Waiting for Love, McCarthys of Gansett Island, Book 8 by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: brothers, contemporary romance, sexy romance, island setting, mccarthy series

Laura and Owen emerged from the clinic into afternoon sunshine. Her legs were rubbery beneath her, making her tighten her grip on his arm to remain standing. “I…I need to sit,” she said. Her hands were trembling, and her skin felt clammy.

Owen steered her to a bench in the middle of a small garden outside the clinic’s main door and sat next to her, seeming equally shell-shocked.

“Say something,” she said after a long period of stunned silence.

“I have no idea what to say.”

“Did that really just happen?”

“I think it did.”

Lightheaded and nauseated, Laura bent at the waist, forcing fresh air into her lungs.

He rubbed comforting circles on her back. “Are you going to be sick?”

“I don’t know. Maybe. Are you?”

Owen laughed, relieving some of the tension. “Not sure yet.”

Laura sat up straight, moving slowly in deference to the lightheadedness, and turned to him. “How are we going to do this? Can you tell me that? Three babies in one year and a hotel to run?”

She knew she sounded slightly hysterical, but who wouldn’t be after Victoria confirmed that the stomach flu wasn’t the flu after all but indeed another pregnancy—and this time she was expecting twins? Apparently, she was six weeks along. A transvaginal ultrasound had revealed two strong heartbeats.

Owen massaged her shoulders. “First, take a deep breath.”

Gazing into his familiar gray eyes, she did as he directed.

“Now take another.” After she inhaled and exhaled a second time, he said, “Keep breathing, Princess. No matter what happens, we’ll deal with it.”

Laura hated the hysterical tension that gripped her chest, the tears that pooled in her eyes and the overwhelming need to cry that came with them. “A year ago, you were footloose and fancy free, living the good life. It was a big enough deal for you to take on Holden—and me. But this... It’s just too much. You’ll be running for your old life—”

He kissed the words off her lips. “Stop. I’m not going anywhere. And for your information, I never lived the good life until I lived with you—and Holden. It’s not too much. It’s everything I’ve ever wanted.”

“That’s not true! You never wanted any of it!”

“I had no idea how much I wanted it until I had it. Don’t you see?” With his hand on her face, he compelled her to look at him. “I didn’t know what I was missing. How could I know, growing up the way I did? I love you, I love Holden, and I’ll love our babies, too. I promise.”

“It’s too much,” she said, shaking her head as tears spilled down her face.

“It’s just enough, honey.” He cupped her cheeks and swept up the tears with his thumbs. “How lucky are we? How blessed?”

“I’ll tell you one thing, mister, you’d better get all the sex you can while I’m pregnant, because after these two are born, I’m never going near you again if you can get me pregnant this easily—and two of them to boot!”

Laughing, Owen dragged her up and tossed an arm around her.

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