Harlequin Special Edition April 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Wood told Elaina the results of Cassie’s amniocentesis Sunday evening. He listened to every word of her medical translation of them, focusing completely, asking questions. He needed to know all scenarios, possibilities and outcomes, suspected causes and lifetime prognosis. Basically, there was little threat to life because the condition had been identified early on, and likely prognosis was normal birth, healthy baby.

Elaina did say that Cassie and the baby would be monitored closely. The pregnancy would likely be designated high risk, simply because of the monitoring, but that there was little cause for worry.

Wood was worried anyway. That was unusual for him, even if he was not just a sperm donor, because he tended to be the strength others leaned on. Even when his mother died, he’d spent little time on his own grief, thinking instead of how it was affecting his brother and what he could do to smooth Peter’s way. When Peter had died, his mind had been consumed with thoughts of Elaina—assessing her needs, taking care of all he could.

Much like he was thinking of Cassie, he realized. Constantly.

But that tiny life growing inside her… He had no idea how to help it. No concept of a “sit and wait,” hands-off regimen. Which left him uneasy. Unsure of himself.

The feelings were new, and not at all welcome, filling his mind with questions that had no answers, as opposed to actions he could take.

Added to the confusion was the new role he had—the no-name, no-definition role. He would be a welcome figure in the life of his biological child. What did that mean?

Confusion kept him from contacting Cassie the rest of the weekend. He needed some space—and figured she might want distance, too—while he sorted out how he handled the drastic turn his life was taking, while, on the surface, it didn’t change at all.

It wasn’t like he was preparing for a new baby. For his first child. He had no obligations and no rights to be a provider. There were no announcements to make to his coworkers, no upcoming additions to his insurance plan, no medical arrangements to make for the birth.

There wasn’t even the need to clear his schedule. It wasn’t like he’d have a seat in the delivery room. Or be present for a single middle-of-the-night feeding.

And yet…he cared more about Cassie and her baby than he’d cared for anything in his life.

He caught a couple of guys looking oddly at him at work on Monday. Like he had some kind of vicarious pregnancy glow or something. The idea amused him. He went with it, until Gerald, his next in command, mentioned that he’d groused at a couple of guys, asking if something was wrong.

“Just some personal business,” he told the man he’d been working with for more than a decade. “Not even bad business, just trying to figure out the best way to handle it,” he added. Lying wasn’t his style. But neither was baring his soul.

“Financial stuff,” Gerald said. They were standing

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