Christmas Happily Ever After Collection by Taylor Claremont

Author:Taylor Claremont [Taylor Claremont]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor Claremont
Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

Patrick walked through another plot of trees that would be too big to be in people’s houses next year and scowled. These were trees his grandpa had planted with the intention of families buying them to adorn their houses, and the thought of them being turned into mulch made him sick to his stomach.

He looked down at the sheets in his hands and hated the numbers in front of him. He wouldn’t lose the farm this season, but next year would be even harder with so few sales this year.

He crumpled the pages up and shoved them in his pocket. The Christmas party was only a few days away and Michelle had asked him to not worry about sales numbers until after the party. Two weeks was pretty close to Christmas for people to buy trees, but he would have pseudo-hope, if only for his sister.

Making his way back to his office, he passed by the stack of wood he’d purchased that morning and scowled. Handcrafting signs was one of his only hobbies he actually enjoyed, and now he couldn’t look at the wood without thinking of Laney. She never let things go and now she was here, affecting his life on a daily basis.

At least their time together was limited. He’d figure out how to survive the next few days for the sake of his farm and then she’d return to California and he wouldn’t have to see her again, at least not until she decided it was worth coming home again.

His mind trailed back to when she left the first time. He had stayed home, opting to not go with Michelle and Laney’s family when they saw her off. His grandpa had urged him to go and put the past behind them, but he didn’t want to go and be tempted to ask her to stay.

All he ever wanted was for her to follow her dreams, and even though he wished those dreams included him, he swallowed his words that day. He spent the day cleaning up around the farm and playing chess with his grandpa. The game had turned into a lecture about life, like most things, and Patrick had been annoyed. Now, he would give anything to hear his grandpa’s advice.

He picked up a board and carried it over to the saw, determined to get something done and push Laney out of his mind. Six perfectly cut boards in, he was feeling better and brainstorming what he would paint on them to sell at the party.

As he set the seventh one down, he heard footsteps crunching dried pine needles and hoped it was a customer wandering around to find him. Popping around the corner with a smile on his face, he froze in his tracks when he saw the source of the noise. Laney.

The smile dropped from his face, and he grumbled to her about being busy. Turning to grab another board, he tried to avoid making eye contact with her, but she rushed to catch up with him.

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