âI want to feed him. Show me what to do.â
Alik stood too close. Blaire could feel his warmth. The familiar brand of soap Alik used in the shower emanated from his bronzed skin, assailing Blaireâs senses.
She placed a clean cloth over his broad shoulder, careful not to touch him for fear she wouldnât want to stop. Then she handed him the bottle.
âGo ahead and put it in his mouth. Heâll do the rest.â
When Alik did her bidding, the baby started devouring his formula. He drank so fast and furiously, he made loud noises that sounded indecent. Alikâs laughter started in his throat and rumbled out to fill the hotel room.
She couldnât help smiling. âAs youâre discovering, he has your healthy appetite.â Before she gave her feelings away, she moved to the other bed. âDo you want me to leave the light on or off?â
âOn,â Alik murmured. âI still have trouble believing heâs real.â
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Dominic, Alik and Zane
Three firm friendsâ¦
Three successful business partnersâ¦
Three dedicated bachelorsâ¦
But life is full of surprises, and these gorgeous men are about to discover the joys of fatherhoodâand of marriageâsooner than they think!
Surprised by fatherhood and ready for love!
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The Baby Discovery by Rebecca Winters, Zane finds an abandoned babyâ donât miss it!
BLAIRE REGAN got out of the rental car and locked the door. She could smell rain in the early-morning air. It wouldnât be long before it started falling.
After glancing around the excavation site outside Warwick, New York, she walked over to a couple of college students emerging from one of several dozen trailers.
âExcuse me? Could you tell me where I might find Dr. Alik Jarman? I was told heâs the consulting geologist on this project.â
It had taken several days and many costly, long-distance phone calls to various universities to determine his exact whereabouts in this pastoral section of the state.
Both heads turned at the same time. The look of blatant male admiration was always flattering, but right now she was too frightened and nervous to appreciate their attention. Her legs were shaking so hard it was a miracle she could still stand, let alone walk.
The blond one smiled. âHeâs living in the trailer at the far end.â
By some miracle sheâd arrived at the right place.
His buddy asked, âAre you one of Dr. Fawsonâs students from New York University?â Hope shone brightly from a pair of warm blue eyes.
Her reason for being here was no one elseâs business, but she couldnât blame them for flirting. It was early October. College classes had barely started. Naturally theyâd assumed sheâd come to join the other students she could see working in the distance.
âIâm afraid not. But thank you for your help.â
âAnytime,â she heard one of them say as she made her way back to the car and drove the long length of packed dirt. One drop, then another spattered her windshield. It wouldnât be long before the parking area turned into a mud bog.
The closer she drew to Alikâs temporary home, the faster her pulse raced. She could hear the blood pounding in her ears.
In the field, Alikâs day always started at dawn. It was possible he was already out on the site. Sheâd left the Bluebird Inn in Warwick at five-thirty in the morning, hoping to catch him before he began measuring soil properties or mapping water resources.
During the Introduction to Geology class sheâd taken from the fascinating guest lecturer at UCLA in San Diego, California, a year ago, sheâd learned he did a myriad of scientific disciplines in his study of the earth. But those all-too-short talks before and after class hadnât been enough for Blaire. Sheâd fallen deeply in love with the ruggedly attractive Easterner after heâd taken her home from school because she was sick.
Apparently the brief drive to her house hadnât satisfied his needs, either. Once sheâd recovered, heâd suggested they have dinner overlooking the ocean. From that point on they couldnât bear to be separated from each other. After a short courtship filled with romantic late-night walks along the surf, they set the date for their wedding and he flew her to New York City to meet his family.
That was when the horror story started. Sheâd had no choice but to break off their engagement. In truth, Blaire had never imagined she would see him again, especially if she allowed herself to think back to the awful blackness of that period.
But something unimaginable had come up, something she needed to talk to him about, otherwise she would never be able to live with herself.
Her mouth went dry as she got out of the car and found the strength to walk through the steady rain to the door of his trailer where she saw a poster mounted. No doubt heâd been forced to make a list of his business hours so the latest group of female students wouldnât lie in wait for him the way theyâd done in San Diego.