She shook her head. “You’re wrong, my love. The first time we bumped into each other in Bandera, I knew I wanted you more than anything else in life. I’ve won lots of events over the years and have had my thrills. But knowing I’m going to have your baby is a gift beyond price.?
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“Darling!” Cy put his arms around her.
“I hope our parents will forgive us for getting married without telling them—” she spoke into his hair “—but to be honest, I feel so sick right now, I can’t think about that.”
“I’ll take care of everything. You just lie here. Do you need a blanket?”
“No. The thought of heat makes me sicker. Oh—” she moaned. “You need to call Cody. Tell him he’ll get his share of the money even though I didn’t compete. I’ll send him a check in a few days. They’re getting married soon and will need it.”
“I’ll do it. What else?”
“Call TJ and ask him if he can spare you for twenty-four hours. I need you with me.”
She could see his throat working. “As if I’d be anywhere else.”
“Those psycho twins you took down changed the very structure of our lives. There should have been a happier, safer way to have met. But I wouldn’t trade that week we spent together playing man and wife for anything on earth.”
He smoothed the hair off her damp forehead. “I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.”
“What a story we have to tell our baby one day.” She closed her eyes, starting to feel sleepy. “I was the undercover bride of a Texas Ranger. Promise me something?”
“Anything, darling.”
“If it’s a girl, we’re not naming her Sylvia.”
While joyous laughter poured out of her husband, she reached for some more ice chips.
Men had it so easy. It wasn’t fair. But she wouldn’t have it any other way, and she wouldn’t have any other man.
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