Dad by Design by Lori Wilde & Leigh Atwater

Author:Lori Wilde & Leigh Atwater
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lori and Leigh

Daisy glanced around her small apartment and fretted. Did it look okay? Would Clint like it? His house was so beautiful that she worried he’d find it shabby. She fluffed a throw pillow, tried to sit, then stood and paced the living room. After a couple of minutes listening to the clock in the corner tick away the seconds, she sat abruptly on one of the dining room chairs.

What was wrong with her? She was a grown woman, the survivor of several—okay, a few—relationships. She wasn’t a teenager, so why was she acting like one? Clint was coming to dinner. So what? They’d eat, talk, get to know one another, and maybe do a little more…

Daisy stood and started pacing again. The crisp knock on her front door startled her so much that she let out a little yelp. She needed to calm down. At this rate, she’d self-destruct before they reached dessert.

Taking a deep breath, Daisy opened the front door, and then immediately forgot how to breathe at all. Clint looked so handsome that she couldn’t think of anything except how much she wanted to make love with him. Under a wool overcoat he wore a navy sport coat, a light-blue oxford-cloth shirt, a navy-and-gray-striped tie, and gray dress slacks. His thick hair was neatly brushed, and in his hands he held a bouquet of chrysanthemums, orange interspersed with the big, frilly white variety. He looked absolutely gorgeous—and seemed as nervous as she was.

“These are for you,” he said, handing her the flowers. “I didn’t know if you liked flowers, so if you don’t, or if you’re allergic to them, we can, um, throw them away.”

Daisy started to laugh but smothered it at the last minute. Clint was trying. He just wasn’t any better at this than she was.

“Then it’s a really good thing I adore bouquets,” she said, leading him into the living room, “because it would be a shame to throw this one away.” She lightly touched the blooms. “They’re lovely. Where did you find them?”

He fiddled with the collar of his shirt. “In the greenhouse behind the barn. I guess I never got around to showing it to you. Martha grows herbs and vegetables in there.” He glanced away from her. “And I grow a few flowers.”

If he’d told her that he was able to perform magic, she couldn’t have been more surprised. Clint was definitely a man of surprises. She’d actually noticed the greenhouse, but Martha had said she used it to grow vegetables during the winter months. She hadn’t said a thing about Clint growing flowers.

Daisy tipped her head and drew in the rich, sharp scent of the mums. “I love them,” she told him, knowing there was a fairly good chance she was falling a little in love with him as well.

Rather than look away, Clint held her gaze. The air in the room seemed to crackle with awareness. “I’m glad,” he said, his deep voice husky.

Daisy wasn’t sure what she would have done if the timer on the oven hadn’t started to buzz.

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