Harlequin Special Edition May 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2: My Fair Fortune\A Match Made in Montana\His Pregnant Texas Sweetheart by Nancy Robards Thompson

Author:Nancy Robards Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin American Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Hi, sweetheart. Don’t you look nice,” her mom said to her when she stepped out onto the porch.

Even though they didn’t get to see each other much during the day, it was a ritual for her parents to sit on the porch swing together after dinner. They had the kind of marriage that Josephine had always wanted for herself. Her father adored her mother, and her mother adored him right back. After more than forty years of marriage and raising five children, they still hugged and kissed and laughed together.

“Why don’t the two of you come with?” Josephine gave her father a hug.

“No...” Her mother smiled with a shake of her head. “I’m going to spend a quiet night alone with your father for a change.”

“Honey, I don’t know how quiet of a night it’s going to be...looks like one of the mares is about to give birth,” Hank said. “Tyler’ll be staying behind tonight either way.”

Josephine nodded her understanding. That’s how life had always been on the ranch—plans were always tentative because the health of the animals came first.

“Good evening.”

Josephine turned toward the sound of Logan’s familiar voice. This time, when she heard his voice, something different happened—she felt a nervous excitement in the pit of her stomach.

“Evening, son.” Hank smiled easily at Logan. “How are we set for tomorrow?”

It was still hard for her to adjust to Hank referring to Logan as “son.” He hadn’t started to refer to Ian with that title and he certainly never came close with Brice. But, whether she thought it was appropriate or not, she could see the respect in her father’s clear, deeply set blue eyes whenever he interacted with the San Diego cop.

“We’re set, sir.” Logan rested his arms on the porch railing. “As long as it doesn’t rain, we’re bringing her down the mountain tomorrow.”

Her father looked satisfied and her mother looked irritated. Barbara was displeased with her husband’s decision to start such a major project with the June wedding on the horizon. Hank wouldn’t be dissuaded. He was determined, as a wedding gift to Jordan, for the chapel to be relocated and presentable for wedding pictures. Her mom was used to getting her way with her father, but not this time.

Logan made it a point to chat with Josephine’s parents. Yes, he liked them, but he also knew how close she was with her parents and he wanted her to see that they accepted him. It could only work in his favor.

“Well, we better get going. Are you ready?” he asked Josephine.

He had always thought she was a beauty, from first sight. Yet, tonight, unbelievably, she looked even more radiant to his eyes. She wore her golden-brown hair long and loose, and the little touches of makeup she had applied enhanced the brightness of her turquoise-blue eyes, the highness of her cheekbones, and the fullness of her lips. He had to remind himself not to stare at her face.

Josephine nodded and met him at the bottom of the porch stairs.

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