Harlequin Special Edition December 2019--Box Set 2 of 2 by Brenda Harlen

Author:Brenda Harlen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Amanda and Zach climbed the stone stairway laughing and gasping for breath. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d laughed this hard. It wasn’t until they reached the door that she realized they had a dilemma.

They were covered in mud and dripping wet. They couldn’t go inside like this. Not across those newly polished marble floors and hand-knotted silk rugs. Amanda pressed her lips together. That’s what she got for cavorting in the mud like a teenager. She looked at Zach.

“Okay. We need to get you into a bathtub, but I don’t want to bring this mess in the house. Take off your shoes and socks and leave them out here. I’ll run and get some towels from the laundry room and I’ll be right back to wrap you up and get you upstairs. Okay?”

Zach nodded with a shiver. She should have been more practical and kept him out of the puddle. She toed off her muddy sneakers and rolled up her jeans.

“I’ll be right back—stand close to the building to stay out of the wind, okay?”

“I’m cold, Miss Amanda.”

“I know—I’ll hurry.” Amanda wrung the water out of her ponytail—she must have looked a sight—and dashed into the house. She ran to the laundry room next to the kitchen, grabbed two big towels and ran back into the main hall. She slid to a stop when Blake walked through the front door with Zach in his arms. Uh-oh. Surely Randall men didn’t believe in playing in the mud. She braced herself for a scolding.

But wait—he was grinning. He winked at her as he walked by. Winked!

“I’ll take care of this little mud puppy. You get yourself into a hot shower, Miss Amanda.”

“But your clothes…” He was holding the filthy little boy against his white dress shirt and gray pants. The shirt was surely ruined. Zach looked up at Blake mischievously and slapped his hand against Blake’s cheek, leaving a perfect muddy handprint. Amanda couldn’t hold back her giggle.

“Nice,” Blake said with resignation. “It’s a little late to worry about clothes at this point. You both need to get clean, warm and dry. Upstairs. Now.” His words were demanding, but his brown eyes were twinkling with humor. She threw a towel around Zach and draped the other around herself to catch the dripping water as she followed them upstairs.

Steam wrapped around her in the shower and she sighed as her body warmed up again. When she stepped out to dry herself, she could hear Blake and Zachary laughing in Zach’s room next door. She could only imagine what that bathroom was going to look like when they were done. The deep timbre of Blake’s laughter made her skin tingle as she pulled on a fresh pair of jeans and a sweater. He stopped by her room and called through the door that he and Zach were headed down to the living room, and he was going to light a fire. She told him she’d join them shortly.

But first, Zach’s bathroom.

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