Wyoming Christmas Surprise by Melissa Senate

Author:Melissa Senate
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-08-13T15:38:23+00:00

Chapter Ten

The problem with knowing your husband so well, even after a two-year hiatus, was that when he went quiet, you knew there was a problem.

Crud.

Allie’s heart sank. At the moment, she was snuggled up against him in their bed, still naked, her head on his chest. For the last few minutes, they’d both been catching up on their breathing, coming back to earth after amazing sex, Theo on his back, looking up at the ceiling with pure satisfaction on his gorgeous face. Then she’d said something about how all her dreams seemed to be coming true.

That was it; the turning point from bliss on Theo’s face to...something she couldn’t quite put her finger on. He stiffened beside her, turned his head slightly away and basically left the building.

Too much, too soon?

The sex? Talking about dreams coming true? The intimacy?

Grrrr! This was the whole reason she’d been afraid to do this, to get too close to him too soon. Because one of them wouldn’t be ready. She’d thought that person was her, and so she’d gone for it. Guess what? It wasn’t her!

“Everything okay?” she asked. Say what’s on your mind, she reminded herself. It has to be your mantra.

“Everything’s okay,” he said, kissing the top of her head.

But he didn’t say anything else, and because she could be chatty and start rambling and babbling about stuff that had nothing to do with what was poking at her, she forced herself to hold her tongue and just be quiet.

He’s just processing, she told herself.

And so she kept her head on his chest whether it made him uncomfortable or not and closed her eyes. She’d give him the emotional space he seemed to need right now, but not physical space. She needed to be close to him right now, and if he was going to emotionally distance himself, then tough noogies that she was a barnacle right now.

“I think I hear one of the babies,” he said and got out of bed. He was out the door before she could even think, Nope, not one made a peep.

Because the quads aren’t home, Theo. They’re at my sisters’ for the night.

Allie sighed and flopped over in bed.

One step forward, half a step back. That was only a half step behind, then. Not so bad.

Really? This was how she was rationalizing what was happening? She shook her head at herself.

Then again, finding their way back to each other would take time, especially because there was no there there. Back, actually, was all wrong. What they had, even two years ago, was love, chemistry and history—all good, yes, but they’d wanted different things, different big things. What they had now was a family and a commitment to not wasting this second chance.

So let him do this at his pace, even if it’s frustratingly glacial, she told herself. He’ll get there. Seventy-five percent of her believed that. Twenty-five, though, had been there, done that and truly wasn’t sure.

* * *

A cry woke Theo at just before 4:00 a.

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