The Fighter's Secret Child (The Burton Brothers Series Book 3) by North Leslie

Author:North, Leslie [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Beck watched Rachel’s mouth open. She snapped it closed, opened it again. He waited, amused now, his temper cool again. Dammit, but somehow he needed to put a rein on that anger inside of him. He’d always been able to use it before in the ring, but now it kept tripping him up with Rachel. Anytime she saw a hint of it, she pulled away. She glared at him now.

And then she stood up.

Water dripped from her skin. Hell, he’d almost forgotten how beautiful she was. High, firm breasts, wide hips. She hadn’t lost any of her beauty. She looked like she had in Fiji when she’d come out of the surf, wet and luscious.

His pulse picked up and he wanted to grab her and pull her down and kiss her. Instead, he held still as she waded over to the steps and climbed out. She looked just as good from the back side—ass still firm and tempting. That ass had drawn every eye when she’d been a ring girl.

She pulled on her robe and headed back into the house. He waited a minute and then shut down the hot tub and climbed out. He didn’t bother toweling off, just dragged on his sweats and T-shirt and followed her inside. He found her standing over Chaz in the other guest bedroom, staring down at the boy.

All he could see was a thatch of dark hair sticking out from under a fleece blanket. Rachel glanced at him. She tucked the blanket around Chaz and straightened. “He looks a lot like you.”

“Yeah.” Beck reached out a finger and touched the small hands curled around a small stuffed dog. “He seems a good kid.” He didn’t even know where to begin with Rachel. He glanced at her. “Good thing he’s a boy. I don’t think I could deal with a ring-girl daughter.”

She shook her head. “You didn’t have a problem with millions of men looking at me.”

“Oh, I did. I punched out a couple of guys, in fact.”

“You hated my strutting around the ring? Why didn’t you ever say anything?”

Beck shrugged. “I…we were just dating. Right? I didn’t…Rachel, I didn’t plan any of it.” Clearing his throat, he looked back down at his son. “Do kids normally sleep a lot? Everything I’ve heard is that you have a kid and you give up sleeping through the night.”

Arms tightening around herself, she shook her head. “The flight here took a lot out of him. And his condition—he wears out fast and easily.”

“And that’ll change if he gets treatment?”

She let out a breath and seemed to deflate. “I hope so.”

She sounded so lost, her voice shaking and small, that Beck put an arm around her. She stiffened, but he pulled her close. “Afraid you won’t be able to withstand my considerable charm?”

“In your dreams,” she muttered, but she leaned into him.

Sweeping her up, he carried her to her room and tucked her into her bed. He started to lean in to kiss her forehead, but he saw her eyes widen and checked himself.

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