Victoria Chancellor - Daddy Lessons

Kate stood and took Eddie’s hand. “Are you sure you don’t mind taking us home?” she asked Luke.

“No, as long as your brother doesn’t come after me.”

“Why would you say that?”

“He doesn’t like me.”

“He’s overprotective and he doesn’t know you.”

Luke’s eyebrows rose as if asking, “And you do?”

Kate shrugged at the unspoken question and led Eddie toward the door. “Whatever Travis says, I’m grateful for your help. I couldn’t have gotten Eddie here so quickly or easily without you.”

“I’m glad I was home.”

Kate paused as he unlocked the truck. “I hope we didn’t interrupt your visitors…again.”

“No, they’re gone.”

Good, she felt like saying, but she didn’t. She absolutely refused to be petty, especially about a man she barely knew.

She helped Eddie into the seat and buckled him up. “I’m sure you’re very busy, though.” Although Luke had been much nicer and more concerned than she would have expected, he had his own life to lead.

She knew so little about him. She’d imagined much more about him than she should have, first thinking him self-possessed to the point of arrogance. In reality, he was very nice. Perhaps even a little shy. And awfully concerned about Eddie, instead of being angry.

Which made him even more endearing. Darn it. She didn’t need this. Her responsibility to provide for herself and Eddie, combined with her need to stand on her own two feet for the first time, made having any interest in a man a very bad idea. And when she did decide to date again, she would be smart to start with someone less exciting and tempting than Luke Simon.

She definitely needed dating training wheels, not a wild ride on a Harley.

Luke paused after inserting the key, his look again pensive. “It’s not so much that I’m busy. I’ve got some things on my mind.”

“I’m sorry to be such a bother.”

“You’re not a bother. That’s not what I meant.”

“Still—”

“Don’t worry about it,” he said, cranking the engine. He put the truck in reverse and turned to look behind him, then paused and watched her intently. “I’m working on a solution,” he said before driving toward the ranch.

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