Christmas Comes to Main Street by Olivia Miles

Author:Olivia Miles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Holiday *, Fiction / Contemporary Women, Fiction / Family Life
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

Nate carried the canvas bag containing soup, some fresh bread, and a couple of his aunt’s peppermint scones to the bakery, which boasted a CLOSED sign despite the holiday shoppers who strolled down Main Street, sipping coffees and laden with red and green shopping bags.

He scanned the front of the building, searching for the door that would lead to an upstairs unit, and felt his heart tick when he finally spotted it. The black, paned door was set in an alcove, not very noticeable from the street, and a small intercom above the mailbox listed one name: K. Hastings.

Nate pressed it quickly and waited. It rang twice. By the third time, he began to worry that she wasn’t home, or wouldn’t answer, and the disappointment that landed in his gut confirmed what he already knew. He wanted to see her. Looked forward to seeing her.

And what did that mean for next week, when he went back to Boston?

Nothing, he told himself firmly. Sure, it might take a day to acclimate, to get this town and the people in it out of his system, but he would. His life was busy, and full. And January was going to be busy, just like every year. He was already struggling to keep up with his inbox, and some days here he hadn’t even thought to check it. It wasn’t like him, but it didn’t matter. It was a vacation. One vacation in ten years.

It was easy to get lost in it.

“Hello?” The voice crackled through the speaker, pulling Nate back to the present with a jolt.

He licked his lips and clutched the canvas bag tighter in his grip. “Kara? It’s Nate.”

The pause was so long, Nate had to press his ear against the intercom to see if he’d lost the connection. The exaggerated sound of a sneeze forced him back.

“Hi. Did you… need something? I don’t know if your aunt told you but I’m not making the cookies for tea today.”

Nate smiled. “I know. I didn’t come here to pick them up. I brought something for you instead.” He glanced at the door. “Mind buzzing me in?”

There was another pause, longer this time, and Nate was just beginning to feel that he had overstepped when the door buzzed and clicked. He quickly grabbed the handle and pushed it open. There was a single door visible at the top of the stairs, a simple boxwood wreath gracing its front. And Nate’s heart beat a little faster with every step closer to it.

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