“This little one isn’t going to grow up alone,” Piers said.

      He kept his gaze on the baby in his arms and added, “I will always be there for him.”

      “You don’t even know for sure he’s your brother’s child,” Faye protested.

      Piers caressed the baby’s cheek. “It fits. I want to offer him the kind of life he deserves.”

      His words made something twist deep in Faye’s chest. Made her see another side of him that was all too appealing. It was the baby. It had to be. After the terrible tragedy she’d been through thirteen years ago, she’d learned to inure herself to getting involved, to forming an emotional bond.

      And here she was, stranded with a man who appealed to her on so many levels, despite her best efforts to keep her reactions under control—and a helpless infant who called on those old instincts she thought she’d suppressed.

      She knew he was determined to get to the root of why she was so unwavering about having nothing to do with the baby. Or him.

      She couldn’t give in to temptation.

      * * *

      The Christmas Baby Bonus

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