The Texas Cowboy's Baby Rescue by Cathy Gillen Thacker

Author:Cathy Gillen Thacker [Thacker, Cathy Gillen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-11T18:57:29+00:00

Chapter Ten

The next few days passed swiftly. Cullen was busy prepping for the Western Cross cattle auction; Bridgett was busy marshalling her family. All four of her siblings had provided letters of recommendation, as well as detailed lists of things they could do to help her—like babysitting and grocery shopping, even laundry.

Yet she and Cullen found time to be together every night. Eating dinner. Walking Riot. Getting Robby ready for bed and giving him his last snuggle of the evening. They didn’t always do all of it as one unit. And they hadn’t made love since her brother Gavin had given Cullen the third degree about what his intentions toward her might be. And successfully infused Cullen with guilt.

But he still looked at her like he wanted her and treated her with gallant kindness and concern. And they always did enough to make them feel like family. And that, Bridgett knew, was dangerous. Given all that could still go wrong.

But she tried not to think about all the what-ifs, lest she start to go crazy with worry. It was enough to appreciate what they had with each other in the here and now...

“So, what do you think little fella?” Bridgett cooed to the infant in her arms, aware she had never in her life felt this content. “Do you think we should stay up a little longer and watch the sun rise or head on back upstairs and try to catch a little more shut-eye?”

Robby looked up at her adoringly. He opened his mouth, releasing a milk bubble that hovered between his rosebud lips, then yawned.

Bridgett figured, what the heck, why not stay on the back porch a few more minutes? It would give her a chance to see Cullen before he headed out, to start the ranch work with the rest of the hired hands. With the sale only four days away, there was a lot of last-minute stuff to be done.

Behind her, she heard the sound of a door opening and closing. Cullen strode out, Riot beside him.

She was still in her pajamas and robe, he was already in jeans and a work shirt and boots. He hadn’t yet shaved and the stubble gave him a rugged, sexy look. “There you are,” he said. “I woke up and your room was empty.”

Memories of the way he had kissed her the last time they had made love sent a burning flame throughout her entire body.

Bridgett forced herself to quell the flames. He had listened to her brother’s common-sense warning and taken a step back. She knew she should be sensible and do the same.

She leaned down to pet Riot, who wagged his tail gleefully. “We were trying to be quiet.”

Something hot and sensual shimmered in his eyes. “How long have you been up?”

Wondering how he could look so good early in the day, Bridgett wrinkled her nose. “Since four.”

Cullen took care of the dog’s needs then ambled over and took a place beside Bridgett and Robby on the porch swing.

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