Harlequin Love Inspired August 2018--Box Set 1 of 2 by Vannetta Chapman

Author:Vannetta Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“Don’t forget your toothbrush,” Cate called to Ruby on Wednesday evening.

Ruby popped into the cabin bathroom, her excitement over the campout causing her to skip and gladly comply with everything Cate asked of her.

Where exactly would her three-year-old be brushing her teeth in the middle of the woods? Three! If Ruby could hear her thoughts, she would quickly call out, Almost four! Either way, she was far too young for this. Cate’s head shook, though no one was present to witness her strife.

She’d never camped growing up. That hadn’t been high on her family’s priority list. She wasn’t sure what to send with Ruby, so she’d asked Luc for a list. It was surprisingly short.

On Monday Cate had called the doctor’s office. She’d expected them to voice concern. To ask questions. But the nurse she’d spoken to had seemed surprised Cate had called at all. She’d gotten the all clear for Ruby to go on the campout that not one part of her had been wanting.

If only they’d said no. Then Cate wouldn’t have had to tell Luc he was right. And her daughter wouldn’t be about to spend the night outside in the mountains.

Cate hated being the not-cool parent. The overprotective mama bear. This whole coparenting thing had her scrambling to figure out how to fit together the puzzle pieces of their new life. And to make matters worse, when she’d told Luc, instead of rubbing it in that she’d been wrong to worry and call the doctor, he’d just thanked her for making sure it was okay for Ruby.

The old Luc had been a fighter. Not one to back down easily. But God had changed him. Made it hard for Cate to keep her eyes on the prize—Ruby—and not on the man who kept stealing her attention despite her best efforts not to let that happen.

Ruby bounded over to Cate, handing off the toothbrush. Cate added it to her pink backpack just as a knock sounded at their cabin door.

“Come in,” she called out, and Luc let himself in. A snarl came from the kitchen sink—a place Prim would never occupy back in their apartment. Cate was starting to think the cat could sense when Luc might be arriving, because that was the only time she’d crouch in that particular hiding place. It was almost as if she wanted to torment Luc. Cate was trying desperately not to find it funny when Prim surprised him. So far she’d failed miserably at that attempt.

“Good to see you, too, Prim.” Luc’s dry tone earned a giggle and an enthusiastic hug from Ruby.

Currently, Cate sided with Prim. She was as excited to see Luc as she would be to run smack-dab into a hornet’s nest. Because while he was starring as the picture of maturity, she’d taken the lead role as big ol’ baby. And had learned over the past few days, unfortunately, that she excelled at the part.

“Cate?” Luc stood in front of her, too close for comfort, the questioning pucker of his brow telling her it wasn’t the first time he’d said her name.

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