The Playboy's Baby by Stewart JM

Author:Stewart, JM [Stewart, JM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary romance
ISBN: 9781937976606
Publisher: Etopia Press
Published: 2012-07-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

He shouldn’t have touched her.

The knowledge reverberated in Dillon’s head an hour later. Across the room, Emma stood in the kitchen, head bent over her task. She was writing down Annie’s schedule for him. She feigned indifference, but her shoulders were set a little too stiffly. Her amber eyes held an unmistakable wary edge whenever she glanced at him. Dread sat heavy in his chest. There was a distinct distance and tension between them since they left his parents’ place.

Whatever small measure of trust he’d managed to develop between them had been blown to bits, all because he gave in to temptation and kissed her. The sad truth was he couldn’t be sorry for doing it. He’d kiss her again in a heartbeat.

Which was exactly the problem. He’d been wrong. Very, very wrong. One kiss hadn’t quenched his thirst. Rather, it only increased his craving. To see the desire in her eyes when she looked at him was one thing, but to feel it in her kiss, in the way her body melted into his, was something else entirely.

That unease on her face now didn’t help any. It made him long to do exactly what he shouldn’t—go to her, touch her, do whatever it took to alleviate the look.

Emma’s hand paused. She blew out a heavy breath and looked at him. The miserable look in her eyes wrenched at his gut. “I don’t know if I can do this. I don’t know if I can leave her.”

Damn. Obviously, his father had gotten to her more than he originally suspected.

“It’s going to be fine. I promise.”

She vehemently shook her head, worry forming a deep crease between her brows. “I’m not comfortable leaving her with your father.”

“You’re not. You’re leaving her with me.” Hands stuffed firmly in his pockets, he crossed the room and leaned a hip against the counter beside her. The soft, delicate scent of her perfume wafted to him in the small space between them. The warmth of her body called to him.

She glanced at him, eyes wide and vulnerable, and he thought he’d lose his mind. The need to touch her was near overwhelming. “He hates me. He thinks she’s a ploy on my part to get to you.”

“I know Pop can be a little…hard to handle.”

She crossed her arms and frowned. “Rude. The man is rude.”

Dillon sighed and nodded. “Yeah. Yeah, I know. I’m sorry for that. Surely you don’t think I’d let him, or anyone else, hurt her?”

She lowered her gaze and shook her head again. “No.”

“Em, you’ve watched me diaper, bathe, and feed her. Made sure I can get her in and out of her car seat. I’ve prepared bottles and cereal and heated the jarred food to the perfect temperature. I have nine-one-one, poison control, my mother, you, and Doctor Marley all on speed dial. We’ll be fine. I promise.”

She nodded. “I know.”

Remembering her quiet confession the day before, all his good intentions, his desire not to touch her, flew right out the window with the soft, shuddering breath she let out.

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