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Avery’s pulse started to thump. What did he want? Why had she felt so very glad to see him striding across the pavement?
Оглавление“She’s mine,” he blurted out.
That was not what Avery had expected. “I beg your pardon?”
His face softened. “She looks exactly like my baby sister did at that age. Today’s appointment…it’s a formality, Avery. I know she’s mine. I’ve known it deep down for a few days now.”
Avery’s thoughts jumbled together. He had a sister? Callum was so gruff and solitary it seemed impossible to think of him surrounded by parents and siblings. And yet she knew he hadn’t just hatched, fully formed, into the broody recluse he seemed to be.
And then there was the heady fact that, without proof, he was actually acknowledging that Nell was his daughter.
She was happy about that. And scared as hell, too. The same feelings she’d had that first day came rushing back. Afraid of what he might demand. Afraid of losing the most precious thing in her life.
