The Daddy Pact (Book 1 in the Coach's Boys series) by Kristy K. James

Author:Kristy K. James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic fiction, romantic novels, romance series, best romance novels, contemporary romance novels, free romance books, good romance novels, top romance novels

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With the dinner mess cleared away, and Jess safely in her room wrapping gifts, Dan started the chore of draping lights and pine boughs on the stairway and balcony. That was all that needed to be done in the house, and he didn’t plan to stop until the rails outside were finished as well.

The job, a no-brainer, gave him ample time to ponder the changes taking place between Jess and him. Changes he was beginning to like and look forward to. Like the hug in the garage. She didn’t pull away from him, as she might have done a couple of short weeks ago.

He especially liked the sense of closeness and friendship that was developing between them. Except for the lack of intimacy, they lived like a normal couple.

It gave him hope for the future because, as sure as the day was long, he was falling in love with her. When it started to happen, he couldn’t have said, but he’d realized it sometime during the hours he’d waited at the window this afternoon.

That she might have been hurt, or might have left him, filled him with an intense fear, and it had surprised him to realize how important she’d become. It was then he’d known he would do whatever it took to make her love him.

Naturally, it would take time for her to get over Frank, but it wouldn’t be forever. Even now, she was a different woman than the one he’d first met. Sometimes sad? Without a doubt. But she seemed happy more often than not, and he’d be waiting when she was ready to put that part of her life behind her.

The railing finished, and looking quite festive, Dan rapped on Jess’s door, chuckling when he got a stern warning to keep out.

“I just wanted to let you know I’m heading outside if you need anything.”

“I’m fine,” she assured him. “Dress warm. And wear a hat.”

“Will do, mom.” he teased, then jogged down the stairs.

One day she would be wrapping gifts in his room, he knew, because he wasn’t going to let the annulment happen. Even if he had to whisk her and the baby away to a deserted island, she wasn’t going to leave him.

Wearing a down-filled jacket, thick knit cap, and insulated gloves, Dan carried an armful of multi-colored lights out into the frigid darkness. Forget the pine boughs, he decided within a second or two. He didn’t relish the thought of turning into a lawn ornament, because he’d frozen solid while trying to turn his yard into a holiday fairyland.

Winters in Michigan always tended to be cold, but he figured the wind chill factor must be hovering around the fifty below zero mark. Or, he conceded, at least somewhere near zero. Or maybe he was just getting old and turning into a wimp, shivering and shaking in weather that wouldn’t have fazed him ten years ago.

“Want some help?” He had gotten about halfway down the first fence when Jess’s voice startled him.

“Help doing what? Giving me a heart attack?”

“Sorry,” she said, giggling.

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