A Christmas Miracle for the Doctor_Shadow Creek, Montana by Victoria James

Author:Victoria James [James, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Entangled, Bliss, sweet romance, Romance, Holiday Romance, Clean & Wholesome Romance, Small Town & Rural, American Humorous Fiction, Contemporary American Fiction, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Two-Hour Romance Short Reads, Women's Humorous Fiction, Romantic Heroes Doctors
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2018-10-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Drew unlocked the door at three o’clock in the morning, exhausted but happy his emergency surgery went well. He also felt guilty he’d left Addie here all night.

He walked in and hung up his coat and noticed the house looked immaculate. The under-cabinet lighting was on, along with the Christmas tree, lending just enough light so he could walk without banging into anything. There was a plate on the counter with what must have been leftovers for him, along with a napkin and fork. He stopped in the middle of the room when he spotted Addie curled up on the couch, looking like the sweetest and most beautiful woman he’d ever seen.

He didn’t want to wake her, and yet he wanted her company. He wanted to lie beside her; he wanted her to wake up and smile at him as though this was their normal life. Instead, because he’d made a mess of his life and his daughter’s life, he picked up the neatly folded blanket and placed it over Addie’s body, smiling as she sighed in her sleep.

It took every ounce of self-control to leave the room. He put the food in the fridge, noticing it was stir-fry; he wondered how that went over. He stopped to admire the tree, emotion washing over him as the beauty of it hit him. To others, it may have looked like Christmas exploded with wild, mismatched, and tinsel-laden decorations, but to him it looked like it had been decorated by a daughter who was finally allowed to be the little girl she was meant to be…and by a woman who had shown his daughter more kindness and patience than her own parents.

“Do you like the tree, Daddy?” Bella whispered in a not-too-soft voice. She was standing in the doorway to her room, rubbing her eyes, her candy-cane flannel nightgown making him smile.

“I love it,” he whispered, walking toward her and motioning for her to get back into bed.

He smiled. “It’s looking like Christmas in here,” he said, pointing to the tinsel around her window and bedposts.

She turned to him, beaming. “I asked Addie to help me with my plans for my room decorations, and she agreed she thought it was a good idea.”

More like Bella had convinced Addie and bull-dozed her opinions on tinsel. He pulled back her covers, and she jumped into bed with an energy he found himself envious of. He tucked her nightgown around her and then pulled the covers over her. “Did you have fun with Addie?”

She beamed and nodded. “We had the best time ever. We even rehearsed our skating moves even though we danced them out. Did you know Addie was a figure skater?”

“No, I didn’t,” he said, hanging onto every piece of information about Addie. How sad he’d become that he was now getting information about Addie from his eight year old?

“Well, she was. I want to do figure skating too. Can I?”

“Sure. For now, let’s just worry about getting the basics down.”

“Addie will help me.

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