Welcome Home, Daddy by Carrie Weaver

Author:Carrie Weaver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

ANNIE UNLOCKED HER APARTMENT door, opening it wide for Drew to carry in a sleeping Micah.

“Thanks, Drew. He’s much harder to pack around than when he was an infant. You’d think I wouldn’t need to go to the gym.” She laughed self-consciously.

“Yeah, he’s deadweight,” Drew murmured, following her to Micah’s room. “But you don’t need the gym, Annie. You’re fine just the way you are.”

As far as compliments went, it was understated at best. Yet she still felt pleased. “Thanks. It’s nice to hear.”

“Not that I was looking at you that way. I just wanted you to know that having a baby hasn’t changed you.”

She grinned. “Okay, I’ll accept that as a compliment coming from a friend. And you get points in the empathy column.”

“Whew, that’s good. I sure need them.”

She didn’t want to disturb their truce by revisiting the Indiana Jones infraction.

Drew nodded toward the dresser. “If you’ll pick out some pajamas, I’ll wrangle him into them.”

“He’ll need a clean diaper, too, I’m sure. I doubt it will wake him—he’s completely zonked out.”

The truth of what she’s said was confirmed when Drew placed Micah on the changing table and the boy didn’t even twitch.

Annie got a lump in her throat as she watched him maneuver Micah out of his clothes.

Had her father taken such tender care of her at the same age?

She glanced up to find Drew studying her.

“I’ll go get a washcloth.” She escaped his scrutiny and returned with a warm cloth to bathe Micah’s face, neck and hands. By that time, she’d regained her composure. “He really needs a bath, but this will have to do.”

Drew held out his hand for the cloth. Somehow, she was reluctant to relinquish it. As if by giving up this intimate task, she was giving up custody of her child.

Shaking her head, she let him have it before it was too cool.

She tried not to watch Drew, but couldn’t seem to stop. Amazing, how a man so strong and masculine could be so gentle.

It brought back disturbing memories of how sweet his hands had felt on her body almost three years ago. And made her long to feel them again.

Annie turned so he wouldn’t see her confusion.

When he tucked Micah into bed, Drew was smiling. The love she read in his eyes intensified the ache in her chest. She didn’t know if it was for what she’d lost as a five-year-old when her father had plummeted down a mountain, or for the partner and soul mate she couldn’t allow herself to look for.

She kissed Micah on the forehead and tucked the blanket more securely around him.

“I better go,” Drew said, heading out of the bedroom.

She closed the door behind her as she followed, disturbed to realize she didn’t want him to leave.

“I think a glass of wine is in order first. It’s the least we deserve after that fiasco called a party.”

He grinned. “I hate to admit it, but I’m a little on edge.”

“You hide it well.”

“Being a soldier is as much about mental resilience as physical.

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