkness she’d woken up to and casting the sky with a peach glow that was uniquely South Central Texas. She returned her gaze to Alastair in hopes of soaking in his profile, only to find his eyes on her. Soaking her up, as if she were as beautiful as the sunrise.

Silly thought. “I hoped we could go for a ride today.”

“Excellent.” He dug into the oatmeal like a starving man. “I’ll drive. Where do you want to go?”

“No, not in the truck. A horse ride. Maybe out to the first lookout point and back. Nice and easy, on the trail we did together.” She’d taken him there on the first day of their fateful camping trip. “You remember the spot, I’m sure.”

“Yes. Rattlesnake Gulch, did you call it?”

“It’s not a gulch, it’s a cliff. And you can run into a rattlesnake anywhere around here.”

“Thanks for the reassurance. You’re really enticing me to go back out on the trail.” He sounded relaxed, reflecting the same humor she felt about the situation. “As much as that sounds inviting, once again, should you be riding while you’re pregnant?”

“It’s fine since it’s something I’m used to. I’m not going to start a new sport like downhill skiing or gymnastics. My doctor told me I can keep up my normal activity level, morning sickness allowing. I’m sure it won’t be so comfortable once the baby gets bigger, but right now I haven’t felt the baby move, he or she is still too small. My belly feels like I’m bloated from eating too many doughnuts, nothing more.”

“I’ll bet you’ve lost weight, with the nausea.”

“Again, I am so sorry about yesterday’s events.”

“It’s not yours to apologize for. Think it as our first married problem. I’d say we handled it well.”

And like the married couple they weren’t, she and Alastair enjoyed a leisurely breakfast together. As if it were something they’d done a thousand times before, with a lifetime more in front of them.

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