The Cowboy's Family Christmas. Carolyne AarsenЧитать онлайн книгу.

      But then she heard Austin cry out and she was doused with icy reality.

      “I should go check on him,” she said, moving away from him.

      “Can I come with you? I haven’t seen him yet today.”

      His casual request was like an arrow in her heart. How could he act this way around Austin? How could he simply relegate him to one corner of his life? Like he didn’t matter?

      Her indignation and frustrated fury with him rose up. But behind that came a quiet question.

      Maybe if he saw Austin face-to-face again he might relent. Maybe seeing him again would make a difference.

      Really? If seeing him yesterday hadn’t, why would it now?

      Her mind did battle with herself as she recalled his coldhearted texts of rejection. The replies she typed out with trembling fingers on her cell phone, alone, pregnant and uncertain of her future.

      “Please?” he asked, the pleading note in his voice easing away her resistance.

      “Of course you can,” she said, determined to be an adult about this, tossing out one last-ditch effort to make him own up to his responsibilities. “He’s your son after all.”