A Future for His Twins by Susanne Dietze

Author:Susanne Dietze
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-09T15:49:14+00:00

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Tom was only trying to pull out her chair, be a gentleman. But when Faith yanked her hand off his, he felt—weirdly disappointed. And not because she pulled her own chair out, denying him the chance to be gallant.

Nora had pizza in her mouth, but she talked anyway. “A girl in my class had a pizza date with her daddy. Now I can say I had a date, too.”

“This isn’t a daddy-daughter date, honey, and chew with your mouth closed.” Tom winked. “This is just friends having dinner.”

Faith picked up her pizza. “Maybe you and your daddy can have a pizza date soon, Nora.”

“And I can have one with you.” Logan smiled shyly at Faith.

“We’re good buddies, aren’t we?” She nudged his shoulder but didn’t make any promises to Tom’s relief. Maybe his mom was right about fearing the kids might get attached to Faith. But was that so bad?

She’d be their neighbor, once he was granted the building next door. She was also good to them, kind and loving. His kids needed attachments to adults other than himself, right? His folks, their teachers, his friends like Ender. They needed role models. Faith was a great one—intelligent, industrious and righteous. Why wouldn’t he want Nora and Logan to be around her?

“Do you ever have pizza dates, Miss Faith?” Nora took another bite.

“Well, sure, I guess.”

“With boys?” Nora talked around her food again.

“Sometimes.”

Like whom? Kellan? They’d seemed pretty friendly, sharing that half hug. They probably weren’t dating already, or he’d have heard something about it. But they clearly shared a friendship. Their cats came from the same litter. Was a relationship in their future?

Tom washed down his latest bite with a swig of his lemon-infused ice water, chilling him all the way down. It was none of his business, and it wasn’t like he was going to date her, either.

At least he could completely refute his mom’s concern that Faith was interested in Tom. She was unfazed by the kids’ questions, dipping her baby carrots and celery sticks in ranch dressing while conversing as if she hadn’t a care in the world.

Finished, Logan wiped his hands on a napkin. “Do you have any games?”

“Board games?” Faith’s brows knit. “Do you want to play something?”

“Not if you’re busy, Faith.” They’d imposed long enough.

“No, it sounds fun. I don’t have a lot of games, but I have something down in the store that I could bring up.”

Nora wiggled on her chair. “An old game?”

“From the fifties, yes. I’ve been curious what it’s like, and it’s not in pristine condition so our playing it won’t hurt anything. Besides, if we play, I can tell a prospective buyer what it’s like. Unless it’s so fun I want to keep it all to myself.”

Tom glanced at the pizza crusts on the kids’ plates. “The kids and I will clear up while you go get it.”

While Faith ran downstairs, Tom helped the kids toss food scraps into the trash before he put the plates into the dishwasher.

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