The Fatherhood Miracle by Margaret Barker

Author:Margaret Barker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

‘JOSH is fast asleep, whacked out with all that swimming, I think,’ Dan said as he was coming through to the veranda from the sitting room. Anita watched him walking towards her with that easy gait, that loose athletic movement she’d always admired. Her spirits, which had been on a high all morning, moved up another notch. She hadn’t expected to find such exhilaration in her new life here. This new-found euphoria was totally transitory. She accepted that, but at this moment she was willing to face the let-down when it came…because it inevitably would if she embarked on a relationship with Dan again. She didn’t even know how he stood with his ex-wife, or what would happen when Rachel arrived.

He sank down among the cushions beside her. She placed the large glass of icy water she’d been drinking on to a small side table. Since arriving back from the beach a few minutes ago, she’d simply been sitting still, recovering from the activities of the morning whilst enjoying the cool breeze from the fan above her head.

‘You promised me a bath to get rid of all this sand,’ she said, lifting up one bare foot to demonstrate what remained of the beach between her toes.

‘Don’t move!’ Dan pretended to look shocked. ‘You can’t walk through the house like that. I don’t want sand everywhere! I’ll carry you.’

‘Dan, no! I mean, do you really think you should?’

He raised one eyebrow. ‘I always used to carry you. As I recall, you’re as light as a feather.’

Before she could protest he’d scooped her up into his arms. ‘You haven’t put on any weight at all.’

She laughed. ‘Yes, but you’re older than you were, don’t forget. All this he-man stuff is for younger men.’

‘Nonsense! Stop trying to demolish my ego! Anyway, not yet forty. I work out at the gym…run on the beach when I can find the time…’

He was walking quickly through the sitting room with her in his arms, towards the hall and then up the stairs, as if to prove the point.

He was just so fabulously sexy when he was flexing his masculinity! She leaned her head against his chest. ‘I’m not complaining. I’m loving every moment.’

Had she really dared to tell Dan that she was loving something they were doing together? The next thing she would be saying would be that she still loved him. No, that would be a step too far even for her runaway tongue…even if it was true…which it wasn’t, of course…Oh, why couldn’t she simply enjoy the moment?

She glanced up at Dan but he was concentrating on the last step of the stairs. She gave a sigh of relief that they’d made it. Yes, she really was loving it, trying to live for each precious moment without any thought of where they were heading emotionally. She found it so romantic to be carried upstairs again by Dan. How long had it been since that had happened? Oh, did it really matter? It was happening now and that was all she cared about.

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