The Rancher's Unexpected Baby. Jill Lynn

time you pull something like that, I’m going to put you in a time-out.”

      Her laughter brightened the room as much as a strand of twinkling white Christmas lights.

      What was he going to do with this woman? How could Emma be so considerate and selfless? It was starkly different from anything Gage had ever experienced with Nicole. After they’d married, his ex-wife had pretty much focused on herself. He had hoped that the tendency would change with age and maturity, but it hadn’t.

      Nicole had put her needs above everyone else’s. She would never have watched out for Hudson—and him—the way Emma did.

      When Gage had told Emma yesterday that he planned to pay her for watching the baby, she’d thrown a royal fit. He still would...somehow. But in her mind, she was just volunteering at this point. Before Hudson had come into his life, Gage had known that Emma and Nicole were nothing alike. That they couldn’t even be classified in the same category.

      But the last few days had only highlighted their differences.

      One was sunshine. Just her presence made breathing easier. The other was pneumonia—stealing his oxygen. Wreaking havoc like a storm that wouldn’t quit raging.

      Turns out he was quite partial to bright blue skies and cloudless days.