McKettrick's Choice - Linda Lael Miller [159]
Lorelei smiled, laid a hand on her abdomen. She’d kept the secret long enough, waiting to be sure, though she’d wanted to tell him a thousand times, on the long journey up from Texas. “I’m going to have a baby. In June, I think.”
His eyes glistened. He swallowed visibly, looked away, looked back. “That’s good,” he said hoarsely. Their fingers were intertwined; he lifted her hand to his lips, brushed a kiss across her knuckles. “That’s very good.”
Lorelei glanced toward the house, where the family was gathered. Soon, Kade and Jeb, the other brothers, would ride in from the range. “I’m going to be a while, getting them all straight in my mind,” she confessed.
Holt touched his mouth to hers. “You’ve got a lifetime,” he said.
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MCKETTRICK’S CHOICE
Copyright © 2005 by Linda Lael Miller
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