Free Runaway: The Sequel to Secrets, a sexy and dramatic western romance (Finding Love ~ THE OUTSIDER SERIES) by Lorhainne Eckhart

but had he talked to his mother about her? She needed to know. How would she ask him, and would he tell her the truth?
    “What are you doing up?” Andy had pushed open the kitchen door, where voices and clatter trailed out. She could hear Gabriel chatting away to Aida.
    “I was thirsty. I came down to get water.” Laura started walking toward the kitchen and didn’t miss the way his eyes took in what she was wearing. It was a look so intimate that a smile hinted at the side of his mouth. So he liked the fact that she was wearing his robe.
    “It was all I could find to put on.” She tried to slide past him and would have expected him to step back and make room , but he didn’t, so her legs and hips and very large belly brushed him. He didn’t appear to mind in the least. This was all very confusing for her, and she stared up at him for a minute, trying to read him, to figure him out.
    “Are you okay?” he asked and then glanced around behind him. “Something happen? You look off.”
    Laura glanced into the kitchen , where Jules and two male servers were helping Aida. Laura stepped back.
    “ Jules, grab Laura some water bring it into the library,” Andy said as he slid his arm around her back and walked her down the hall. In the library, he sat right beside her on the leather sofa, his legs pressing into her.
    Laura squeezed the soft black robe between her fingers, because what she really wanted was to touch Andy, to touch his leg, to lean on him, but that would be a very bad idea. She was already sucked right back into loving him to the point that it was killing her inside. “Andy, did you talk to your mother about me, about the babies?”
    “Yeah. I told her we’re having twins. Did she say something to you?” He leaned closer to her, in her face, and was so close she could have touched her lips with his. She turned her head away, and he swept his fingers through her hair so she was forced to look into his steely eyes, which were so strong she doubted he’d ever had a moment in his life where he was unsure of anything.
    “Your mother had a man here. Do you know who it was?” She knew she wasn’t saying much at all, but she felt as if she had been plunked into the middle of a cat and mouse game, and she was the mouse. Even though he could lie to her and she wouldn’t have a clue whether he was telling the truth or not, she needed to ask.
    Andy glanced up and over her head. “No , I didn’t know. Is he still here?”
    She shook her head . “No, he left.”
    “Well , I’m confused. Did he say something to you?” Andy did in fact appear not to know, and she wondered for a minute what the hell was going on. But why would Caroline want anything to do with her babies?
    “They were talking about my babies. I overheard Carol ine with that man,” Laura said as she pressed her hand into the small of her back and did her best to work out the tight knot that were making her damn uncomfortable.
    Andy glanced up , but he had that look in his eyes that meant someone was irritating the hell out of him. “Who was the guy?”
    “I don’t know who it was , Andy.”
    “What did he look like , Laura?” Andy asked, but his eyes were staring straight out into the foyer as if he was considering something.
    “Tall , reddish hair, glasses, wore a suit.”
    His gaze swivelled to her and appeared more than interested. He also seemed angry. “That would be her lawyer , it sounds like. What exactly did you hear?”
    Okay , maybe he didn’t know, because he really was acting as if there was something not quite right. “Your mother said she was taking my babies away from me as soon as I had them so I’d have no chance to see them.”
    Andy jammed both hands through his dark , tousled hair, which was still a windblown mess. He opened his mouth as if to say something and bit down hard with his jaw. She could tell he was so mad that he was grinding his teeth. Then he blew out a heated breath, much as a bull does before it