Free Changed by His Son's Smile by Robin Gianna Page A

knew where in the world without her and Drew anyway.
    “Whatever Spud made, it’ll be good,” Chase said, his head tipped against Drew’s for a moment before he looked at his parents. “Then we’ll make a plan for the rest of your visit with your grandson.”

CHAPTER SIX
    “T O THINK YOU ’ VE always hassled me about my smooth moves when you’re the true master,” Trent said as he and Chase pulled off their gloves and gowns after surgery and headed toward the hospital corridor.
    “What smooth moves?”
    “Getting your parents to come and gush over Drew and put the pressure on Dani. Brilliant.” Trent grinned. “Except, of course, that my moves work and yours are a pathetic failure.”
    “Glad you think it’s funny,” Chase said, still stunned at his parents’ reaction to Dani not wanting to marry him. He’d been so sure his mother would have seemed, at the very least, disappointed. And with Dani’s eyes looking so soft and tender as she’d watched them with Drew, he had been positive a little pressure from them would have been a big help toward his goal.
    “I still can’t believe they didn’t back me up. Even threw me under the bus completely when they said it was between the two of us and didn’t care whether we got married or not.”
    “I never thought I’d hear you say you wished you had more interference from outside forces in your life.” Trent chuckled. “Seems to me you always complain when anybody at GPC sticks their nose in your business.”
    “Interference wasn’t what I had in mind. Coercion was what I had in mind. Helping Dani see what’s obviously the best solution here.” No, the interference he was worried about might come in the form of a jerk named Matt he didn’t even know. Except the guy was halfway across the world, while he had Dani with him, and there was some old saying about possession being nine-tenths of the law. He planned to take full advantage of it.
    “You have no clue about women,” Trent said, shaking his head. “The harder you push, the faster she’ll run. Show her what a great dad you’ll be to Drew and give her time.”
    “There might not be much time. Who knows how soon you and I’ll be relocated?”
    “True. But you’ve got to relax a little instead of bugging her to death. Let her remember why you two were together in the first place. Lord knows, I can’t figure out why, but a lot of women do like you.”
    “I’m just trying to remind her what we had before.” Seemed to have worked, for a moment at least, both times he’d kissed her. Just thinking of the feel of her mouth on his, her sweet body pressed close, made his body start to react all over again.
    “Then lay off and play hard to get. I guarantee she’ll start thinking of your old times in Honduras and come back for more. Women are perverse like that.”
    “I’m beginning to see why your relationships with women last a nanosecond.” Part of Chase wanted to laugh, but Trent’s words did make him pause. Could giving Dani a day or two to take the lead be the answer to speeding things up? Just the thought of heading to his next job without his ring on her finger filled him with cold anxiety. Especially with “Mr. Matt” waiting in the wings, four thousand miles away or not.
    “Trust me. She won’t be able to figure out why you’re suddenly not touching her and annoying her all the time. It’ll drive her crazy and she’ll want to jump your bones. Then she’ll say yes, and you can get married.” He slapped Chase’s shoulder and grinned. “We’ll get three weeks off before we start our new jobs. Plenty of time for a honeymoon. I bet your parents would love to have Drew stay with them up in Senegal while you and Dani go somewhere alone. You’d better start deciding where.”
    The thought of a week or two alone with Dani shortened Chase’s breath and sent his thoughts down the erotic path they persisted in going. Not good, because he and Trent had just entered the hospital