Harlequin Intrigue August 2016, Box Set 1 of 2 by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488009228
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“Tommy just called,” Dallas said to Kate as he walked into the living room, thoughts of last night and their almost tryst still a little too fresh in his mind. He figured their emotions were heightened from one seriously crazy day and that was half the reason their hormones got the best of them.

“What did he say?” She was on the couch feeding her son a bottle.

Dallas knew she didn’t get a whole lot of sleep last night because Jackson had cried at 10:00 p.m. and then again this morning at three. It was just before eight and he was eating again. Three feedings in ten hours?

For someone who didn’t sleep a lot, Kate looked damn good.

“He was able to reach your lawyer,” Dallas said.

“What did Seaver say?”

“He made an appointment to drop by Tommy’s office today at noon.” Dallas crossed the room into the open-concept kitchen.

“I’d like to be there to hear what he has to say.”

Dallas nodded. “You want a cup of coffee?”

“That sounds like heaven right now,” she said, trying to suppress a yawn. “I usually don’t sleep this late.”

“This is late for you?” Dallas asked from the kitchen, where he’d started making a fresh pot. Eight in the morning was late for him, too. Work on the ranch began at five in the morning. He hadn’t wanted to make noise, so he’d spent the morning recapping the prior day’s events.

“I’ve always been a morning person,” she said. “And since Jackson has me up anyway, I’m usually the first one at the soup kitchen. That reminds me. I need to check in at work. I’m sure yesterday has everyone on edge and I still feel horrible about what happened to Allen.”

Dallas poured two mugs and brought one to Kate. “You need to keep an eye on his relationship with you.”

She thanked him and immediately took a sip. Based on her expression, she wasn’t ready to have that conversation.

“Do you really want to work with someone who is fixated on you?” Dallas continued. Knowing he should leave the topic alone didn’t stop him from pressing the issue. He was man enough to admit to himself that he was jealous.

“Honestly, work is the last thing on my mind right now,” she said, and she sounded defeated.

“You want me to finish that?” he asked, gesturing to Jackson and his bottle.

A moment of hesitation was followed by “No, thanks.”

Did she still think he believed Jackson might be his son?

“Last night, about him…” Dallas said. “Well, I just want to reiterate that the probability he’s mine is low. I’m offering to help right now so you can have a cup of coffee, not so I can see if there’s some parental-child bond between us. Truth is, I’m more than a little uneasy at the thought of holding something that tiny.”

The tension in her shoulders relaxed a little as she smiled. “I thought about it all night and maybe we should have a DNA test done today. If your—” she

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