AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“I’ll let you know if we get any more sign-ups.”
“Thanks. We should be ready to open right on target. So the more the better.”
“See you.”
He nodded. And stared down at the paper his brother had handed to him. It was coming together. This thing.
And he wanted to hang on to this moment. Where Alaina was his, and he was going to be a father, and he was maybe doing a good thing, and nothing terrible had happened yet.
He hadn’t messed it up.
And he suddenly related to her. To that restlessness she’d shown earlier. Of course, she wanted to jump ahead and make sure that everything would be okay. And he wanted to freeze the moment. But he knew that time just kept going. And there was always the possibility that something worse was lurking right around the corner. Always.
ALAINAHADN’TBEENback to the farmhouse at Sullivan’s Point since she got married, and that was just silly. She’d visited with her sisters, but always out at the barn. Or in the area they were renovating to make into the farm store. Out in the garden, where she’d gone to pick up fruits and veggies, and at the coops where they had eggs.
But she hadn’t been back home.
But now she was helping get ready for town hall, which meant baking extra bread and cakes and other delightful things, and while that would never be her primary joy, she did like their big baking and canning days.
When she got there, it was a full house. Evelyn Garrett was there, along with Violet Garrett, and of course Elsie, and Nelly. Even Penny Case, the young woman who’d grown up with the Kings, was there. Then there were her sisters. Arizona wasn’t there, but Alaina wondered if that was out of loyalty to Landry. Fia’s Landry animosity was such that Alaina would hardly blame her.
“There you are,” Fia said, wrapping her arm around her. “Miss you, sister.”
And Fia threw an apron on over the top of her head, and it gave Alaina extremely filthy flashbacks to last night.
That had just been last night? When Gus had...
Her face went all hot.
“Oh,” Fia said, blinking. “What’s up with you?”
“Nothing.”
Rory stared at her. “How is married life?”
“Good,” Alaina said, trying to keep her face placid. “Just...good. Everything is good.”
“You saidgooda lot,” Quinn said.
“I did,” she returned blandly.
She pushed her way into the knot of girls standing around in the large kitchen.
“We need to plan a baby shower for you,” Elsie said. “And a bridal shower. Because you need things for your kitchen, don’t you?”
“Oh... It’s very early for a baby shower.”
“Nonsense,” Quinn said, suddenly looking bright. “I’m going to be an aunt. I would really like to buy a whole bunch of baby clothes.”
“Well, you should wait until we know what it is,” Alaina said, feeling twitchy.
“Yeah. I guess,” her sister said. “But do you and Gus need anything in the house?”
She stopped herself from saying she would like a collection of sexy lingerie, except...she was sort of thinking she might. Just thinking about seducing Gus in a variety of different outfits made her feel warm.
He’d always wanted her.
That made her chest feel tender.
