Baby, You're Mine: A Bundle of Joy, #3
By Roxy Wilson
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Fulfilling a friend's wish...
Jamie Alexis' fast-paced life comes to a screeching halt when she's summoned by her terminally ill friend, Brandi, who asks her to care for her two-year-old daughter after she's gone.
…isn't going to be easy...
Brett Carrington knows it's too late to make amends to Brandi, the woman he left at the altar, but it's not too late to be a dad to his daughter. The only thing standing in his way is the curvy woman who sets his heart and libido ablaze.
...unless love comes softly
Jamie isn't about to allow that blue-eyed, heartbreaker to stop her from keeping her promise to Brandi. But can she avoid the temptation of falling in love with the man who wants to take her little girl away from her?
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Baby, You're Mine - Roxy Wilson
Baby, You’re Mine
A BUNDLE OF JOY SERIES
BOOK 3
by
Roxy Wilson
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This is a work of fiction. All characters, places, businesses and incidents are from the author’s imagination or they are used fictitiously and are definitely fictionalized. Any trademarks or pictures herein are not authorized by the trademark owners and do not in any way mean the work is sponsored by or associated with the trademark owners. Any trademarks or pictures used are specifically in a descriptive capacity. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons living or dead, is coincidental.
Text copyright © 2014 Roxy Wilson
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
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Fulfilling a friend's wish...
Jamie Alexis’ fast-paced life comes to a screeching halt when she's summoned by her terminally ill friend, Brandi, who asks her to care for her two-year-old daughter after she's gone.
...isn't going to be easy...
Brett Carrington knows it's too late to make amends to Brandi, the woman he left at the altar, but it’s not too late to be a dad to his daughter. The only thing standing in his way is the curvy woman who sets his heart and libido ablaze.
...unless love comes softly
Jamie isn't about to allow that blue-eyed, heartbreaker to stop her from keeping her promise to her friend. But can she avoid the temptation of falling in love with the man who wants to take her little girl away from her?
Chapter One
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You’re not getting anywhere near my child, no matter what you do.
Jamie Alexis vibrated from the tip of her toes to her straight mass of dark hair. She drew in a slow, steady breath, as she fought to maintain her composure.
Brett Carrington’s denim blue eyes were cold and hard. "Melissa is my child."
Yeah, right, as if that’s going to cut any ice with me! Where was he when Brandi, Jamie’s best friend and Mellie’s mother, breathed her last breath?
I’m her legal guardian. If you want to take it up in the family court, hire a lawyer, and fight me with the judicial process.
Would it be good for Melissa to be dragged into the midst of a court battle?
Jamie was immune to his hot, good looks and deadly charm, and she’d make it her business to stay that way. If only Brandi had seen through the bastard before she slept with him and conceived Mellie. But Jamie had better sense than to subject her daughter—and yes, Mellie was her daughter now—to his unwanted attention. Brett had no right over the child, whom he’d discarded along with his fiancée three months before the wedding, and Jamie should know because she was supposed to be the maid of honor at the media circus, which had turned into a media bonanza, when Brett’s desertion created headlines in gossip columns.
Go back to hell,
she wanted to yell. Instead, she slammed a hand on her hip and leaned against the door, effectively blocking him from entering her apartment. You can hire the best lawyer you can afford, but no court is going to revoke the guardianship. It’s legal, and it’s something that Brandi wanted.
Not that he would ever care what his ex-fiancé had wanted.
His lips lifted into a charming smile. I don’t want to revoke your rights over Melissa. I just want to spend some time with her.
Not in this lifetime
No, Brett. I want to make it real easy for you. You can’t see Mellie. Not now, not ever.
He sighed. You’re planning to make things difficult?
He could bet his fine ass she was. Hadn’t she spent the last four months of Brandi’s life spending time with Mellie while Brandi was in and out of hospital? Hadn’t she given up her successful career as a media consultant to raise Mellie? Didn’t she spend the previous two months rocking the crying child who missed her mother and couldn’t understand why she wasn’t coming back? And now this man, this...this...monster, had the nerve to show up at her door and demand to see Mellie. He’d refused to have anything to do with the child even before she was born. Sure, he offered financial support, but Brandi didn’t accept it. After that, they never heard from him up until this moment.
