Catch Me If I Fall: A single dad, nanny, age gap romance by River Ford

Author:River Ford [Ford, River]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

Football practice was excellent. The guys were still pumped after a two-win streak and worked extra hard even though it rained on them the whole time. They were melding as a team with the position changes. Best of all, they had stopped teasing Evan about Darcy. He still heard comments here and there between them, but they had returned to respecting him as their coach and not another teammate. It helped him focus on them until he was in his vehicle heading home. There was something about knowing she was cooking with his daughter in his kitchen.

That’s precisely where he found them when he walked through the door. Sara already had her pajamas on under the apron Darcy had bought just for her. The fabric was a soft pink with deep purple ruffles and white daisies. It matched the one Darcy wore. The woman looked like she’d been caught in the rain or half-drowned by his daughter during bath time. Her hair was damp, as were her sleeves and the bottom of her jeans. He cleared his throat to let them know he was home.

Sara squealed, “Hi, Daddy!”

Then she held out her arms instead of running at him. He obliged her by dropping his jacket on the back of a chair and crossing the kitchen to lift her into his arms.

“How was your day?” he asked, trying not to stare at the beautiful woman at his stove.

“Great. JD got in trouble because he broke all the crayons. Phyl gave me a flower from her garden, and then Darcy showed me her dollhouse by the lake.”

“She did, did she?” He met Darcy’s gaze and couldn’t help but smile. “And where is this dollhouse?”

Her lips quirked a bit as she moved to pull a dish out of the oven. “It’s a tiny house by my family’s cabin rentals.”

“Her dad made it for her because she’s a princess like me,” Sara piped up. “Daddy, don’t princesses turn into queens when they get married?”

The room grew warm, and Evan didn’t know what to say. Darcy blushed as she busied herself with the rest of the dinner preparations. Sara grabbed his face and pulled his attention back to her.

“Daddy?”

“Um, it depends. I don’t know a lot about royalty stuff.”

“You needs a queen. I choosed Darcy.”

“Dinner’s ready,” Darcy squeaked. She set the dish on the table and spun for the door.

Evan didn’t bother to correct his daughter’s grammar. She’d been doing so much better since Darcy started watching her, and he knew she talked that way when she was upset or anxious. Instead, he plopped her in her chair at the table and hurried after Darcy, who had to stop to shove her feet in her boots.

“Darcy, wait,” he said as he took her gently by the elbow.

She stopped and turned to him, her face stricken with emotion he couldn’t figure out. “I didn’t…”

“Stay for dinner?” he interrupted, and she went completely still as she gazed up at him. “Please.”

Darcy blinked, and some of the tension left her body.

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