Built for Love by Lori Foster

Author:Lori Foster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

TONYA WANTED EVERYTHING to be perfect, and so far, so good.

Kevin looked relaxed enough wearing jeans and a pullover shirt, with lime green sneakers he’d chosen himself. She’d surprised him with a new backpack, and he still looked boggled by it.

“Do you want to pack your lunch or buy?”

His brows came together and he busied himself putting pencils, notebooks and such in the backpack.

“Kevin?”

“I think the school gives me lunch, right?”

Well, of course he’d gotten that supplemented. Why hadn’t she realized? Smiling, she came to sit beside him on the couch. “Not this year. We can either pack you something, or I can give you the money‒”

“Packing is fine.”

Keeping her smile in place, Tonya silently vowed to look into a meal plan at the school, perhaps a prepay of some sort so he’d always have the option. “Okay. What’s it to be? I can do a sandwich with that lunch meat you like, or there’s P&J, or‒”

He pushed to his feet. “I can do it.”

She started to follow along when a knock sounded on the door, and a second later, Jesse stuck his head in. “Hey.”

Good Lord, he was early! Heat rushed into her face, making him grin widely.

“I wanted to catch Kevin before he took off.”

“Oh.” So he hadn’t been impatient?

Kevin stuck his head out of the kitchen. “Hey, Jesse.”

“Hey.” As he went past Tonya, he chastised her, whispering, “Mind in the gutter again? Naughty, Tonya.” He stole a quick kiss. “I like it.” Then he went into the kitchen.

She stood there in the middle of the room, listening to their low conversation until she felt steady enough to walk.

“I would have packed that for you,” she told Kevin.

“Why?” Jesse leaned back on the counters. “He’s a big boy. He can do it.”

Kevin grinned.

Ridiculously proud, Tonya got out a paper bag for him, along with an apple and a drink and a bag of chips.

Jesse eyed it all and, now as familiar with her kitchen as she was, went to a different cabinet to get out some cookies to add to the pile.

Kevin laughed. “Okay, that ought to do it.” He began stuffing it all in the bag. “I’ve never gotten this much for lunch before.” He caught himself and clarified, “School lunch, I mean.”

“We should go shopping,” Tonya said, making both guys groan in unison.

“For food,” she stressed, amused by their identical forlorn expressions. “So you always have your preferences here for packing.”

Kevin stuffed the lunch bag into his backpack, hefted it over his shoulder, surveyed her a moment while shifting restlessly‒and in one big step he reached her, hugging her right off her feet.

“Thanks, Aunt Tonya.”

Her heart almost exploded from her chest. Clasped hands at her mouth, tears welling up, she nodded and gulped, “You’re welcome.”

He shared a man-to-man look with Jesse. “I better go so I don’t miss my bus.”

She nodded hard again.

Jesse laughed. “I’ll walk you out.”

They were no sooner out the door than Tonya rushed behind them to peek out the window.

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