Drive-By Daddy: Drive-By Daddy / Calamity Jo. Patricia Knoll
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Название: Drive-By Daddy: Drive-By Daddy / Calamity Jo
Автор: Patricia Knoll
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Зарубежные любовные романы
isbn: 9781474025454
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“You mean Vernon?” Darcy laughed. “You make him sound like a mobster. Which is probably the most exotic thing that’s ever been said about him. But yes. Vernon. Who lives with his mother.”
Tom seemed to be enjoying Darcy’s discomfort a little too much. “Any other competition I should know about?”
“Unfortunately, I won’t know until she trots them by. But for now it’s just you and Vernon.”
“Good. I think I can take him.” Tom’s gaze slowly traveled over her face. “How’re you doing, Darcy? I mean really.”
The genuine concern in his voice disconcerted her. “We’re not talking about my bottom again, are we?”
Amusement sparked in his eyes. “No. But we can, if you like.”
She shook her head. “I don’t like.”
“I didn’t think so. But what I meant was…you look tired.”
“Great.” Darcy made an ineffectual swipe at her hair, trying in vain to brush back her tangle of shoulder-length curls. “Will the day ever come when I look presentable again?”
“You look just fine right now.”
Darcy scoffed. “Yeah, me and my leftover maternity clothes. Yuck.” She pulled at them. “And I look tired, too, remember?”
“I didn’t mean anything by it. Hell, you have every right to be tired. You just had a baby a few days ago…well, I guess you know that.”
Darcy dramatically shifted her stitched-up nether-region on her bed. “Good. We’re back to my bottom. Finally.” Then, belatedly, she realized how that sounded and to whom she was speaking. The man had been right there and had seen everything. “I mean, I…” She gave up. “Oh, the heck with it. You’re right. I am tired. Very tired. It’s been an exhausting day so far. For me and for Montana.”
“I expect it has. It’s hot outside. That’ll sap your strength. And then there was that long drive out here. You probably could both use a good nap about now.”
Something inside Darcy grew soft. Had there ever been a more sympathetic soul on the face of the earth than this man? Just his way of talking, so slow and calm, and his constant concern for her, was enough to make her want to crawl into his lap. And put her arms around him and her cheek against his chest so she could hear his heart beating and then just lay there against him and soak up—
“Darcy? Did you hear me?”
Blinking, embarrassed, she snapped back to the moment. “Oh. No. I’m sorry. I didn’t. What did you say?”
“I said I closed the deal today on my grandfather’s land.”
Darcy froze. She felt as if she’d just been slapped. “Oh, you did? Well…that’s great. Good for you. I guess that means…you’ll be going home soon.”
Distractedly twisting and turning the screwdriver around in his hand, he stared her way and nodded. “It does.”
Darcy looked down at her lap. She couldn’t imagine why the thought of him leaving upset her so much. But it did. It made her want to cry and left her feeling alone and scared. Immediately, she chastised herself for being so silly. She looked up at him. He was studying her. Darcy tried a smile, but it wouldn’t quite hold. “So. When are you leaving?”
“I don’t know. There are some details to see to and some papers to be drawn up and signed. I figure about the middle of next week.”
This was Friday. “Wow. As soon as that?”
“Yep. As soon as that.” He casually tossed the screwdriver into the tool box. It clanked against several other metal pieces and sounded unusually loud to Darcy. She watched Tom turn back to putting the crib together. “I got a good price for the land. The developers want to turn it into a golf course.”
“Well, you can’t have too many of those out here in the desert.”
Tom turned and eyed her. “You don’t approve?”
A shrug accompanied Darcy’s words. “I don’t have an opinion either way. It’s your land. Well, it was your land.”
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