Builder's Reluctant Bride by Stacey Weeks

Author:Stacey Weeks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611166897
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

8

“How did it go?” Jenna suspected that showing up on William’s doorstep during off hours would further catapult their relationship from the safe and professional boundaries she set deep into personal territory, but she came anyway. He didn’t return to the church after his meeting with the television station’s producer. She had to find out what’d happened.

“Hey, Jenna.” If William was surprised to see her, he hid it well. His tired smile didn’t quite reach his eyes and he leaned against the doorjamb. Her insides twisted. Was he happy to see her? Or merely tolerant?

She shifted her weight in an attempt to dispel the butterflies dancing inside her stomach and knocked a ceramic pot with her boot. She scrambled to realign the potted plant. She had rattled it askew from the other potted sedums staggered every few feet across the length of the porch. The image of William outside with a small spade potting perennials made the corners of her lips twitch.

“What so funny?” He arched his brow, with a silly half grin sneaking across his face at her flustered attempt to calm herself.

“Would you like to borrow my pink spade the next time you need to do some gardening? You know, since you liked my pink measuring tape so much.” She wrinkled her nose and held back a giggle. Giggle? What was she? Fourteen? Get a grip.

“Only if it has a fake diamond set into the handle.”

She inhaled deep, needing the sweet scent of seasonal sedum to pull her attention from his distinct masculine smell. What did it matter if he liked to garden or not? She didn’t come here to banter. She definitely didn’t come here to flirt. She came to see if she had ruined his chance with the television studio. That was all. “Did they like you?”

“Who?” His turn to hold back a twitching smile.

She huffed and put her fists on her hips. “You know who I mean. The television people. What happened? Why didn’t you come back to work?”

William slipped his feet into a pair of boots waiting by the front door. He stepped onto the porch, and the door clicked shut as he pulled it closed behind him. He walked across to the railing, rested his forearms on the wooden support, and peered out into the inky blackness. “They made an offer. If I agree to it, I’ll get the show.”

Jenna leaned her hip against the railing and stuffed her hands into the pockets of her down jacket. That sounded great. So why did he look so sad? The moonlight shadowed his profile and she could just make out the crinkles around his eyes. Crinkles that stemmed from concern, not happiness. “But that’s good, isn’t it?”

He shrugged. “I’m not sure I can meet their terms.”

“Is there anything I can do to help?” She couldn’t imagine what kind of terms would be impossible to meet. Frankly, William seemed to be the kind of man who could do anything. Would it be rude to ask? She opened her mouth, but snapped it shut.

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