Lucas's Lady by Caroline Lee

Author:Caroline Lee [Lee, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

He was going to be a Daddy!

Lucas was still walking around with his head in the clouds. He’d wanted this, had imagined it, but now, to hear it was actually happening? It was surreal.

Before, the idea of having an heir meant security and peace, but now…? Now, all he could think about was, in a few short months there was going to be a tiny little human in this world who was going to rely entirely on him for its safety and happiness and comfort. He was going to be a daddy, and that was much more important than just having an heir.

But as soon as Shannon had told him, he’d realized the truth: he would do anything to protect this helpless little person. That feeling had hit him so hard in the gut, he was lucky to have been holding on to her, or he would’ve had to sit down.

He was going to be a Daddy, and he vowed that he’d be a better father than his own had been. That wouldn’t be too hard, he’d often thought, but he knew now he’d make it true. This little person wouldn’t ever have to wonder how much Lucas loved him—or her—and wouldn’t ever have to worry about living up to his expectations. He’d love his child as much as he loved his wife.

All of that realization and emotion and longing had hit him right in the gut when Shannon had told him about the baby that morning. They’d been arguing—of course she’d figured out why he’d hired Verrick, but what was that nonsense about her being ugly?—and then Bam! That news almost buckled his knees.

He was going to be a Daddy!

But she must’ve realized how much danger she was in. After all, she’d been smart enough to figure out Pierce wanted Lucas dead, so she must’ve realized—even though it had taken him far too long to figure it out himself—that she was in danger too. He’d seen the way her expression had fallen, and had just known it meant she was afraid. It hurt so damn much to realize not only had he put her in danger by marrying her, but he’d frightened her as well.

It was his fault, and the guilt made him feel about two feet tall.

So he was running away. Blake had brought word about a missing group of cattle, and Lucas was going to join his foreman and Sam and Lefty, to see if they could follow the tracks back to Pierce’s land. If they could prove Pierce was re-branding his beef, then…

Lucas sighed, and dropped his forehead against the leather of the saddle he was strapping to the feisty little mare he preferred. If they could prove Pierce was behind all the trouble at Sunset Valley, then what? Nothing. He wasn’t going to stop at threats, or else he would’ve quit by now. No, Pierce was too confident, with his men and his gunslinger and his history with Lucas’s father.

Pierce wasn’t going to stop, and Shannon was going to get hurt.

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