Cara Colter - Truly Daddy

He bet she smiled often. He bet some men would make it a full-time job trying to coax that smile out of her.

He set everything back on the counter. Enough was enough.

“What does that mean?” Angelica asked.

“It means people follow you,” he told her. “Eat your cookie, and then we’ll all follow you to bed. It’s getting late.”

Angelica nibbled her cookie in painfully small bites while grilling Toni about where she lived.

“Is it hot in California all the time? Do you go to the beach every day? Do you wear a bikini?”

Another thought that made his mouth go dry. He’d been living like a hermit too damn long. She said she didn’t wear bikinis. He wondered why the hell not. If ever a woman was born for one, she was.

“Do you see whales? Dolphins? Kangaroos? Gophers?”

He recognized his darling niece was now using stall tactics to delay her bedtime despite the heaviness of her eyes. In a minute, her head would flop down on the table and she’d be asleep. Once, she had slipped from her chair and onto the floor so quickly, he hadn’t even realized what was happening.

“Angie, bedtime,” he said firmly. He scooped her up and went down the hall with her.

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