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tote and followed her down the hall. At the door to the nursery, he watched her lean into the crib and kiss Regan’s forehead.
    “Sometimes it hurts so bad to think she’ll never know her father.”
    Guilt soured his stomach, and for a brief moment he hated his friend for dying. “You should write down everything you know and remember about Evan before it slips away from you. Someday, Regan will thank you for it.”
    Dani’s sudden smile was like sunshine, warm and inviting. He caught himself taking a step toward her and stilled, planting his shoulder against the doorjamb.
    “I’m already doing that, but even better, she’ll have her uncle Logan to tell her stories about her daddy.”
    Someone should have posted signs warning of the minefield. Whichever way he stepped was going to be dangerous for him. He didn’t know if he could handle being an active part of their lives in the role of uncle. What if Dani met someone and fell in love? It would happen eventually, and he couldn’t stand on the sidelines again watching her with someone else. Been there, done that, could not bear doing it again.
    Yet she’d just made him Regan’s honorary uncle, and he didn’t have the words to refuse her. Her smile slipped as she waited for a response.
    “It would be a privilege to be Regan’s uncle.”
    The brilliant smile returned. “Thank you.” She kissed his cheek and walked past him.
    Still attached to the doorway, he closed his eyes and prayed for strength. Her lips on his skin had felt as soft as he’d imagined. For close to three years, he’d kept his longing for her buried, and now it was surfacing like flotsam. Whoever this man was, he needed to be found and taken care of. Soon. Then he could go home and put temptation at a manageable distance.
    “Logan?”
    Pushing away from the door, he walked down the hall and followed her into a room.
    “This is the guest room. It has its own bathroom through there.” She pointed to a closed door and then frowned. “You’re planning on staying here, right?”
    He dropped his tote on the quilt-covered bed. “Until I catch this guy, I think it would be for the best.”
    “We.”
    Logan gave her his most intimidating glare. “Don’t even think it. Your job is to stay safe, mine is to keep you that way.”
    She burst into laughter. Definitely not the reaction he expected. He crossed his arms over his chest and tried to stare her down. She laughed harder, plopping down on the bed and waving a hand in the air.
    “Stop staring at me like that,” she gasped. “I bet that fierce look sent your men ducking for cover.”
    It had. He bit down on his cheek to keep from smiling. “Doesn’t seem to work on you though, does it?”
    “I’m sorry. It’s been a strange two weeks, and I think it’s nerves more than anything.”
    “Understandable.” He tucked his hands into his pockets to keep from reaching out to comfort her.
    She glanced at the small bag he’d dropped on the bed. “You travel light.”
    The T-shirt, socks, and underwear he’d worn last night were in his tote along with several knives, another gun, a cell phone charger, and his toiletries. “Can’t carry much on the V-Rod. I overnighted a trunk that should arrive any time.” Along with clothes, it contained more weapons and a few of his favorite high-tech toys. As if on cue, the doorbell rang.
    She started to stand, and he held out a hand to stop her. “I’ll go to the door.”
    After signing the delivery form, he scanned the road and area in front of the house before closing and locking the door. Logan hefted the trunk and carried it back to his room.
    Dani eyed it with obvious interest. “What kind of goodies do you have in there?”
    “What makes you think there’s more than just clothes?”
    She snorted. “I was a SEAL’s wife, remember?”
    “I remember.” As if he could forget. He set the case on the bed, wishing she would go away. He needed a few minutes alone to drill the reasons why she