Detective Daddy by Mallory Kane

Author:Mallory Kane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

RACHEL LAY IN ASH’S ARMS, listening to his long, slow breaths. She’d been surprised by the intensity of his lovemaking. Almost as surprised as she was that he’d even started it. Almost as surprised as she’d been to wake up in his arms.

He’d been so casual when they’d dated before. Yes, they’d been together nearly every day for four months. Yes, he’d satisfied her more than anyone she’d ever slept with—okay, than the two other men she’d ever slept with.

But tonight he’d been a very different lover. He’d been serious, intense, and in a way, sweeter and more considerate than he’d ever been in the past. Tonight his lovemaking had devastated her, because she knew that when he woke up, he’d regret it.

He barely stirred as she slid quietly out of his arms and off the couch. She picked up her pajamas and slipped them on, then turned toward the guest bedroom. But she was too warm and her head was spinning with all the events of the past couple of weeks, and especially tonight.

She glanced out the window, then at Ash. He was sound asleep, his lips parted and his breaths deep and even. She didn’t want to wake him, but she’d sure like to get some fresh air and clear her head. She stepped into the foyer and carefully unlatched the front door.

She tiptoed across the porch to the glider and sat down. The air was cool—the crisp coolness of fall with its promise of winter that was so different from the soft coolness of spring. She took a deep breath that turned into a yawn.

If she had a blanket, she could fall asleep out here, she thought, then chuckled. Like she’d told Ash earlier, she could fall asleep just about anywhere except in bed where she ought to be. She wondered what time it was. Late, she knew. Maybe even close to morning.

Morning. A weight settled on her chest. She dreaded facing Ash in the morning. He’d be irritable and uncomfortable. His head would be spinning with all that had happened to him—a lot of it because of her.

She didn’t know this serious, worried Ash, who was being forced to accept that the man who’d been behind bars for twenty years for the murder of his parents was innocent. This Ash, who was furious with her for her part in freeing Campbell, and suspicious of her for turning up pregnant with his child.

At least he hadn’t tried to deny that he was the baby’s father. She was sure he remembered the night the baby was conceived as clearly as she did. That night in New Orleans when they’d been so hungry for each other—laughing and teasing as they finished their deceptively fruity Hurricanes in those huge souvenir glasses.

She lay her hand across her tummy. She couldn’t regret that their carelessness had created a child, although she knew he did.

A flash of light caught her attention. She glanced up and saw the headlights of a car turning onto Ash’s street.

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