A Farmer's Christmas by Lilliana Rose

Author:Lilliana Rose [Rose, Lilliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

Saturday, December 21st

“You sure there’s enough room for me here?” She turned to the left, found it just as uncomfortable and moved back to the right. It was a very tight squeeze in this cab for two adults, even if they were in love with each other.

“Yeah, heaps of room.” He didn’t even look at her as he concentrated on the controls to his right, moving levers. He sat on the only chair in the cab which, of course, made sense since he was the one driving.

“You’d think they’d design the layout so that there would be an extra chair in this thing.”

“I rarely get visitors here with me.”

“I can see why,” she said sarcastically.

He chuckled to himself. “It’s a one-man job harvesting with a machine like this.”

“I thought you wanted me here?”

“Of course, I want you here.” He reached over and squeezed her arm. The brief touch of his skin on her arm reassured her. Ben returned his attention to getting started. The combine’s engine roared into life.

Raven smiled, feeling the power of the machine vibrating around her. It was exciting and a bit scary both at the same time. She had no idea what Ben was doing as he checked through a series of switches. Come to think of it, she had no clue as to what was going to happen next. A shiver of nerves moved in her belly, and she held on to the back of the chair to steady herself. She’d never been inside heavy machinery like this before. This was so removed from her life in the city that it made her head spin. Raven wriggled again in hopes she might find a better position but with no luck. It wasn’t much fun sitting on the arm of the chair.

“Keep still.”

Raven froze. “Sorry.”

She wasn’t sure why she needed to be still, but there was a look of concentration on Ben’s face, and she didn’t want to be the one to break it with questions. Right now, she was in a situation where she would do as she was told.

The air conditioning blew out dusty air, and she was beginning to find the space too confined. The radio crackled, the reception lost. Raven reached up and tried to re-tune it, but when that didn’t work, she turned it off.

What the hell was I thinking? She glanced at Ben, who looked back at her. His grin brightened up his eyes which lightened the dark shadows from being so tired. Not that she would’ve known, after their session outside yesterday, she was rewarded with another longer one inside when they found out they had the house to themselves. It was just unfortunate Janette had come home earlier than she and Ben had anticipated.

To have had the time to reconnect with Ben was just what she needed. She hoped that spending this time on the farm with him now, helping him, would help give her more of an idea of what life was going to be like with him.

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