My Son by Marie Kelly Read Free Book Online Page A

actions, but the burning desire that she had enflamed in him.  Seeing her lain there her whole body swathed in the folds of the bath robe had caused him to feel a longing he had pushed down with difficulty and when she had reached up and pulled him towards her, he had almost crumbled.  When their lips had touched, it had been all he could do to not kiss her back more deeply.  He had stopped himself, because this woman was different from all others, she was the closest thing to a mother his beloved Max had. Normally he would have wooed her with gifts and flowers, but Kelly Brown was not one of the normal women he pursued, she was hands off.  However, he realised grimly that he still felt that whoever she had been dreaming of was a lucky man, a very lucky man.
    Fifteen minutes after Marc had woken her, and still embarrassed at what had happened Kelly had finally descended the stairs.  Not sure where she was going, she was glad to hear the sound of laughter emanating from one of the room she had been shown earlier, and pushing open the door, she found herself in the kitchen.  Mrs Green was placing delicious smelling food onto a large pine table on which were laid out two settings, Marc sat at one and she guessed the other was for her.  Sitting in a high chair laughing and giggling with pleasure was Max, already changed and ready for bed, and from the smell of clean baby, she guessed that he had already been bathed.
    He was now drinking from a bottle of milk, in between being tickled and fussed over by the two other people in the room
    It had been Mrs Green who had spotted her first
    “There you are, feeling better” she had asked kindly smiling over at the younger woman
    Kelly had smiled back warmly nodding, but had kept her eyes averted from Marc, still embarrassed by what had happened earlier.
    “Much better, thank you” she had smiled
    At the sound of her voice Max had started looking around excitedl y making little mamam noises, while his arms had reached out for her.
    Giving a small laugh, she had moved over to the boy and lifted him from his chair.  Max had hugged her, his small arms reaching round her neck, while she made joke strangled noises much to his amusement, catching a knowing look between the other two, not totally sure of its meaning.
    “He has been washed, fed and played with with in an inch of his life” Marc had said softly his voice full of humour, and his casual tone had helped Kelly to relax and to push the earlier incident to the back of her mind.
    As if on queue Max had began to yawn, his head cuddling into her neck and his eyes starting to flutter shut, as his small hands had slowly dropped to his side his body becoming heavy.  Holding him tighter to her she had smiled gently
    “Has someone been having a good time” she had cood softly “and now needs his bed”
    Mrs Green came over and dropping a small kiss on his hand had whispered “Dinner will be ready in about 10 minutes if you want to put him down”
    As she went to leave, Marc had handed her a walkie talkie type device.
    “T here is a baby monitor up there, just switch it on and you should be able to hear him on this”
    Taking it with a smile she had then left with Max and as she had placed him in the cot, he had already been asleep, Kelly standing for several minutes over his bed watching him.  His small mouth was so determinedly set when he slept; and with a smile to herself she had finally known where he got that from.  Long eyelashes brushed against his beautiful skin and as she did every night, she wondered at how perfect he was
    Reaching over and turn ing on the monitor positioned close to the cot, Kelly had leant over and gently dropped a kiss on his small forehead
    “Good night sweetheart” she had whispered “love you” before silently leaving the room and turning on the hand held monitor.
    Down stairs Marc had frowned as he had listened to her on his device.
    When she returned to the kitchen it was only Marc