Horizon Ridge Niptaruk

As soon she she turned, a flurry of movement met her gaze. Lane gave a surprised bark, hastily scrambling backwards.

The man who had appeared looked to be no less surprised than she, sinking backwards almost immediately. After a beat, he apologized, and Lane relaxed. She even smiled, entertained by his explanation. 

"So.. you admit that you're stalking me?" Amusement played clearly in her voice. 

Lane ignored his comment about the late hour, which admittedly annoyed her a bit. She reasoned with herself that she was probably taking it too personally. She'd had about enough of judgy strangers thinking they had the right to tell her where she should be and what she should be doing, just because she had the audacity to be visibly pregnant. Surely that hadn't been his intention...