Love Inspired April 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: Amish Redemption\A Dad for Her Twins\Small-Town Bachelor by Patricia Davids

Author:Patricia Davids
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Inspired
Publisher: Harlequin

Chapter Nine

As a strategy, hiding out in her room when Cade was in the ranch house had left Abby frustrated. For two weeks she’d deliberately avoided spending time alone with him, certain that if he didn’t see her, he wouldn’t worry about her.

With the exception of meals, their trips into town to meetings about the adoption agency and the half hour he insisted on walking with her each morning, Abby made herself scarce around the tall, lean cowboy.

And the reason? Cade’s insistence on knowing more about her pregnancy disconcerted her. She fought her desire to share every detail with him because doing so would lend a sense of intimacy to their relationship and she didn’t want that. She already had these weird daydreams of sharing the twins’ special moments with him, of standing beside him as they watched the babies grow. She had to keep reminding herself that Cade was Max’s friend and that when she had the babies, he would no longer be in her life.

There were other reasons Abby avoided him. She tried to arrange times that would give Ed and Cade the opportunity to find a common bond. Mostly, though, she kept away because her time with this man she’d come to admire and depend on would soon be over. If the adoption agency job didn’t happen and Cade didn’t get the military to release her money, she’d be forced to leave Buffalo Gap and probably never see him again. Life here on the ranch was a balm to her soul. She yearned for more. But what was that more? Friendship? Sharing?

It had to be, because Abby was determined not to let herself fall in love again. She’d thought herself desperately in love with Max but that love hadn’t been enough to help him. She couldn’t let it happen again.

Abby knew all the reasons why she had to keep her distance from Cade. And yet—she felt something for Cade. Something that was growing into more than friendship. There were times she could read his thoughts, knew that his sideways glances at his father meant he was worried Ed would never regain his strength.

And the more she sat here in her room, the more the miasma of her feelings left her feeling uncertain.

“Put your money where your mouth is and have faith that God will work it out.” She rose and left her room to head for Cade’s study where shelves of books waited to be read. “Keep your mind busy.”

She peeked around the corner to be sure he wasn’t inside, then approached the shelves. There were all kinds of books she wanted to read, but one, a medieval tale, drew her. It was too high so she tugged Cade’s chair away from his desk. As she did, the arm bumped a brown envelope that fluttered to the floor. And there, underneath, lay two books on pregnancy.

Oh, Cade. Abby smiled as she trailed her finger over one cover, then flicked it open. Inside there were margin notes and question marks all over the pages.

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