The Surgeon's Secret Baby Wish by Laura Iding

Author:Laura Iding [Laura Iding]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: $subject$
ISBN: 9781460377109
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

RICK didn’t know what had possessed him to invite Naomi to Lizzy’s volleyball picnic, but when she showed up at Rainbow Park wearing a pair of tiny red shorts and a white halter top, a stab of lust hit deep, robbing his brain of rational thought.

Obviously his physical desire was part of the reason he’d invited her, but in that case, his rash decision hadn’t been too smart. Spending time with the woman who haunted his dreams was not the way to keep his distance.

He wanted her. Badly. And he didn’t know what to do about it.

“Hi, Rick.” Naomi’s greeting was cheerful and friendly, and she turned to include his sister and Lizzy. “Jess, Lizzy. How are you?”

“Great, Naomi.” Jess grinned. “Glad you could make it. Do you play volleyball?”

Naomi laughed. “You realize I’m too short to be a good volleyball player, don’t you? But I’ll play. I can fake it with the best of them.”

“I don’t care if you’re short, I want you on my team,” Lizzy declared loyally. “You, too, Uncle Rick.”

“Sounds good.” He glanced at Naomi, trying not to notice how she looked like a candy cane, only twice as good. “You don’t have to play if you don’t want to.”

She gave a slight shrug. “I don’t mind. Just don’t expect me to spike the ball when playing the front line. I’ll be lucky if I can reach the net.

He thought she was perfect the way she was. “Would you like something to drink?”

“Water would be great.”

He nodded and walked over to the makeshift food stand. He paid for two bottles of water, the proceeds going to support the girls’ volleyball team. On his way back, he saw Naomi laughing at something Lizzy was saying and his body tightened with awareness.

Damn. He was in trouble. Deep, deep trouble. While a part of him he was secretly glad to know his sex drive wasn’t dead, he resented the way his body didn’t listen to the cool logic of his brain.

Naomi wasn’t for him. She wanted more than a simple, no-strings physical relationship. Just the thought of entering anything more complicated cooled his body’s response.

He walked over and handed her the bottle of water. She thanked him and then tipped her head back to take a drink. He caught himself momentarily mesmerized by her neck, then lower still to the shadowed cleavage in the V of her halter top.

Swallowing hard, he resisted the urge to dump his bottle of cold water over his head. He took a step back, grimly acknowledging that it would be a miracle if he made it through the day without touching her.

“Come on, everyone, it’s time to play!” Lizzy jumped up from the picnic table and dashed over to where several volleyball courts were set up. Teams were already being assembled.

Rick, Naomi and Jess followed Lizzy over to the grass-covered volleyball courts. The participants were split up into teams of six, and their foursome was paired with a guy by the name of Jeff and his daughter Amber.

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