A Bear's Baby by Vanessa Devereaux

for her,” said Brady. “If you need
help with it, my financial advisor is one of the best.”
    Chloe
stood and kissed him on the cheek. “We’ll see you at the wedding.”
    Brady
nodded and said his goodbyes, and then Ash walked him out to his car.
    “Don’t
worry about Jenna. She only hates bears because of what happened, which is
understandable. That doesn’t mean she hates you. You didn’t attack her father
and brother, a shifter didn’t do that to them.”
    “I
know but…”
    Ash
slapped him on the back. “Do not overthink this Brady Walsh.”

 
     
    Chapter Eleven
     
    Brady
had called about five minutes ago. He was just leaving Ash and Chloe’s place
and was on his way.
    “The
man who I told you about will be here very soon,” Jenna told her brother as he
sat, putting together one of the puzzles she bought for him.
    “Okay.”
    “We’ll
have dessert once he arrives.”
    David
did his blinking rapidly thing. Jenna turned on the coffee machine while she
waited. She’d never been so nervous in all her life. Other than the time when
she’d gotten the call about her father, and David being air lifted to the
hospital.
    She
heard the doorbell ring and rushed into the living room to see David looking at
her.
    “Him,”
he said.
    “Yeah,
it’s Brady.”
    She
fluffed up her hair and headed to the door. She opened it to see him standing
with two carrier bags with red and green tissue paper sticking out from both of
them.
    “Hi,
Merry Christmas,” he said.
    “Merry
Christmas to you, too. Come in.”
    “Sorry
I’m late, but I got sidetracked at Ash’s place.”
    “No
problem.”
    She
led him through to the living room where David was about to put another piece
of the puzzle down on the table.
    “David,
can you say hello to Brady Walsh? Brady, this is my brother David.”
    “I’m
pleased to meet you,” said Brady, walking over to him. He offered David his
hand. David looked at Jenna and then at Brady, finally slipping his hand into
his.
    “It’s
Christmas all day,” said David.
    “It
sure is and I have a gift for you.”
    “For
me?” asked David, pointing to himself.
    “Yes,
here you go. Jenna gave me some clues about what to buy you.”
    David
took one of the bags from Brady and placed it on the table. He threw off the
paper, letting it glide to the carpet, and then dug inside to pull out another
puzzle and a book.
    “What
do you say, David?” asked Jenna.
    “They’re
nice.”
    “Glad
you like them. And this one’s for you,” he said. He handed Jenna the other bag.
    “Thank
you. We have yours under the tree here.”
    Jenna
pulled out the box and handed it to him. She hoped he found it as amusing as
she had when she’d stumbled upon it on the Internet.
    Brady
took it as she lifted off the tissue from the bag and saw two of the most
beautiful floral scarves she’d ever seen. Pure silk, if she wasn’t mistaken.
And at the bottom of the bag was a book, Emma by Jane Austen, first edition.
    “They’re
so pretty. Thank you. And the book. It’s also beautiful.”
    “Thought
I’d get you started on first edition collections.”
    She
didn’t think she’d be able to afford any more, but this would always be
treasured.
    Brady
ripped off the paper on the box, lifted the lid and burst out laughing.
    David
looked over at him.
    “Star
of the tango,” said Brady.
    She’d
found a site that put someone’s image on the front of a magazine with any headline
you wanted. She’d downloaded a photo of Brady from his company Web site, and
thought he’d appreciate his dancing talent being rewarded. She also decided to
frame it for him.
    “I
love it,” he said. “I’ll put this on my desk.
    “So
I’m still the only one who knows about you being lord of the dance?”
    He
laughed again. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be that quick on my feet.”
    “Will
you be dancing the tango at the wedding?”
    “I
did at Liam and Lucy’s wedding. I took along my dance instructor.”
    Jenna
suddenly