Berry on Top by Valerie Comer

Author:Valerie Comer [Comer, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Goodreads: 28671143
Publisher: GreenWords Media
Published: 2016-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

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“Daddy, did you know God smacked Paul and made him blind?” Christopher rammed one fist into the other, eyes lit up. “Kerpow. Knocked him to the ground.”

Avery slid her hand into Mason’s. “That’s what Miss North told us.”

Miss North. Mason looked across the crowded church foyer to see Kass chatting with Allison, both women laughing. No wonder he hadn’t put two and two together and realized Miss North wasn’t some middle-aged spinster.

“Do you like your Sunday school teacher?” he found himself asking the children. No more dreaming about Liz. She didn’t love him, didn’t love God, and was so desperate to leave Galena Landing that she’d driven out of here in iffy road conditions early this morning. At least she had good tires.

Christopher shrugged. “There’s Finnley!” He darted off between Zach and Ed Graysen, nearly causing the old man to slosh his coffee.

Mason started over to apologize for his son when Avery’s hand tugged him back. “She’s nice and she’s pretty.” Avery grimaced. “But she likes mushrooms.”

Mason chuckled. “I didn’t see you picking them out of your meat pie the other day.”

Avery tilted her head at him. “What does Miss North have to do with my meat pie?”

“She works at the bakery. You have to admit those suppers the past few days have been better than burgers and fries every night.”

Kass’s chuckle reached his ears, and there she stood beside Avery, who stretched her other hand to her teacher. Kass grinned down at her. “I want to hear your answer, Avery. Do you like my cooking?”

Mason shifted from one foot to the other. Why did that feel like such a loaded question? But it wasn’t disloyalty to Liz to appreciate Kass. Not her cooking, for sure, since it had been purely an exchange of cash for supper from a business with an established service.

“It was yummy.” Avery looked up with adoring eyes. “Thank you.”

It wasn’t all about him. His little girl became fixated on any woman, young or old, who gave her the slightest encouragement. She needed a mom in her life.

And Kass was pretty. Reddish hair curling past her shoulders. Green eyes and a freckled nose. She glanced at him and her mouth curved into a smile. Plus, she already knew and liked the twins, she loved the Lord... and she was here. Obviously interested.

Wasn’t this where his heart was supposed to melt a little? Where he was supposed to make a flirty remark back? He’d used them all up the past few weeks on Liz. Maybe he just needed a bit more time to get over her. Maybe a lot more time. But for his kids’ sake, he’d try.

Allison came up beside him. “You’re coming for lunch, right, Mason? The boys are planning to build a snowman army with all that fresh snow.”

“I, uh. I wasn’t planning on it.”

She tapped two fingers on his arm. “He’s a stubborn one, Kass.”

Mason’s ears heated. “Now what’s that supposed to mean?” Allison had better not have been talking about him to Kass.

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