Their Second-Chance Baby by Tara Taylor Quinn

Author:Tara Taylor Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-01-08T17:16:26+00:00

Chapter Twelve

He loved her. Still in shock from the revelation, Seth topped the speed limit all the way back to San Diego. The hour-long commute, doubled with the return visit, meant two fewer hours in the day to get things done. And he’d be doing a repeat performance the next day, as well.

He loved Annie.

Of course, he did. Made sense. She’d been the other half of him, able to know his thoughts sometimes before he did...

Love didn’t die just because someone changed professions. Maybe it didn’t ever go away. No matter how the people carrying it screwed up.

Did she know how he felt?

Miles flew by, road signs glinting under the sun, blue skies overhead sending promises of a bright day, and he couldn’t seem to be a part of it. He was outside looking in. On the day.

On life.

On the lives of his children.

Twins.

He’d been a spectator to the miraculous revelation. Needed to be.

And yet...how different would it have been if he and Annie had still been together as planned when their embryos came to life?

Signaling, he crossed to the left lane, sped past the vehicles beside him, and then reentered the right-hand lane. Thought of Annie up in the middle of the night, a baby in each arm crying for diaper changes and feedings. Her needing to be up for work the next day. And almost thirty-nine years old by that point.

With him in San Diego, having all the free time in the world, in a house filled with emptiness.

There had to be a way he could help out, from outside the family.

Did she love him? Made sense that she might, at least in some measure. Loving each other had never been a problem. Living together after their choices had taken them in different directions...that had caused the strife. They’d each had needs the other couldn’t fill.

Could he ever be around Annie without needing more from her? Knowing more about her than a casual bystander, or even friend, would know? Like he’d known just when to hold her hand that morning. And when to let go, too.

She was having twins. And had no other family in her life.

Unless...had she been in touch with her mother’s family? Had they come to Chelsea’s funeral? How would that have gone, Annie seeing grandparents she’d never met, during her time of deepest mourning? She’d have been cordial to them, as was Annie’s way.

But had she let them in? Would they be helping to raise his children? His children.

Because, call it what you wanted, those twins were half him. No matter who raised them. If his genetics could be responsible for any birth defects, they were equal contributors to all of the good in the makeup of those babies, too.

Ten miles until his turnoff and he couldn’t go fast enough. Had to pull his foot off the gas pedal lest he risk seriously breaking the speed laws.

Twins. He and Annie had talked about multiples when they’d done all of the research on implantation. He’d thought the idea kind of cool.

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