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cross the room. And she was carrying William in her arms. The little boy was wearing pale-blue pants and a matching top.
Kelly’s breath stalled in her throat.
She latched on to that image, committing every small detail to memory. William’s blond hair. The shape of his face. His mouth that was bent into a smile.
Everything inside her screamed that this was her son.
“I just had my security manager send the DNA in for testing,” she heard Nick say.
Kelly didn’t tell him that Denny had done the same. Soon they would all know the truth. In the meantime, her heart was aching to get a better look at the little boy on the screen.
Joseph continued to squirm, but the monitor no longer held his attention. It was Nick that he wanted. Her son reached for the man, but Kelly stepped away to put some distance between them. She only wished she could add some emotional distance, as well.
“I want to see William,” Kelly requested.
She expected Nick to stonewall her again. In fact, she braced herself to hear an unequivocal no.
That didn’t happen.
“Follow me,” Nick said.
But that wasn’t all he did.
Joseph reached for him again, and this time Nick closed the distance between them and reached right back. He took the baby out of her arms before Kelly even realized what was happening.
“This way,” Nick instructed.
Carrying Joseph in his arms, Nick walked out of his office and down the hall. Kelly followed. Somehow. Though just watching him hold Joseph put her heart into a tailspin.
N ICK FIGURED this was a mistake, but it was one that he couldn’t avoid making. Kelly wasn’t just going to give up the idea of seeing William.
And Nick wasn’t sure he had the right to deny her.
Things were moving fast. Too fast. And with the danger from Eric hanging over them like the Sword of Damocles, he had a lot on his mind. But first and foremost were the two boys. If Joseph was indeed his son, that meant Kelly was likely William’s biological mother. It cut his heart in two to know that he could lose the boy to Kelly. But it cut just as deeply that he might have a son he could never claim.
Hell, what a tangled web Meredith had spun if she’d indeed arranged a baby switch. Of course, Nick couldn’t blame her if she had. If their situations had been reversed, he might have done the same. In fact, he would do anything to protect the son he’d come to love as his own and the son who might indeed be his.
Joseph seemed perfectly content in his arms and was babbling things to him as they trekked down the hall. Occasionally the boy’s attention would land on a painting, and he’d purse his mouth into an “ohhh” and point at it.
Nick couldn’t resist. When they stopped outside the nursery doors, he kissed the boy on his forehead.
Kelly saw him, and she was probably aware that she frowned. Nick figured there’d be a lot more frowns and groans before they got to the truth. And even after. He didn’t have a clue how they were going to resolve this.
“One step at a time,” he heard Kelly say.
“For what?” he asked, wondering if she’d read his mind or if she was giving herself advice.
But she only shook her head and frowned again.
Nick opened the doors to the nursery. He took a deep breath. And he waited to see what Kelly would do. He didn’t have to wait long.
The nanny, Greta, was in her rocking chair, and William was on the floor playing with his toys. Kelly walked toward him. Cautiously. And she stooped down so that she’d be at his level. William eyed her warily and looked to Nick for some kind of assurance that this stranger was okay.
“Hey, buddy,” Nick said to William. That earned him a beaming smile, and William began to pound the floor with the stuffed dog that he had clutched in his hand.
“Da-da,” William said.
Joseph must have listened and learned because he quickly repeated it:
“Da-da.”
Nick required another deep breath after hearing that. So did Kelly. In fact, she
Kelly’s breath stalled in her throat.
She latched on to that image, committing every small detail to memory. William’s blond hair. The shape of his face. His mouth that was bent into a smile.
Everything inside her screamed that this was her son.
“I just had my security manager send the DNA in for testing,” she heard Nick say.
Kelly didn’t tell him that Denny had done the same. Soon they would all know the truth. In the meantime, her heart was aching to get a better look at the little boy on the screen.
Joseph continued to squirm, but the monitor no longer held his attention. It was Nick that he wanted. Her son reached for the man, but Kelly stepped away to put some distance between them. She only wished she could add some emotional distance, as well.
“I want to see William,” Kelly requested.
She expected Nick to stonewall her again. In fact, she braced herself to hear an unequivocal no.
That didn’t happen.
“Follow me,” Nick said.
But that wasn’t all he did.
Joseph reached for him again, and this time Nick closed the distance between them and reached right back. He took the baby out of her arms before Kelly even realized what was happening.
“This way,” Nick instructed.
Carrying Joseph in his arms, Nick walked out of his office and down the hall. Kelly followed. Somehow. Though just watching him hold Joseph put her heart into a tailspin.
N ICK FIGURED this was a mistake, but it was one that he couldn’t avoid making. Kelly wasn’t just going to give up the idea of seeing William.
And Nick wasn’t sure he had the right to deny her.
Things were moving fast. Too fast. And with the danger from Eric hanging over them like the Sword of Damocles, he had a lot on his mind. But first and foremost were the two boys. If Joseph was indeed his son, that meant Kelly was likely William’s biological mother. It cut his heart in two to know that he could lose the boy to Kelly. But it cut just as deeply that he might have a son he could never claim.
Hell, what a tangled web Meredith had spun if she’d indeed arranged a baby switch. Of course, Nick couldn’t blame her if she had. If their situations had been reversed, he might have done the same. In fact, he would do anything to protect the son he’d come to love as his own and the son who might indeed be his.
Joseph seemed perfectly content in his arms and was babbling things to him as they trekked down the hall. Occasionally the boy’s attention would land on a painting, and he’d purse his mouth into an “ohhh” and point at it.
Nick couldn’t resist. When they stopped outside the nursery doors, he kissed the boy on his forehead.
Kelly saw him, and she was probably aware that she frowned. Nick figured there’d be a lot more frowns and groans before they got to the truth. And even after. He didn’t have a clue how they were going to resolve this.
“One step at a time,” he heard Kelly say.
“For what?” he asked, wondering if she’d read his mind or if she was giving herself advice.
But she only shook her head and frowned again.
Nick opened the doors to the nursery. He took a deep breath. And he waited to see what Kelly would do. He didn’t have to wait long.
The nanny, Greta, was in her rocking chair, and William was on the floor playing with his toys. Kelly walked toward him. Cautiously. And she stooped down so that she’d be at his level. William eyed her warily and looked to Nick for some kind of assurance that this stranger was okay.
“Hey, buddy,” Nick said to William. That earned him a beaming smile, and William began to pound the floor with the stuffed dog that he had clutched in his hand.
“Da-da,” William said.
Joseph must have listened and learned because he quickly repeated it:
“Da-da.”
Nick required another deep breath after hearing that. So did Kelly. In fact, she
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