Читать книгу The Baby Promise - Carolyne Aarsen - Страница 2
“Thanks for bringing me here.
For…for being there.”
Оглавление“It’s okay. Of course I would bring you. And as for staying…” Nick shrugged. He didn’t quite know what to think of his fierce desire to protect Beth that had less to do with Jim’s request than his own need to be at her side.
“It meant a lot,” Beth said quietly, her eyes holding his.
Nick felt an urge to touch her. To connect with her. His hand twitched at his side and as he lifted it the doors to the NICU swished open. Reality intruded into the moment in the form of Beth’s mother-in-law, Ellen.
Ellen glanced at Nick and he got the hint that she wanted to be alone with Beth for a moment.
“I’ll be waiting in the lobby,” he said to Ellen. Then he glanced at Beth. “Congratulations, Beth.”
But as he walked away, he wished he could stay.
He dismissed the thought. He wasn’t Beth’s husband and he had no right to be at her side.
In spite of his growing feelings toward her.
