Ward Investigation by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Relay Publishing

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The next morning, Lance was up early. He felt better than he had all week, like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. And yeah, he was still buzzing from the incredible sex he and Ruth had had in the predawn hours of the morning, but it was more than that.

He finally felt like she got where he was coming from. They’d made up, really connected, and man, it felt good. So good, in fact, that he’d decided to surprise Ruth by making her pancakes for breakfast. Back in the day, they’d been her favorite, and he thought it would be a nice way to start their day together. Plus, Ryan had already left the house, mumbling something about a meeting with the old ROTC instructor at the high school who had trained all three of the Ward brothers. Apparently, he wanted to talk to Ryan about his current group of students.

So yeah. He was cooking and whistling and dreaming about what life would be like once their baby arrived. He’d just flipped another pancake when Ruth padded into the kitchen and made a beeline for the tea kettle. She’d obviously just rolled out of bed, since her hair was mussed and sticking out at odd angles, and she’d pulled on his T-shirt from yesterday. His heart squeezed with the sweetness of that.

Her scowl reminded him that morning was not her best time of day, especially now with the nausea.

“Hey there, sunshine,” he said, grinning. “How’d you sleep?”

She muttered something under her breath that he didn’t catch and filled the kettle with water before setting it on an open burner atop the stove beside his and turning on the flame. Then she turned and headed for the island to collapse onto a stool.

“Well, you just relax. I’m making breakfast,” he continued, ignoring her lack of response.

Another grumble, then a yawn. She got up and grabbed a mug and a box of tea bags from the pantry before snatching the kettle from the burner just as it started whistling. Lance watched all this from the corner of his eye as he poured the last of his pancake batter into his pan and set the empty mixing bowl in the sink. He also had turkey bacon in the microwave and syrup warming on the back burner in a pan. Pancakes were always better with warm syrup.

Finally, Ruth had her mug of hot tea steeping in front of her and he had their food plated up and ready to serve on the island in front of them. Smiling, he grabbed a plate and glanced over at Ruth. “How many would you like?”

“Just one, to start. Thanks,” she said, capable of speech now that she’d gotten some tea in her. “And thanks for making this.”

“No problem. Least I can do for the mother of my son.”

Ruth snorted and took the plate from him, adding a couple slices of bacon, then reaching for the butter and syrup. “You already know it’s going to be a boy, huh?”

“Or a girl.

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