A HOT Christmas Miracle: A Hostile Operations Team Holiday Story by Lynn Raye Harris

Author:Lynn Raye Harris [Harris, Lynn Raye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941002551
Publisher: H.O.T. Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-11-30T18:30:00+00:00

12

Kat was waiting by the door with her purse and coat when Johnny came bounding down the stairs. He ran over to her, concern on his face. She put a hand up to stop him.

“Please get my bag from the closet and be calm. I’m fine.”

“You said your water broke.”

“It’s leaking out now, yes.” Leaking pretty quickly, but even that wasn’t urgent yet. “The contractions are closer together but not quite as close together as they should be. They might send us home, but Dr. Butler told me I should go when the water broke because of my age. So we’re going. Be calm, get your clothes on and get my bag, and we’ll go find out if she’s coming now or if we have to wait a while longer.”

She didn’t really think anyone would send her home, but she wasn’t telling him that just yet. She needed him to be methodical and cool, like always. A sharp pain ripped through her and it was everything she could do not to let him see how strong the contraction was. There was still time to get to the hospital, of course. With Roman, she’d been in labor over eighteen hours. Her labor had progressed much more slowly with him. Though this one seemed to be a bit faster, it would still be hours before she delivered.

Johnny looked fierce as he ran toward the bedroom. He was back in less than three minutes, her bag slung over his shoulder, wearing jeans and boots and looking as calm as a cucumber. She knew he wasn’t, but that’s what Johnny did—he got things done and he got them done as efficiently as possible.

In truth, she figured he was relieved to have a job now.

He hit the remote start for his truck, and she heard it rev up inside the garage. Then he opened the kitchen door and hit the button to send the garage door up. “Wait,” he told her as he went over and put her bag in the back seat. Then he took her hand and led her to the truck.

“We should put something on the seat,” she said, eyeing the smooth leather of the passenger seat and not wanting to leak all over it. She’d put a pad in her underwear, but what if it wasn’t enough?

“I don’t care about that,” he said.

“I do.”

“Kat, Jesus.”

“Johnny. Get a trash bag or something.”

He swore as he stalked over to a shelf and grabbed a giant leaf bag. He returned and put it on the seat, then helped her inside. Kat sank into the cushions, then stiffened as another pain hit.

“Slow down a little bit, okay?” she mumbled to Elena as Johnny raced around the truck and jumped inside.

He reversed onto the drive, hit the garage remote, and sped toward the subdivision exit. They were about ten minutes from town, but Johnny drove like they had a lot farther to go. Kat tried to focus on the scenery as it sped by. The trees

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