Games of Love: A Billionaire Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Sarah J. Brooks

Author:Sarah J. Brooks [Brooks, Sarah J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Connor

Ben Harlow was a tall, jolly-looking man with wide shoulders and a rounded belly that spoke of good meals and happy times. He was wearing what looked like a handmade, warm wool sweater and loose work pants with weather-worn boots. He bounded down the front steps of the sprawling white farmhouse nestled deep in the low mountain valley. I couldn’t see anything beyond the house in the evening dark, but I knew there to be a barn and a myriad of livestock, from Sadie’s descriptions. He let out a boisterous laugh and all at once I saw Sadie in the planes of his face and the auburn of his hair. He ran to her, lifting his daughter up and spinning her around with excited laughter. Sadie let out a sound of complete and total happiness, which I had never heard from her. I decided to make it my personal mission to hear it again. Night was falling softly over the countryside, and the temperature dropped significantly as the sun dipped beyond the horizon.

“Well, well,” Ben turned me in the flickering porch lights, squinting. “Are you the young man who’s stolen my Sadie’s heart?”

A sharp stab of guilt stabbed through me and I could see the same mirrored on Sadie’s face. I cleared my throat. “Yes, sir, you can call me Connor.”

Ben looked me over once more before he strode over on long legs, clapping me heartily on the shoulder. “I guess that means you can call me Ben then. Come on inside, make yourselves warm.”

Sadie nodded and we followed him inside the house. The interior of Sadie’s childhood home was welcoming and warm. There were garlands hung over the stairs and wreaths dangling from every doorway. There was a huge, twinkling Christmas tree in the sitting room beside a long, weathered leather couch, and I realized all of a sudden that Sadie and I never got a tree. It made me sad and I touched Sadie’s back as she stared up at the tall Douglas fir, watching the lights glow over her pretty face. I walked over quickly and arranged the presents we had brought under the tree before making my way back over.

Ben stopped too, standing next to his daughter. “Hoped you might help me decorate it… and you too, Connor.”

Sadie swallowed and I could see her eyes glisten as she nodded. “I’d like that, dad.”

“And you too, Connor,” Ben grinned as he passed by me headed to the kitchen. “Now that you’re a part of the family.”

Sadie sighed out a breath, looking away from the tree and from the Christmas movie playing on the television. “Alex should be here tomorrow.” Sadie’s voice was quiet. “I kind of don’t want to call him, though.”

“So let’s not,” I shrugged. No matter what happened, I wanted to enjoy this with Sadie. I didn’t want Alex to ruin the affection between Ben and his daughter by shoving a camera in their faces. It wasn’t right.

“But the show,” Sadie hesitated. “Won’t we get in trouble? I don’t want to get kicked off Games of Love, Connor.

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