Baby In A Million – Rebecca Winters

She loved him for it. “While you get ready for bed, I’ll set up Boggle.” “Boggle?” It was a spelling game they often played on snowy winter nights at the ranger’s cabin after they were married. Just the mention of it brought back myraid memories that made her heart turn over. “Did you find it in the lounge?” He flashed her one of his heart-stopping smiles.

“No. I brought it from home in the hope that you’d play it with me.” It had been on the tip of her tongue to refuse him on the grounds that she was too tired. But secretly, she was afraid to spend any more time with him. Every conceivable barrier which she’d taken the greatest pains to erect in order to counteract his power, was in danger of being knocked aside by an unexpected look of desire igniting his dark blue eyes, or the compelling curve of his male mouth at a vulnerable moment.

But the therapy had to be working, because she didn’t have the heart to turn him down. In all honesty, after eight months’ deprivation, she craved every moment with him. “All right. I’ll change and be with you in a minute.” Without glancing at him, she hurried over to the drawers and drew out the things she needed, but one item was missing.

“I hung your robe on the bathroom door.” He read her mind, just like he used to do. “Thank you,” she said and quietly slipped into the bathroom, her pulse beating far too fast to be healthy. Heavens! She felt much more shy than she had on her wedding night. How many times had they made love during their six-year marriage? At least several thousand anyway.

They were expecting a baby, yet she could easily be that same virginal bride who was anticipating their wedding night with all that excitement and maidenly fears that were part of her heritage being brought up by nuns. Tortured by the nature of her thoughts, she showered and prepared for bed, praying that Cord might have started watching a show on TV while he waited for her. Hopefully he’d be too engrossed to care about a game and she could go right to sleep.

Weight: Nine pounds, four ounces Height: twenty-three inches long… The doctors had told Cord McKnight he would never father a child. The doctors had been wrong. For on his last night with Ashley, a miracle had occurred—a million-to-one chance… And now it seemed his estranged wife was nine months pregnant! Only, Ashley had walked out on Cord for good reason. She had never doubted that Cord would make a perfect father—it was his skills as a husband she’d begun to doubt.

All the evidence suggested that he was having an affair. But Cord was determined to hold on to his newfound family, even if it meant holding out for another miracle—getting his wife back! 1kitap1.com/en CHAPTER ONE When the phone rang, Ashley McKnight got up clumsily from the kitchen table. She’d been folding clothes which had just come out of the dryer and hurried to answer it, afraid it might waken Mrs. Bromwell who had finally fallen asleep, hopefully until morning. Though Ashley turned off the elderly woman’s phone every night, the second extension in the kitchen lay on the other side of the wall of the comfortable apartment.

Any noise past ten o’clock could disturb her because she suffered from crippling arthritis and the medicine didn’t always blot out the pain. But she was such a dear soul, she hardly ever complained. The only people who would phone her this late would be Mrs. Bromwell’s family to see how their mother was doing, and how Ashley was faring.

They had a replacement for Ashley, realizing that if she went into early labor, she’d have to leave their mother on a moment’s notice. But her doctor expected her to go full term, which meant she had four more weeks until the baby was due—four weeks to earn a little more money.

Besides needing to outfit a layette, she had attorney fees to pay. She’d signed the papers. Now it was Cord’s turn to sign so that their divorce would be final right away.

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