Made For Each Other (18 page)
“Tell me everything that comes into
that delightfully provocative mind of yours. If you had told me you
loved me to begin with it would have saved us a lot of
trouble.”
“Shall I tell you that you need to add
another bedroom to our home?”
“I’ll be damned if I will! You’re
sleeping in my bed where you belong, Mrs. Raffer!” His head bent to
claim another kiss, but she dodged the demanding lips.
“But, Nick, the bedroom’s not for me,”
she said with a teasing smile. “It’s for the baby we’re expecting
in September.”
She saw the surprise that froze Nick,
and for a moment she feared he would not want her if she was with
child. Then he swept her up in his arms. “Julie! It’s true?” he
asked. “I’m going to be a father?”
And at her timid nod, he whispered, “I
can’t believe it! An hour ago I thought my life, without you, never
looked darker. And now I’ve not only your love—but someone else to
love, too!”
Then the aloof senator from New Mexico
astounded her by shouting, “I’m going to be a father!”
Her father stuck his head through the
doorway. “Just make sure if it’s a girl, Nick, you’ll teach her how
to fish and hunt!”
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Parris Afton
Bonds is the mother of five sons and the author of thirty-five
published novels. She is the co-founder of and first vice president
of Romance Writers of America. Declared by ABC’s Nightline as one
of the three-best-selling authors of romantic fiction, the award
winning Parris Afton Bonds has been interviewed by such luminaries
as Charlie Rose and featured in major newspapers and magazines as
well as published in more than a dozen languages. She donates her
time to teaching cretive writing to both grade school children and
female inmates. The Parris Award was established in her name by the
Southwest Writers Workshop to honor a published writer who has
given outstandingly of time and talent to other writers.
Prestigious recipients of the Parris Award include Tony Hillerman
and the Pulitzer nominee Norman Zollinger.
Connect with Parris at
http://parrisaftonbonds.com
