A Buckhorn Baby
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It was over dinner one night that Amber watched him alternately eat and entertain June. She loved them both so much, there were times when it almost overwhelmed her. How could one woman be so happy?
“Thank you, Noel.”
He glanced up from the steak he’d grilled while Amber, June and Rookie had played in the yard. “You cook as often as I do.”
“I know, and I do thank you for dinner, but that’s not what I meant.”
“No?”
How to start? From the beginning, he’d been different from any person she’d known. “I didn’t entirely control our relationship.”
He laughed. “Not for lack of trying. But I figured out early on that you wouldn’t accept a pushover. If I wanted you, and you can bet I did, I had to be different.”
“So you made me work for it?”
He lifted his tea in a salute. “What better way to make you appreciate me, once you had me?”
“And I do,” she agreed. “Being here with you and June, feeling so...complete. That’s why I’m thanking you. I didn’t plan all this, but turns out it’s everything I ever wanted.”
Noel smiled at her. “Everything? Because, see, in a year or two, a little longer if you need it, I was thinking another baby might be nice.”
Her eyes rounded. “Another baby?” Then with a giant grin, “You mean it?”
After smiling at June, he set aside his fork to take Amber’s hand. “I was so afraid to be around a kid, thinking it’d bring back that nightmare. Instead, you two have made me happier than I knew was possible. If you want five kids, I’m ready.”
Amber laughed. “One or two is plenty for me, and waiting a while is a good idea.” She leaned forward to kiss him.
Which had June complaining—until they each kissed her instead.
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ISBN-13: 9781488030413
A Buckhorn Baby
Copyright © 2017 by Lori Foster
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