If I can save him another broken night’s sleep, I can also save myself from having to drive something to his office because he’s forgotten it on the kitchen table. Gavin’s been burning the candle at both ends, work taking up more of his time than he’d like, and with Peyton not sleeping particularly well this week, he’s been tired.

I grab my housecoat and shrug into it as I rush down the hall, wanting to get to her before the cries reach their highest pitch and wake her father as well. I toss my covers off and my feet hit the cold floor. A few seconds later another cry filters through the baby monitor, and then again, more insistent this time. I lie there for a few seconds, waiting to see if the cry is isolated or she’s actually awake and needs comfort. She’s teething and she has a cold, the combination of the two making her restless and uncomfortable. It’s the third time Peyton has woken tonight. My eyes snap open at the despondent cry lighting up the baby monitor. Make A Wish by Helena Hunting, Audiobook Extended Excerpt Prologue A Future Too Distant to Realize Harley.This is one of those times Harley wishes she could see the future…

It’s the perfect opportunity to heal old wounds. So much so that he suggests they get together for lunch. Until Gavin Rhodes and his adorable now nine-year-old daughter, Peyton, reappear at a princess-themed birthday party hosted by Spark House, Harley’s family’s event hotel.ĭespite trying to avoid the awkwardness of the situation, she can’t help but notice how unbearably sexy he looks in a tutu (why is that hot?).Īdd to that a spontaneous hives breakout, and it’s clear she’s not even remotely over the mortification of her egregious error all those years ago.Įxcept Gavin seems oblivious to her inner turmoil. It was so bad they moved across the state and she never saw them again.įast forward seven years and she’s totally over it. The time she almost kissed the widowed father of the toddler she nannied for. Ever have a defining life moment you wish you could do over?

Where It Begins by Helena Hunting