Their Double Baby Gift by Louisa Heaton

Author:Louisa Heaton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Medical Romances
Published: 2017-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

HE SHOULD NEVER have touched her like that. He’d suspected that maybe she was feeling a little attracted to him and he to her, but then it had gone out of his mind as he’d talked to his patient about uric acid and crystals and—

He’d reached for her to show her that it meant a lot to him that she should ask him to come to the fireworks display. Not just him, but Lily too. And yet the second he’d laid his hand on her he’d realised—too late—just what touching her was doing to him!

He’d let go as quickly as he could. Had turned away so he could gather himself and get his racing heart under control.

Bonfire Night for him wasn’t just about sharing an evening with her. About watching a firework display in the sky. He was trying to get over something. To face up to his fears. To expose himself to something that he just knew was going to be difficult.

He didn’t want to be afraid any more.

Bonfire Night was harmless. He kept trying to reason with himself. Nothing dangerous in it at all. Harmless rockets and cheap thrills, that was all. A few loud noises. Surely he could cope with that?

But now there was the other danger. Spending time with Brooke. Standing by her side, huddled close to her in the cold night, both of them staring up at the sky. She would be smiling and pointing things out to Morgan and he would be...

Matt sighed. He’d promised Jen’s memory that he would show Lily the world. That he would not hide her from it. That they would continue to survive without her. That they would not pine, would not spend their life grieving. That they would join in, partake, engage. That he would be there for Brooke and Morgan the way Jen could not.

But there had to be a line. A line he would not cross no matter how she made him feel.

Lily was his world. He could not confuse her like that. Not that she understood, at this age, that she didn’t have a mother.

But he did. He knew. And he wasn’t looking for a replacement. He never would. It was just going to be Lily and him. And friends. Brooke would be a good friend, but nothing more.

He didn’t want to admit that he felt disappointment at the thought. That he even felt a little sad. Brooke made his heart race. Her smile lit up his world and he felt good spending time with her. She made him feel safe and warm. She was easy to be with and he loved the way she laughed. It was infectious.

But it was scary how she made him question himself. His principles. His moral duty to uphold the memory of his wife and be respectful of how recently he’d lost her. Not even a year had passed yet!

Here he was, spending time with a wonderful woman, enjoying her company, feeling his heart racing madly, unable to pull his gaze away from her.

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