me.’ Gina opened the door and looked at him with a wry smile.
David flicked her a glance and didn’t acknowledge her joke, and she turned away to the back seat. There was only so much she could take of this ridiculous behaviour. ‘How about we go and find some ice-cream after Daddy unpacks the car?’
The squeals from their two children showed her that someone still loved her anyway.
‘Which building?’ David started the car and she looked at the security card.
‘Over there. Block C.’ Gina checked the lodge plan that the receptionist had given her and pointed to the building on the other side of the pool.
‘Good.’ He reversed the car and drove across the car park before parking in the shade. The lodge was in the shape of a crocodile and they were in the wing at the end of one of the back legs. He came around, opened her door and held his arms wide as she stepped out. ‘I’m sorry, sweetheart. I should have parked closer. I didn’t think.’
‘You haven’t been doing much of that lately,’ she said, but the feel of his arms around her and the steady beat of his heart against her cheek as he pulled her in for a hug softened her mood a little. ‘I’m sorry. It’s just that you have me worried with all this . . . this secrecy.’
David dropped his head and brushed a light kiss across her lips. ‘You take the kids inside and I’ll unpack.’
‘What if someone sees you? Is that safe?’
David cupped one hand around the back of her head and pulled her close. Gina stared at him and a shiver ran through her at the expression in his eyes. Uncertainty and . . . something else. This was not the man she’d shared her life with for the past ten years.
‘Please don’t hide things from me, David.’
He held her gaze for a minute and then let her go. ‘I promise.’ Gina opened the door and leaned in to unbuckle the children from their car seats.
David raised an eyebrow when he pulled out the first suitcase. ‘You really need this much for two weeks?’
‘Don’t forget the other bag on the floor of the back seat too,’ Gina said with an airy wave of her hand. ‘It’s full of toys.’
He grinned and her stomach did a little flip. She was carrying their third child, and even with all the worry surrounding them at the moment, he could still entice her with that sexy smile. Problem was she didn’t get to see it – or him – much lately. ‘You should know by now what I’m like when it comes to travelling.’
‘Everything but the kitchen sink, I know.’ As his phone rang with an incoming call, David put the suitcase down and moved away, his voice quiet as he turned his back to Gina and the children.
‘Come on, you guys. Let’s go explore our room while Daddy is on the phone.’ She held the children’s hands and looked at David, her stomach sinking as she listened to his conversation. ‘Then we’ll go and get our ice-creams.’
‘I could meet you there this afternoon.’ David’s words reached her even though he spoke quietly. He turned and held her gaze, and Gina’s cheeks burned as she read the plea in his eyes.
‘The bar where the cruise boats leave the harbour?’ He glanced down at his watch with a frown. ‘Yes, five o’clock will be fine.’
Gina turned away from David and left him to see to their luggage as he ended the call.
‘Mummy!’ Andrew protested as she hurried the children across to the building where their suite was located.
Dropping Andrew’s hand, she swiped the card across the lock, her movement jerky, reflecting the anger that was building in her. So he’d intended spending the weekend with them and she’d fallen for his promise? The cold air of the foyer rushed out to meet her when she pushed the door open and Gina welcomed the chill on her burning skin. She sat the children on the floor inside the suite and went back to hold the door open while David made three trips back and forth from the car, filling the foyer with their luggage.
Not a word was
David flicked her a glance and didn’t acknowledge her joke, and she turned away to the back seat. There was only so much she could take of this ridiculous behaviour. ‘How about we go and find some ice-cream after Daddy unpacks the car?’
The squeals from their two children showed her that someone still loved her anyway.
‘Which building?’ David started the car and she looked at the security card.
‘Over there. Block C.’ Gina checked the lodge plan that the receptionist had given her and pointed to the building on the other side of the pool.
‘Good.’ He reversed the car and drove across the car park before parking in the shade. The lodge was in the shape of a crocodile and they were in the wing at the end of one of the back legs. He came around, opened her door and held his arms wide as she stepped out. ‘I’m sorry, sweetheart. I should have parked closer. I didn’t think.’
‘You haven’t been doing much of that lately,’ she said, but the feel of his arms around her and the steady beat of his heart against her cheek as he pulled her in for a hug softened her mood a little. ‘I’m sorry. It’s just that you have me worried with all this . . . this secrecy.’
David dropped his head and brushed a light kiss across her lips. ‘You take the kids inside and I’ll unpack.’
‘What if someone sees you? Is that safe?’
David cupped one hand around the back of her head and pulled her close. Gina stared at him and a shiver ran through her at the expression in his eyes. Uncertainty and . . . something else. This was not the man she’d shared her life with for the past ten years.
‘Please don’t hide things from me, David.’
He held her gaze for a minute and then let her go. ‘I promise.’ Gina opened the door and leaned in to unbuckle the children from their car seats.
David raised an eyebrow when he pulled out the first suitcase. ‘You really need this much for two weeks?’
‘Don’t forget the other bag on the floor of the back seat too,’ Gina said with an airy wave of her hand. ‘It’s full of toys.’
He grinned and her stomach did a little flip. She was carrying their third child, and even with all the worry surrounding them at the moment, he could still entice her with that sexy smile. Problem was she didn’t get to see it – or him – much lately. ‘You should know by now what I’m like when it comes to travelling.’
‘Everything but the kitchen sink, I know.’ As his phone rang with an incoming call, David put the suitcase down and moved away, his voice quiet as he turned his back to Gina and the children.
‘Come on, you guys. Let’s go explore our room while Daddy is on the phone.’ She held the children’s hands and looked at David, her stomach sinking as she listened to his conversation. ‘Then we’ll go and get our ice-creams.’
‘I could meet you there this afternoon.’ David’s words reached her even though he spoke quietly. He turned and held her gaze, and Gina’s cheeks burned as she read the plea in his eyes.
‘The bar where the cruise boats leave the harbour?’ He glanced down at his watch with a frown. ‘Yes, five o’clock will be fine.’
Gina turned away from David and left him to see to their luggage as he ended the call.
‘Mummy!’ Andrew protested as she hurried the children across to the building where their suite was located.
Dropping Andrew’s hand, she swiped the card across the lock, her movement jerky, reflecting the anger that was building in her. So he’d intended spending the weekend with them and she’d fallen for his promise? The cold air of the foyer rushed out to meet her when she pushed the door open and Gina welcomed the chill on her burning skin. She sat the children on the floor inside the suite and went back to hold the door open while David made three trips back and forth from the car, filling the foyer with their luggage.
Not a word was
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