The Cowboy and His Baby by Jessica Clare

Author:Jessica Clare
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

His Annie was not a morning person.

Dustin woke up before the alarm and made breakfast—peanut butter toast and oatmeal—and poured a glass of milk, then set it on a tray and brought it into the room. The dogs thumped their tails eagerly, but he shooed them out. This was for his woman . . . and his baby. He touched her arm gently to wake her up. “Hey, Annie?”

“Mmm,” was all he got. She pulled the pillow against her face and went back to sleep.

He bit back a laugh—to think that last night he’d been afraid of waking her up by holding her. The woman could saw logs with the best of them. He pulled the pillow out of her arms. “Breakfast time. I made you something to eat.”

She cracked an eye open. “I am rather hungry, but it’s too early.”

“Five a.m. Ain’t all that early.”

Annie groaned as if in pain. “Says you.” But she woke up. After he made sure she ate breakfast, he left the room so she could shower and change in peace. He let the dogs out, fed ’em, and cleaned the kitchen before harnessing Spidey and packing a lunch for her. So damn domestic—Cass would laugh her ass off at him. He didn’t care. He liked the thought of taking care of Annie and his baby.

My baby. Even just thinking that filled him with so much damn pleasure.

When she was ready to go, he drove her into town. Sure enough, there was a crowd of movie people waiting to load into one of the plain white buses they used to trek out to the filming site. They gathered in front of the main hotel, and Dustin glanced over at Annie. Her face was tight, her expression thoughtful. She didn’t look as if she were thrilled to be rejoining them.

“You don’t have to do this,” he began.

She shot him a look. “I do unless I want to be sued by the movie production.”

“Okay, fair enough. Is there anything I can do to help?”

A hint of a smile curved her mouth. “No. Just offering is nice, though. I appreciate it.”

He parked across the street and helped her out of the truck, then handed her Spidey’s leash. With his arm around her waist, he led her toward the bus. It was cold out and she was only wearing a sweater, which he didn’t like. “Here. You take my jacket,” he told her as they stood in front of the bus. “Better too warm than not warm enough.”

“I’m not sure if it’ll fit,” she protested, but let him ease it onto her shoulders. Once it was on her, though, it was clear it was entirely too big for her small frame. She looked adorable.

Dustin handed her the lunch he’d packed. “Have a good day at work, honey.” And he leaned in and hugged her in front of everyone.

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