Brett might be a jerk, but he was a handsome one. Jamie slanted her head so it didn’t look as if she was ogling him, but she didn’t miss the fact that his tailored shirt did little to hide the muscles that rippled underneath the soft cotton material. His dark, short hair was combed back. His lean face, wide forehead, and strong jaw had often been described as achingly beautiful in gossip columns. Not that she spent a lot of time reading that garbage.
Brett scratched his aquiline nose. This is in Melissa’s best interest. She needs to see her father, have a male influence in her life.
And didn’t you consider that when you left Brandi to gallivant in Europe?
He scowled at her. "I went to direct a movie which took ten months of my time. Later, I signed another movie and lived in Spain for a year and a half. I wasn’t in America. And you know quite well that I...wasn’t aware of Brandi’s illness."
As if that would have changed anything.
Would he have dropped his exotic, rich-boy’s lifestyle to take care of Mellie or Brandi? The fact that Brett was an award-winning film director didn’t quite impress Jamie. So it wasn’t a surprise that she didn’t trust his motives for coming here. What good would it serve for Mellie to see her father one time? Jamie didn’t think Brett was interested in raising a child, and neither would she ever allow him to do that even if he wanted to do so.
This conversation isn’t going anywhere.
I don’t want to hear your excuses. Now, I’m saying it for the last time: GO AWAY AND DON’T COME BACK!
She slammed the door in his face. Jamie leaned against the door and rested her head in her hands. Would he ring the bell again? Fortunately, she heard him walk away. Perhaps, he would realize the futility of this situation and never come back.
God, Jamie, you know you wanted him to come back.
There had always been a part of her that enjoyed their verbal sparring even when Brandi was still alive. Jamie didn’t admit it then, but she was beginning to suspect, judging by the way she became breathless whenever he was near her and the way she often fantasized about him, that she just might be a tiny bit attracted to him, probably had been for a long time. Shit. She didn’t need any more issues like this stupid attraction to that...that...reprobate, to wear her down and make her lose focus on the one thing—no, the one person—who mattered most, Mellie.
The phone rang, jarring her out of her dark thoughts. Hi, Jay?
Hearing her friend Dayna’s voice on the other end perked her up.
Where are you? Ethiopia? Paris? Brazil?
Dayna, an award-winning photojournalist, traveled to far-flung places all the time.
Syria. There’s a war going on here.
Jamie could hear loud noises in the background. Was it gunfire? Is it safe there?
War is never safe, Jamie.
Dayna’s tone was sardonic. Listen, I can’t talk for long. This phone connection isn’t going to last. Tell me, how is Mellie?
Brandi, Jamie, and Dayna were close friends, and Dayna had also been torn apart by Brandi’s death.
She’s fine. Guess who paid me a visit today?
The pope?
No, silly, it was Brett Carrington, Mellie’s father. He wanted to see her.
Dayna whistled. So what did you say?
I told him to take a hike. What else could I do?
Dayna was quiet for a moment. "He is her biological father."
"And he didn’t want anything to do with her, before or even after she was born. Jamie sighed.
But I know what you’re saying. If he gets a court order, I won’t have a choice but to give him visitation rights. The family court is strict about parental rights."
Didn’t you discuss this possibility with Brandi?
She was sure he wouldn’t be interested in Mellie. I told her to call and hash things out with him, but she was adamant to leave him out of the picture. Now, if he claims that he didn’t know Brandi was terminally ill, he could win custody from me.
Jamie’s stomach churned, even as she hovered on the edge of a panic attack. It had only been two months since she’d permanently taken over Mellie’s full-time care, but she couldn’t imagine life without the cherubic toddler now.
"He’s a globe trotter. I doubt he’d want to be saddled with permanent custody of a child that he barely knows, even though she’s his. Don’t worry