The Sergeant's Baby by Bonnie Gardner

Author:Bonnie Gardner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Lord, she had missed this man, Ally thought as she held Danny close to her breast. Even with the odor of stale alcohol still lingering around him, even with rusty, five o’clock shadow smudging his handsome cheeks, he was still the man she had so completely and hopelessly lost her heart to almost three years ago.

She had struggled to forget him during the years they were apart, but the truth was, Danny Murphey was the man for her.

Now that she was carrying his child, he was the only man for her.

In the years since they’d parted, there had been nobody who could compare. Nobody had even come close. Not that there had been that many, and there had been none since they had conceived their daughter.

Ally smiled. How much easier it was now to accept Danny’s part in the parenthood of their baby. Soon they were going to have to start thinking about what to call her.

In spite of the message of death that Danny had delivered to her today, at this moment Ally had never felt more alive. Why did death always remind a person of the life they took for granted?

Danny stirred in her arms, nuzzling against her, his rough beard rasping against her cheek and only heightening her awareness of this dear, dear man in her arms.

“Ally, I want nothing more than to hold you and to feel your body so full of life against mine,” he murmured. “But I can’t touch you. Not like this. I have to go back to the Q. I have to clean up. Take a shower.”

The idea of having him leave her, even for a short time, was terrifying. Ally clutched Danny tighter. “No,” she whispered. “You can take a shower here. I don’t want to let you go, Danny. Not even for a moment.”

He pushed himself slowly away from her breast, and Ally could feel his reluctance and his relief.

“You’re a lifesaver,” he said lifting his gaze to hers. “I’ll try not to let you down again.”

Ally wasn’t sure when he’d ever really let her down. After all, she’d been the one to end their relationship. She’d certainly let him down. He’d been the one who’d sworn to love her and care for her. She, not Danny, had been the one to creep away like a thief the night their baby was conceived.

Of course, they still had to come to a consensus on that issue of work. “You’ve never let me down, Danny. You’ve been nothing but up front with me.” Ally smiled gently down into his clouded, Irish-green eyes. “Go wash up. I’ll be here when you’re done.”

Danny dragged himself out of her arms, but not before squeezing her to him in another heartfelt hug. Then he stumbled toward the bathroom, leaving Ally’s arms feeling surprisingly empty.

Still, she had to smile at his departure. Even in a stained T-shirt and jeans, he looked wonderful to her. Especially now that she could no longer detect any scent of alcohol on him.

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