A Snowy Delivery For Christmas (Ornamental Match Maker Series Book 20) by Marisa Masterson

Author:Marisa Masterson [Masterson, Marisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novella Short Story, Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Victorian Era, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Frontier-Pioneer Era, Cowboy & Western Romance, Hearts Desire, American West, Clean & Wholesome, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, Multi-Author Collection, Ornamental Match Maker Series
Publisher: Marisa Masterson
Published: 2019-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

What a tease! She huffed before a little giggle escaped her. “I do love your sense of humor.” Needing a handkerchief, she reached for her clutch purse. Inside, her hand bumped against the present. She’d forgotten it. Pulling it out, she let it sit on her outstretched palm.

“What’s that? A gift from a secret admirer?” Del’s voice teased. Was that jealousy she heard along with his joke?

In the dim light, she tried to make out the emotion in his eyes. He sat with his back to the fire, making it too hard for her to know what was in his blue eyes.

“I found it waiting for me at the rooming house. It could be from an admirer.” He harrumphed at that.

When she lived with her parents, the family opened gifts on Christmas Eve. She decided this was a perfect time to unwrap this gift. It put off her making a decision. How would she answer Del’s proposal? She badly wanted to say yes. Would that be a mistake? If only she had a sign to tell her what to do.

Carefully, Josephine untied the bow and set the lovely silver ribbon aside. The red foil paper rustled as she removed it. Now a cardboard box sat in her hands. Opening it, she drew out a small mound of tissue paper.

Pulling the thin paper aside, the metal top of a glass ornament showed. She held the clear ball up. Light from both the oil lamp and the fire caught it, helping her see what was trapped inside. A small baby carriage, identical in every detail to the one that stood at the end of the sofa, had been captured inside the glass. In gold paint, Family’s First Christmas circled the ornament.

The sign she wanted! The carriage and the wording said this was supposed to happen. It was another mystery how the sender knew about Del’s baby buggy or that they would be considering marriage at the moment that she opened the gift. Regardless, she took it as the sign she wanted.

Wordlessly placing the ornament back in the box, she set it aside. “Yes. With all my heart, yes!”

Del gave her a confused look before understanding dawned in his eyes. Quickly embracing her, he smiled down at her and brought their heads close together. Before his lips met hers, she heard him softly mutter, “Thank goodness!”

Finally, Del thought. Finally, I’ll get to feel the softness of her lips.

As he leaned toward her, a light flashed at the window. He jerked his head up as Josie screeched. A face leered in at them, illuminated slightly by the light the peeper carried.

Thrusting her protectively behind him, Del stared menacingly toward the face. It moved away from the window, drawing a loud sigh of relief from Josie. Their relief was short-lived when, minutes later, a knock sounded.

Del stiffened and hissed between clenched teeth. “Stay in here. I’ll find out what’s going on.”

Josie nodded but followed him to the doorway of the room anyhow. She stopped there and peeked around the jamb.

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