The bathroom was steamy with the forgotten shower. “I’m washing off for a second.”
“We have to go!” Cash’s voice was more urgent than she expected.
“We just had sex!” She stomped toward the shower. “Some things have to be cleaned up before I give birth.”
He seemed to think that over for a moment before agreeing. “Fast.”
Fast happened fast because a cramp—or rather a contraction—came upon her again. Nicola had her hair in a bun, and Cash had her dried off and in clothes before she could say, Pass the granny panties, please.
They arrived at the hospital after calling ahead and followed all the procedures they’d been trained to do. Easy peasy.
Nicola was checked in and given a bracelet and room before she could even call her family. Everything was efficient. That worked for her.
“Hi, my name is Anne. I’m going to be your nurse.”
Nicola smiled as she was hooked to monitors. “I had a birth plan. It was supposed to take place in two weeks.”
“I’m going to be in Hawaii in two weeks, so that wouldn’t work for me.”
Cash laughed. “I like her.”
“Yeah.” Nicola ground her teeth as a contraction hit. “Me too.” Who had time to BS about coulda, woulda, shoulda? “This baby is coming now.”
“Let’s see.” Anne flipped on the machine. “Oh my. Maybe so.” She ducked between Nicola’s legs then popped back up. “I think you’re right.” With a big grin, she turned to Cash. “Dad, you ready?”
Anne moved to the wall, hit a button, and the rest became a blur. Something with a doctor Nicola didn’t know, a no-bullshit nurse, and orders to push now and breathe. All Nicola knew was Cash held her hand like a champ and never looked away.
“Push, push, push!”
They gave her time to breathe. Nurse Anne didn’t mess around and ran the room like the captain of a ship. Even without a birth plan, Nicola liked how in the midst of the first-babies-don’t-come-this-fast chaos, there was order.
“Go, honey. Push, push, push!”
God! She was pushing! Her eyes were shut. Her world was dark. Nicola gave her body everything she had and—
A baby cried. Oh God! Their baby!
Nicola opened her eyes to see Cash’s bewildered face. His eyes were wild, his mouth gaping, and he was smiling ear to ear, living and breathing pure joy.
“It’s a boy!”
Things happened she couldn’t see, and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment flooded her body.
“A boy,” Nicola whispered. “We did it. My baby boy.”
“Time to cut the cord, Dad.”
With tears in his eyes, Cash looked at her and stepped to their little boy, seconds later reappearing by her side as Nurse Anne laid a semiblanketed baby on her breast. The baby instinctively moved his mouth to nurse.
Tears slipped down her face. “He’s our sweet one, yeah?”
Cash rolled his lips into his mouth as though he choked on emotion. “Yeah, sweet girl. Our little man is a sweet one.”
THE END.
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About The Author
Cristin Harber is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author. She writes sexy, steamy romantic suspense, military romance, new adult, and contemporary romance. Readers voted her onto Amazon's Top Picks for Debut Romance Authors in 2013, and her debut Titan series was both a #1 romantic suspense and #1 military romance bestseller.
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The Titan Series:
Book 1: Winters Heat
Book 1.5: Sweet Girl
Book 2: Garrison's Creed
Book 3: Westin's Chase
Book 4: Gambled
Book 5: Chased
Book 6: Savage Secrets
Book 7: Hart Attack
Book 7.5: Sweet One
Book 8: Black Dawn
The Delta Series:
Book 2: Delta: Revenge
The Delta Novella in Liliana Hart’s MacKenzie Family Collection:
Delta: Rescue
The Only Series:
Book 1: Only for Him
Book 2: Only for Her
Book 3: Only for Us
Book 4: Only Forever
Each Titan and Delta book can be read as a standalone (except for Sweet Girl), but readers will likely best enjoy the series in order. The Only series must be read in order.
Copyright
Copyright 2016 Cristin Harber
All rights reserved. This book or any portions thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author and publisher except for the use of brief quotations used in a book review.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictionally.
ISBN-10: 1-942236-64-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-942236-64-1
www.CristinHarber.com
Table of Contents
Contents
Title Page
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
About The Author
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