Free The Marine's Virgin Lover by Leslie North Page B

He knows what he’s doing?”
    Chelsea nodded her head but the worry didn’t leave her eyes.
    “What’s wrong?”
    “I’m just wondering what’s going to happen once we get to the hospital. Do you think I could call my sister before the police arrive? She’s going to be so worried when this all hits the news.”
    Seeing the tears form in her eyes, Seth scooted a little closer to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, “Stop worrying so much. No one said anything about calling the police. If my guess is right, Trent’s going to want to deal with this himself.”
    “But…. I don’t understand… won’t the police have to be called in?”
    “I don’t know. I’ll speak with Trent. He’ll want to keep his and Brianna’s name out of the papers so maybe there’s another way to work it. Besides, Marco’s the one who stole the baby, not you.”
    “Yeah, but I was caring for her. Doesn’t that make me an accomplice or something?”
    Seth smiled at her and shook his head, “No. It doesn’t. You didn’t know what Marco had planned, right?”
    Chelsea shook her head, “Certainly not. In fact, if I’d known what he was doing I wouldn’t have accepted the job.”
    Seth squeezed her shoulder again, “See. You have nothing to worry about. In fact, you’re the hero here. Without your cooperation, I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this much today.”
    Chelsea blushed at his praise and then looked down to see the baby staring up at her with her big blue eyes. Chelsea reached out and lifted one of the tiny hands, marveling at the tiny perfection of her fingers and hands. She was thrilled that the baby was being returned to her mother, but a part of her was also sad. She loved the feel of holding a baby in her arms and wondered if she would ever know the joy of holding her own child, or forever hold the babies of others.
    Bending over, she placed a gentle kiss on the baby’s forehead, whispering to her, “You are so precious. Your mommy and daddy are going to be so happy to see you. Just you wait and see. You’re going to have such a special life.”
    Seth heard Chelsea’s words and they reached right into his soul. In a little over six hours, she had fallen in love with the little girl she held in her arms. He heard the longing in her voice and vowed that after this situation was resolved, he was going to take her someplace and get to know her a little better. He wasn’t quite sure what it was about her that spoke to him, but he wasn’t going to let this opportunity pass him by. Maybe she was what he had been looking for.
                                       *****
    Chance exited the elevator onto the maternity ward and made his way towards the Coldwell room. Entering with a rap of his knuckles on the door, he saw Trent sitting beside Brianna in the bed, both of them looking at something on his phone.
    “Hello?”
    Trent glanced up and smiled when he saw Chance enter. He had only been working with Shawn and Seth for a few months, but was already an integral part of their business. “Hey man. Tell me you have good news.”
    Chance smiled at Trent and then addressed Brianna, “How you holding up, momma?”
    Brianna gave him a tremulous smile, attempting to put on a brave face, “I’m hanging in there. Have you found her yet?”
    “Not exactly. I just came from the house where we think the nurse who was hired to care for your daughter lives. Her sister was there and said that Chelsea, that’s the nurse’s name, promised to call her tomorrow and tell her where she was staying.”
    “Tomorrow? Couldn’t she call her today?” Trent demanded. Tomorrow seemed like a lifetime away.
    “She already tried. The sister has her phone turned off. Rachel’s supposed to either call me tomorrow or have her sister call me. Anyone heard from Seth? He tried to call me as I was entering the hospital but the reception was bad. I tried to call him back but the call wouldn’t