Reckless Hawke: A Billionaire Second Chance Forced Proximity Forbidden Romance (The Hawke Family Second Generation Book 4) by Gwyn McNamee

Author:Gwyn McNamee [McNamee, Gwyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-24T18:30:00+00:00

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ALESSANDRA

Angelina cradles Benjamin in her arms, rocking him as she moves around Pope’s living room. “And aren’t you just the happiest and most handsome baby ever?”

He stares up at her with wide blue eyes, and she tilts him so I can see better.

“Did you see that?” She grins. “He smiled at me!”

I scoff and take a sip of my sparkling water before returning the glass to the end table next to the couch. “He did not. He’s barely six weeks old.”

Her brow furrows, and she props her free hand on her hip defiantly. “So? I’m telling you, he smiled at me. I’m definitely his favorite aunt.”

Rolling my eyes, I turn on the couch to face the kitchen where Mom and Aunt Skye are working on dinner with Dad “supervising” since neither of them would ever let him try to help, given how badly it’s gone in the past. “Mom, how old are babies when they start smiling? Like three months old, at least, right?”

Mom narrows her eyes on us, scoping out the situation. “Actually, you smiled right around Benjamin’s age, maybe a little younger even.”

“Ha!” Ang grins, pointing at Mom. “Did you hear that? You’re just jealous he loves me so much that I got his first smile.”

I wave a hand at her. “Yeah, whatever. Still don’t believe you.”

If anyone is going to get that first smile, it will either be me or Pope.

Choosing to ignore our little tiff, Mom sighs and returns to the kitchen while Ang wanders over to the couch and plops down next to me, still cooing and fawning over her nephew.

For the first time in what feels like years, a genuine smile pulls at my lips, watching her with him. After she helped with all of us growing up, it’s no surprise how amazing she is with babies.

A real natural.

Nothing like me.

Even after reading all the “what to expect” type books during my pregnancy and to eat up some of my endless free time while being locked away for a month and a half, I still feel like I know exactly zip about actually being a mother. Most of the time, I’m just trying to get through the day, keeping him fed, changed, and entertained without melting down in front of him.

“You look good with him.”

Ang lifts her head and smiles. “So do you. You’re doing a really great job under what are clearly not ideal circumstances.”

Benjamin grabs a strand of Ang’s dark hair that dangles within his reach, his tiny fingers wrapping around it quickly and tugging.

“Ouch…” Ang carefully uncurls his fingers and slips one of hers in place of the hair to give him something to hold on to. “We don’t want to pull on anyone’s hair. That hurts. Ouch.”

She would be such an incredible mother, and Jude would be an amazing dad. Each time he comes to see Benjamin, watching him hold him, the awe and love in his eyes always makes my heart clench, wanting that for my best friend so much.

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