Their One-Night Twin Surprise by Karin Baine

Author:Karin Baine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-13T17:23:09+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

‘CAL, WE HAVE enough stuff to open our own shop.’ Izzy glanced around the newly refurbished nursery, imagining their two little ones here.

They’d left it a couple of days after Janet’s surprise visit before venturing out to replace the items she’d purloined. Even then Izzy had waited until Cal brought up the subject, instead of pushing him into a situation that might have made him uncomfortable. He’d been her personal shopper, pointing out the best products to suit her requirements, and she’d chosen the colours and theme for the room.

Unsurprisingly, Cal had insisted on paying for everything, though she’d sworn to pay him back somehow. Retail therapy had helped him cast off the shadow that had fallen over him after a certain someone had briefly come back into his life.

It was important for her to include him in these decisions for the babies so he’d stop hovering on the periphery of this pregnancy and become more involved. He was good at the practical aspects, such as the redecorating, but he’d yet to express his feelings about the situation. He was bound to have doubts and fears for their future just as she had, and it wasn’t going to do any good keeping them bottled up. She didn’t want to find out there were problems too late, the way she had with Gerry. That had been devastating enough but now there were children to think about too.

It wasn’t going to serve anyone well if Cal maintained that emotional detachment when the babies were born. Especially when Izzy knew how much love he had to give. She only had a few months to convince him she wasn’t Janet and it was safe for him to open his heart again.

‘We’ll have to get used to it. Twins are going to come with a lot of baggage and mess.’ His immaculate home was going to be disrupted by two demanding, messy little beings. She didn’t want it to come as a shock after he’d spent every spare minute putting the furniture together to complete this showroom nursery of her dreams.

They’d gone for an underwater theme, the room now festooned with cartoon sea creatures featuring on matching mobiles above the cribs and on the bedding. It was the kind of lovingly put-together room she wished she’d had as a child, instead of the generic spare bedrooms she’d always been designated. When the children were old enough to choose their own décor, she’d make sure their rooms were tailor-made to suit their individual interests and personalities so they never felt like interlopers, the way she had. Their home had to be somewhere they felt safe, wanted and surrounded by people who loved them.

‘You know we’re going to take over this house?’ She eyed the boxes containing the highchairs and baby-walkers they wouldn’t use for a while but which were already taking up space.

‘Trust me, I know exactly what chaos I’ve invited into my home.’ He didn’t sound completely thrilled at the prospect but the smirk ghosting on his lips suggested he’d accepted the consequences.

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