Читать книгу Their Surprise Daddy - Ruth Herne Logan - Страница 3
ОглавлениеCruz didn’t move.
He sat right there while Rory smooched little Javier and ruffled his hair, and when she was done kissing him, Cruz leaned in and kissed the boy, too. They said one last good-night, then he followed her out, into the hall. Before they were halfway down the stairs, she paused and looked back. “You surprised me in there.”
“Because I knew prayers?”
“Not that.” She stayed on the second step and faced him. “You kissed them good-night.”
“I believe that’s customary with small children, isn’t it?”
“It is, but you don’t have small children, do you?”
He shook his head.
“And I don’t expect you do a lot of babysitting in Manhattan.”
“No, again.”
She almost spoke again, then stopped herself. “I just thought it was nice, that’s all. You made them smile.”
She started back down the stairs to rejoin the others. Five little words made her stop again.
“That’s why I did it.”
She turned and looked up, and when she did, her heart did that shuffle-step dance once more.
