Page 38 of Guarding My Love

He handed her phone back and stood up, then reached his hand out for hers.

She didn’t know what he was doing and allowed herself to be pulled up.

The next thing she knew she was in his arms and his mouth was crushing hers.

Holy crap. Was this really happening?

Her arms went around his neck and held on as she was being devoured by a kiss full of more passion than she’d ever felt in her life.

Too bad it was ending too soon.

Foster stepped back and said, “Try to think of that rather than him.”

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LIVING IN THE CALM

Talk about frustrating!

For such a great panty-wetting kiss, Foster hadn’t reached out or talked to her in eight days and now she was driving to the hospital on Amore Island.

The only good thing she did was leave after work last night and drive to Plymouth to spend the night and get on the first ferry. Marco was better in the car than she thought and she settled him at Amanda’s in his crate, then left.

“You made it,” Amanda said in her hospital room.

“I did,” she said. “It ended up being easier to drive than fly and now I know that.”

“I’m glad,” Amanda said. “Have a seat.”

Her sister was in the bed looking more comfortable than she should be considering she was going to have a baby soon.

“How come you’re not cursing and swearing at your husband?”

Drew walked in with a coffee in his hand. “She’s not in labor yet. But once the drugs kick in, then I’ll be the bad guy.”

She smiled at the man that her sister fell in love with. If only she could get that lucky to have a man look at her as Drew did Amanda.

“You’re never the bad guy,” Amanda said. “At least not now. When the kids are older, that gets to be you.”

“I’ll take it,” Drew said. “Can I get you something to drink or eat, Charlotte? I’ll let you visit with your sister. I’ve got a few things to deal with work-wise that I can do in the waiting room.”

“You don’t need to leave,” she argued.

“Yes,” Amanda said. “He does. Because if he stays he starts to fret and that makes me nervous. This is a way for us both to have peace.”

“My wife knows me well,” Drew said and exited the room after she said she didn’t need anything.

“Did you want him out of the room?” she asked. “Or you thought I did?”

“No,” Amanda said. “I really did. Talk to me. Distract me.”

“So you are nervous too?” she asked.

Amanda reached her hand over and laid it on hers. She pulled the chair over and sat next to her sister. “Of course I am. I can’t get everything else out of my mind from before.”

The first baby as a teen, then the miscarriage after Liam.

Charlotte looked at the monitor. “Heartbeat looks to be strong,” she said of baby Harper.

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