Time for Love , The McCarthys of Gansett Island, Book 9 Read Free Page A

whispered.
    “Mind if I take a peek? I’m extra partial to her after helping to deliver her during the big storm.”
    “Sure, come on.”
    With the hallway light illuminating the nursery, they tiptoed into Hailey’s room. She slept with her bum in the air and her lips pursed.  
    Daisy adjusted her blanket and shared a smile with David before they left the baby to sleep.  
    “You were good with him,” David said on the way downstairs.
    “He’s adorable. I got to hold him the day he was born and fell madly in love. I’ve been like an extra aunt to him his whole life.”
    “He’s lucky to have so many people who love him.”
    “Now he’s got the McCarthys, too. They’re quite a family.”  
    “Yeah, they sure are.”
    Did she detect a hint of sarcasm in his voice? It made her curious to know more about what’d happened between him and Janey, but she didn’t have the guts to come right out and ask him.  
    “I heard how you saved Hailey’s life the night she was born. Maddie and Mac are so grateful to you.”
    He shrugged off the praise. “I did what I was trained to do.”
    “Still, if you hadn’t been here… I don’t even want to think about what might’ve happened.”
    “I was glad I was here and able to help. She’s a beautiful little girl.”
    “That she is.”  
    They returned to their spots on the sofa, and Daisy reached for the popcorn bowl and the remote control to start the movie. “Let’s try this again, shall we?”
    Was it her imagination or did he sit closer to her this time? His leg brushed against hers. Nope, not her imagination. Thank goodness she had the popcorn to focus on as the movie about an aggressive salesman began. Not even five minutes in and he was having sex with a coworker in the stockroom at work.
    Daisy felt her entire body flame with embarrassment. Next to her, David sat perfectly still. She wondered if he was equally mortified. She breathed a sigh of relief as the encounter in the stockroom ended with Jake’s character being fired. Within a few minutes, he’d moved into a job as a pharmaceutical salesman.  
    Looking to dispel some of the tension, Daisy tried to think of something witty she could say about the movie. “He’s kind of a tool, huh?”
    “You could say that.”
    She offered him the popcorn, and he took a handful. “You still want to watch the movie?” she asked.
    “I’m invested now. Gotta see if the tool gets his comeuppance.”
    Daisy smiled at him and tried to relax, but it was hard with her world-class crush sitting so close to her and sexy Jake shadowing a doctor as he treated a young woman with Parkinson’s. Daisy’s hormones were on overload.
    “Yikes,” David said. “Twenty-six with Parkinson’s. What a drag.”
    “Is that unusually young?”
    “Very.”
    They went silent as Anne Hathaway’s character bared her breast to the doctor and asked about a mark that turned out to be a spider bite while Jake looked on, obviously ogling the naked breast.  
    “Total tool,” Daisy declared. “If this was my house, I’d throw popcorn at the TV.”
    “Too bad they don’t have a dog,” David said. “He could clean it up.”
    “Thomas wants one, but Maddie is holding out until Hailey is a bit older. Can’t say I blame her.”
    “You and Maddie are really close, huh?”
    Daisy was relieved to be talking about something other than the bare breast on the screen. “Yeah, she’s been a great friend to me. I miss her at the hotel, but I’m so glad she got the dream come true. No one deserves it more. Now how did he go from inappropriate ogling to having coffee with her?”
    “It’s Hollywood,” David said dryly. “Things happen at the speed of film.”
    “Oh!” Daisy cried as the scene changed and the celluloid couple tore each other’s clothes off to go at it standing up in Anne’s apartment.  
    David shook with silent laughter next to her as Daisy watched, transfixed by the intensely erotic scene that ended with the