The Billionaire's Baby Arrangement

Author:Charlene Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2010-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Six

The week flew by uneventfully. Brooke got into a routine of waking early enough to cook breakfast and get out the door by nine to work at the house. She’d come back to the Carlino estate in the late afternoon to shower and make dinner. All in all it was working out better than she’d hoped.

Nick came and went as he pleased, and she was grateful there was no tension between them. At least not on the surface. They’d share their meals, talk about their day and have a few laughs. After dinner, they’d head in opposite directions.

She didn’t think about Nick during working hours, when her focus was on getting the place cleaned up. She had a handyman there during the week, fixing doors and repairing damage to the walls as well as bolstering the railings that wrapped around the house on three sides. The painters were due next week and Brooke had to begin building a website for her project. She could write the text herself, but she couldn’t add photos until the house transformed from the deteriorating Addams Family house to one that looked appealing and inviting. She’d made plans to visit wineries in the area this weekend, reacquainting herself with local vintners and getting the word out about her new establishment.

That would be the hardest part. She’d never felt as though she belonged in Napa and during the night she struggled with old feelings of not being good enough and of not fitting in—only this time, she was able to talk herself out of those nagging thoughts. She’d come a long way since her teen years, having been through some rough patches and learning from them. This was her chance for independence and happiness.

But while she could talk herself out of those old feelings, new feelings had emerged that were harder to keep down. At night, she’d lie across her bed and think about the temptation that lay just a few steps away. Nick had let her know in no uncertain terms that he was available to her if she wanted him. She had an open invitation. And every night since, she’d thought about his offer and him and what it would be like making love to Nick.

The passion they experienced in the kitchen in those few unguarded minutes had been two-sided. She’d opened up to Nick and bared her soul to him and he’d understood her pain. He’d approached her not from self-fulfilling lust, but from shared desire. Each night, as she turned down her covers and crawled into bed, she’d secretly wished Nick was beside her and as the nights wore on, it was getting harder and harder to sleep knowing what she craved, if just in body, was so close to her.

And yet, never further out of her reach.

That afternoon, Brooke stopped work early, deciding Leah needed a break from the drudgery of the old house. As much as she wanted to accomplish her tasks as soon as possible, she never wanted to lose sight of Leah’s needs.

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