glanced up at him. “What?”
“The twins were chosen Babies of the Year and will be featured on the cover of some motherhood magazine.”
A smile spread across Regan’s lips. She’d known Walker Rafferty for as long as she’d known Garth, since the two had been the best of friends from toddlerhood. “That’s wonderful.”
“I think so, too. Of course, he couldn’t wait to tell me since I’m one of the twins’ godfathers.”
She knew Bailey’s oldest brother, Ramsey Westmoreland, was the other godfather. “I haven’t seen the twins in a while. I bet they’ve gotten bigger now,” she said.
“They have. I’m happy for Walker. Losing his older son, Connor, was hard on him and he swore he would never have any more children. I’m glad he and Bailey have a beautiful family.”
When Garth opened the rental car door for her, he glanced at her and said, “I don’t think I’ve ever heard you say if you plan to settle down, marry and have children, Regan.”
She slid onto the seat and snapped her seat belt in place. Pushing her hair back from her face, she said, “Those are my plans one of these days, but I’m in no hurry.”
He nodded and then closed the door. Goose bumps formed on her arms as she watched him walk around the front of the car to get in. He had such a sensuous walk. It went well with the rest of him. Today, like her, he was dressed in jeans. The blue polo shirt looked amazing on him and she hoped he thought her blue blouse looked good on her.
“I don’t recall sending out the memo,” she said.
He glanced over at her as he buckled up. “What memo?”
“The one that told you what colors I was wearing today.”
A huge grin spread across his face. “It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve coordinated our outfits without realizing it.”
That was true. She’d been his last-minute escort to various functions enough times to know to always pack both semiformal and formal outfits and the necessary accessories.
Before he could start the ignition, she couldn’t help but ask, “Why did you want to know about my plans regarding settling down and having children? Dad’s been talking to you?”
He shook his head. “No. I asked out of curiosity. Why would you think Franklin has talked to me about that?”
“Because that’s all he’s been talking about lately. Now that he’s retired and has plenty of free time on his hands, he figures he should be spending it with grandchildren he doesn’t have yet. He’s been dropping hints.”
Garth chuckled. “I can see him doing that.”
“Dad knows he has to marry me off first. You wouldn’t believe how many guys, mainly sons or grandsons of his new collection of friends from Florida, that he’s tried fixing me up with whenever I visit him.”
“Annoys you much?”
“Yes, like the dickens,” she said grinning. Then, because he’d asked her, she felt it should be okay to ask him. “What about you? Now that Walker has gotten married and become a family man, are you thinking of doing the same?”
Regan had expected a quick yes or no. His hesitation gave her pause. “Umm...maybe,” he finally said.
Maybe? Now she wondered if his plans to spend two weeks with a woman here in Santa Cruz had been more serious than she thought. All kinds of questions went through her mind. How did the two of them meet? Just how serious were things? If things were serious enough for him to be contemplating settling down, that meant he was finally moving on with his life after losing Karen.
“Where do you want to go first?”
She glanced over at him. “I heard that the best shops and markets are located in the Square.”
He smiled as he turned on the car’s ignition to pull off. “Then that’s where we’ll go.”
Three
An expression of annoyance flitted across Garth’s face. If one more man approached Regan to hit on her, he would step in and say something. It didn’t matter one iota that she seemed to be doing a good job of handling them herself; it bothered the hell out of him that she had to handle them at all.
He was sitting on a bench on the other side of the store, which provided a good view of her. Unfortunately, other men, too, saw what he saw—a very beautiful woman. But still, that didn’t give any man the right to interrupt her shopping.
The man finally moved away and now she was the only one in Garth’s line of