“You’re needed in the kitchen.”
“Everything okay?”
“New appliances are here and you need to sign for them.”
“Be right there, Reenie,” he says, his voice raspy.
Reenie’s gaze flits between the two of us. I rub the sore spot on my back as she leaves.
I clear my throat. “We’ll be over after lunch if that works.”
“Right.”
I brush past him, ignoring the heat emanating from him. Before I can get far, he grabs my arm. Sparks shoot through me.
“Presley?”
“Yeah?”
Meeting his gaze, there is a softness there now.
“I…thanks. Thank you.”
All I can do is nod and run out. Because anything else will trigger all of my emotions about Kade. About that day I found out I was pregnant and wanted nothing more than to tell him about it.
Kade now knows about Poppy.
I only hope he treats her like the precious gift that she is. I couldn’t take anything else.
Chapter Eleven
KADE
“You’re looking awfully antsy there, boss,” Sam says.
I check the stirrup one last time before adjusting the girth on Lollipop.
“Presley is bringing Poppy to the ranch today. I want her to have a good time.” But then a worried thought hits me. “Can a kid her age even ride a horse?”
Lollipop chomps down on more hay, not a care in the world.
Sam laughs at me. “She’ll be fine. I had Lennox on a horse at four. Poppy is going to love it.”
“I hope so.”
Because this is the first time I’m spending any kind of time with my daughter.
Daughter.
I still can’t believe she’s mine. That Presley and I have a kid together and I only just found out about it.
I try not to let that thought stoke my rage. I’ve already missed so much with her, and I don’t want to lose any more time.
If getting to spend a few hours with Poppy means havingto see Presley, so be it. It’s not like anything is going to happen again.
That kiss?
I don’t care how fucking good it was. How it awakened feelings in me that I haven’t felt in years. Things I’ve only felt with Presley.
