With His Love (For His Pleasure, Book 16) Read Online Free PDF

made sense. Danielle was a good friend and she’d make a great mom. Riley could be left for a couple of days in her care—it would be good for everyone.
    “Okay, let’s do it,” Nicole told her.
    Danielle clapped her hands. “You mean it?”
    “I do. I totally mean it.”
    “Oh, gosh, Nicole! I can’t wait to do this!” Danielle was all smiles and light now. Whatever sadness and anxiety had been eating at her seemed to have dissipated in a matter of seconds. She was talking energetically, waving her hands around, planning for the upcoming fun, as they continued walking through the mall again.
    When they came to the end of their allotted mall-walking time, the two women hugged tightly.
    “I’m so happy for you,” Nicole said. “This is amazing news. I know you and Kane are going to make incredible parents.”
    “Thanks for saying that.” Danielle nodded, then shrugged. “Of course, this might put a bit of a damper on my acting career, but I have my priorities straight. Family comes first.”
    “And you can still act.”
    “But if I need to put the breaks on for a little while, that’s just how it goes.”
    Nicole nodded. She knew that Danielle might be putting family first, or it might also be that Danielle was tired of being turned down and rejected in her new profession.
    And if having a baby would also serve a dual purpose of saving face, than who was Nicole to tell her otherwise?
    “You gotta do what you gotta do,” Nicole said.
    Danielle was opening the door to exit the mall. “Let me know what time we should expect Riley, okay?”
    “I’ll call you or text you,” Nicole said.
    She watched her best friend leave, feeling warmth and affection that surprised her.
    Danielle might have gotten a little wacky since she and Kane became an item, but Nicole knew that underneath it all, Danielle had a heart of gold.
    And as nervous as it made her, Nicole thought it might be good to spend a night or two away from Riley. They were going to have to do it sometime, so she supposed this was as good a time as any.

    ***
    By the time Nicole and Red’s plane set down in Las Vegas that Friday afternoon, things had already gotten off to a rather rocky start.
    After dropping Riley off at Kane Wright’s house, their car had gotten a flat tire.
    Then, after getting to their airport where a private jet had been chartered, Red suddenly realized he’d left his wallet back home.
    They’d had to call one of the staff to bring it to the airport, and that had delayed them another hour or so.
    Once in the air, the flight had been plagued by awful turbulence. Red was an experienced traveler, and even he seemed put off by it at times.
    “I think I might be sick,” Nicole had told him at one point.
    “Maybe we can get you something for it—” Red had begun to say, and then she’d grabbed a plastic bag and vomited into it before he could even finish his statement.
    Luckily for them, the flight wasn’t very long, and they landed safe and sound, none the worse for wear.
    Getting off the plane, Red swore under his breath.
    “What is it?”
    “Jeb’s supposed to be meeting us at the airport,” he said. “But my cell’s dead and I don’t even have the charger.” He shook his head. “I swear, I must be cursed right now—maybe this trip was a bad idea.”
    Nicole looked at him. “It’s fine,” she said. “I can call him from my phone.
    What’s his number?”
    Red rolled his eyes. “I have no idea.”
    Inside, they were able to find someone who used the PA system to make an announcement asking Jeb to come and meet them at the information desk, and about five minutes later, he arrived, smiling and upbeat.
    “What happened to you, Red?” he asked, as he approached. “You lose my number or something?”
    “Phone died,” Red told him. “Sorry about the confusion. Things haven’t exactly gone according to plan thus far.”
    “Hey, no biggie. Help you with your bags or anything?”
    “Nope, I got them. We