Diana DeRicci The Good Life

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.She chose that moment to squeak.Thank you, sweetheart.Chad took the opening. Let me go gether changed. Sure.I m almost done.Thought I d do this, then go shower.Chad grinned, though it felt stiff.He ached with wanting andhad no idea what to do about it. Makes sense. Maybe I shouldfind Joey this weekend.There was bound to be someone to distracthim at Shakers, someone who could take his mind off the suddendesire flooding him for Sonny.Chad escaped indoors before his tongue gave him away bydoing something extremely inexcusable, like hanging out whilehe panted.CHAPTER SIXThe remainder of the week fell into step with what it hadbeen before Annalee s arrival.Sonny took her in the morningand picked her up in the afternoons, so Chad only saw her whenSonny got home.On Friday, he detoured to the hobby store andpicked up the stencil, as well as paints, brushes, and sponges.Onimpulse, he picked up glitter paint, too.He d really liked Sonny svision, so he d searched until he found something that had largeflowers, fairies and butterflies.He added a stencil for a large sunas well, something fitting a very sweet little girl.Definitely a fullweekend project.Stacking his choices on the counter, the girl behind theregister gave him a congenial smile and started to ring him up. Find everything you wanted?Chad almost snorted.And then some. I did.Thank you.She gave him a broader smile and dropped the last of it intoa bag.When she gave him a timid look from beneath her lashes,he shook his head.Barking up the wrong tree, sweetheart.He smiledbenignly and handed her a credit card.Hooking the various bags with his fingers when he was done,he carried them to his car and left the store.He managed not tolaugh until he was behind the wheel, though it sounded woefullysad. That s my life now.I m getting hit on by women. Hegroaned then cranked up the radio, needing something upbeat.He wasn t that bad of a catch.Chad thought he was pretty decentactually.Still had all his hair, straight teeth, handsome enoughif he weren t standing next to Vin Diesel, he supposed.He waswell-employed, respected, made fair to decent money, had a goodgroup of friends, no horrific exes.So why was he still single? He frowned.That was not Annalee sfault.He d been single for more than a year, with hardly any dates,though he was just as guilty for not doing something about it.He40 Diana DeRiccihadn t been looking.Parked in front of the house, he turned offthe engine.The sight that he came home to captured his entireattention, and just like that, his doldrums vanished.Sonny was on the porch swing, rocking gently with Annalee inhis arms, a bottle clutched between the two of them, and unlessChad was losing his mind, Sonny was singing.He d never heard him do that.Sonny s voice was a lowmelodious rumble.Sonny had to know he was there, but he didn twant to just barge up on the porch either and interrupt him.Sonny s full attention was on Annalee, enraptured and completelyat peace.If a man as rugged as Sonny could be beautiful, then hewas now.Chad waited near the bottom stop, just listening, andshamelessly enjoying. You have an amazing voice, Chad said when he finishedthe lullaby.Sonny looked up and smiled at Chad when he joined him atthe swing. Hey.She got hungry.He set his purchases near his feet and sat on the other end ofthe cushion seat. You re so good with her. Thanks.I like kids. Sonny wiped her chin and let her playwith the bottle nipple a minute to make sure she d topped offbefore propping it by his leg and lifting her onto his shoulder. And she s so sweet. Unlike, say, certain nephews?Sonny groaned playfully. If you only knew. A muted brrraaaperupted, and they both laughed. Oh man.I just realized.You fed.That means I have diaperduty. Chad scrunched his face.Sonny laughed, a hard snort through his nose. You said doody [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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