Bodyguard's Baby Surprise

“Who’s not fine?” Penny asked.

Nikki’s breath escaped in a ragged sigh. “Nick.”

The panic already clenching her heart squeezed tighter. Nikki had never referred to her half brother by his first name. She usually never referred to him at all if she could help it. The fact that she was saying his name now—and with so much emotion...

Nicholas Rus wasn’t one of Penny’s children. She hadn’t given birth to him like her sons and daughter. But she had that same connection with him that she had with every one of her biological children. Sometimes it felt even stronger than that connection—because of all her children, Nick was the most like her. Somehow they both instinctively knew what other people needed.

But about their own needs, they were clueless. Nick had no idea what he wanted or needed. And now he might never have the chance to figure it out.