Valentine's with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

Author:Whitley Cox [Book 7]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Whitley Cox
Published: 2023-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

It was the last day of dance lessons and two days to the wedding. Lowenna had been a frazzled, beautiful, wild-haired mess when she burst through the dance studio doors ten minutes late.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she said, kicking off her boots as she made her way across the dance studio floor toward Mason, Violet and Adam. “I know I’m late. I just had to finish the centerpiece, and much like the bride, it was being a pain in the neck.”

She ripped her off socks, tossed them into the corner with her haphazardly discarded coat and boots and then sidled up next to Mason, her chest heaving and her hair stuck to her forehead and cheeks. But her eyes were bright and her cheeks a sexy pink.

Despite the chaos that seemed to spiral in with her, she was gorgeous.

“Did you run here?” Mason asked with a chuckle, bouncing a whimpering Willow in the carrier on his front. His daughter had been miserable all night and all day, most likely because she was working on popping a couple of teeth and they were giving her—and him—some serious grief.

Lowenna nodded and pushed the damp hair off her face. “It only started to downpour for the last half a block.” Her pretty gray eyes lifted to him, and she batted her damp, spiked lashes. “I was hoping I could flirt my way into a ride home if the weather doesn’t let up.”

Adam snorted.

Violet giggled.

Mason grinned down at her. “I think something can probably be arranged, though you’re going to have to flirt pretty damn hard. I live in the opposite direction, so I’ll really be going out of my way.” Out of his way four blocks, but whatever.

Heat flickered in her eyes, and her smile went a mile wide. Then she leaned in and pecked Willow on the cheek. “Hey, sweet girl. I’ve missed you something fierce. How’s my baby?”

“Teething up a storm,” Mason said, fighting back a yawn, but also loving that Lowenna called Willow my baby. He’d taken the whole day off work to be with his daughter—and also get some sleep. The poor thing had been up most of the night crying, only content when she was on him. So that’s how they went through the darkest, loneliest hours of the day—the wee hours of the morning. He sat up with Willow on his chest, reclining in his La-Z-Boy making soft shushing sounds as she sucked furiously on her thumb.

He’d tried a few times to put her down in a crib, but he never even made it past the rocking horse in her room before she started to wail. And he just couldn’t handle the sound of her crying. Particularly when he knew it was because she was in pain.

He’d even gone so far as to call Emmett, who not only was a single dad to a little girl as well but was also a doctor.

Unfortunately, Mason hadn’t looked at the time when he called his friend, and poor

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