Heal My Heart : BWWM Single Dad Romance

By Terri Lane

Joseph never counted on falling in love again after he lost his wife, not even with the very beautiful Ms. Skye, so why does he find himself doing everything to get closer to her?

Lakisha

Teaching is my passion and children are my kryptonite, so it is no surprise that I am good at my job. However, no one must know the secret I keep, no one must know my deepest shame and regret, not even the hunk of a man who invades my classroom and is determined to break down the walls that I have built around my heart.

Joseph

After I lost my wife in childbirth, I dedicated my life to making sure the son she brought into this world had everything possible, that is why I enrolled him in the best pre-school in town, and made sure he was put with the best teacher in that school. Ms. Skye.

I didn't plan for it to happen, I didn't plan to fall for the gorgeous Ms. Skye, but she draws me in without even knowing it, and the secret pain I see in her eyes when she lets her guard down makes me want to kiss it away.

Standalone Romance Stories With No Cliffhanger!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terri Lane
• Release date: Feb 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386542155

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Heal My Heart

Chapter 1

D addy! I eat all my breakfast. Joseph's three-year-old son said from where he sat on his big boy chair, his blue eyes gleaming with the excitement of his achievement.

I see that my boy! Joseph said, raising his head from the paper he was reading on a new heart surgery technique to tussle his son’s hair. You are such a good boy.

I good boy. Jason smiled.

Yea you are, Joseph replied kissing the top of his son’s head, his heart filled with love for his angel. Jason looked so much like his mother, and for that Joseph was entirely grateful. It felt like Maggie had left a part of herself for him when she had passed. He had her springy brown hair, his eyes and his lips were the exact same shape as hers, and even though he was mixed race, he looked more African American than white, his soft brown skin was almost the exact same shade as Maggie’s. The only thing he had taken from Joseph was his sky blue eyes, the only thing that gave away his mixed race identity.

Joseph thanked God every day for his son, he knew that if not for Jason, when Maggie had died, he wouldn’t have been able to keep on living. Jason was the reason why he was alive, everything he did was because of Jason, and his goal in life was to work hard enough to ensure that his son had the very best of everything he needed in life.

Are you ready for school buddy?

School! his son chanted, jumping up and down.

That’s good baby! Joseph stood up to take the plates to the sink and then came back to Jason who was by now sitting on the floor playing with his Iron Man action figure.

Okay, in the car you go little man. Joseph grabbed Jason’s lunch bag on his way through the door, opening it for him as they walked out. At a young age Jason was already very smart and very independent in everything that he did, he refused to let his dad walk him into class like the other parents did, already knew how to use his iPhone to call him when he needed anything, had the address of the house memorized, in fact, the school had called him after the first month and asked him if he was interested in accelerating his boy’s learning experience and putting him on a fast track program, Joseph had refused.

Joseph had graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard medical school, something they rarely gave out. At thirteen he had already been in University, best in a class full of people way older than he was, he hadn’t enjoyed his growing up years because no one had ever taken the time to know the little slightly weird boy that sat in the front of the class and knew the answer to every single question. He had lived a very lonely life until Maggie had walked into it and changed his life altogether.

Ms. Skye says we should always have our seatbelts on before we start our engine, Jason said from the back seat of the car. Joseph looked at his mirror and caught his three-year-old son scrutinizing his every movement

Do you know who also says that? Joseph asked, slightly irritated/slightly amused by what seemed to be Jason’s first crush. He had just joined Ms. Skye’s class after a conflict he had had with the last teacher, and Jason somehow found a way to quote his new teacher at every opportunity he got.

Daddy?

Daddy, Joseph echoed. Why don’t you ever quote me nowadays, Buddy? Joseph grumbled to his