Harlequin Special Edition February 2019, Box Set 1 of 2 by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

As per usual, Brody had excused himself after supper, saying he had to check on the animals and do some work in the barn. She would’ve liked to have accompanied him, but she hated to interrupt Elliott’s bedtime routine. Yeah, and what about the fact Brody never invites you? She’d broached the subject one night, and the panicked expression on Brody’s face had told her all she needed to know. So she’d spent her evenings for the past week stargazing from the porch and was often asleep when Brody came back into the house.

The tinkle of wind chimes greeted her as she let the screen door swing shut. Brody had hung the glass ones just inside the door so opening and closing made them chime but still protected them. She set the mug and baby monitor receiver on the floor next to the swing and used the light spilling out through the windows to admire the workmanship in the sun catchers. Brody had hung three jellyfish between the porch columns. They reflected the sun but had no moving parts to break. When she mentioned she liked the sound of wind chimes, he’d hung nonbreakable ones, too. He might disappear from the house every night, but he seemed to know she enjoyed sitting on the porch in the evenings, because he’d also put up a hummingbird feeder and cushions on the swing.

His thoughtfulness brought tears to her eyes, but it also stung to think she’d soon be leaving the farm for a place of her own. And she needed to get serious about looking for a place instead of falling into the cadence of life here.

The screen door’s hinges squeaked. “Stargazing?” Brody strolled onto the porch, the door slapping shut behind him.

“Still a little early for that.” She set her empty mug on the floor. “For now, I’m admiring the jellyfish.”

He touched a finger to one. “Des is a decent guy.”

She pushed her foot, setting the swing in motion, its gentle sway comforting. She couldn’t be sure if her admiration of the glass ornaments had prompted him to buy them since Brody seemed determined to downplay his generous nature, but it warmed her to think so. “They’re beautiful. I guess I will make outdoor space or a small balcony a priority.”

He pointed to the empty spot next to her on the swing. “May I?”

“Of course.”

* * *

Brody eased onto the swing, his weight setting it off into a crazy rhythm, but he used his foot to return it to its gentle motion. He’d been hiding out in the barn in the evenings after Elliott went to sleep because it was getting harder and harder to keep from touching Mary. And he wasn’t sure what he thought about that.

“How is Eleanor?” Mary asked. “She seemed happy to see Elliott and me when we checked on her before supper.”

“You think so?” He chuckled at her insistence on treating the calf as if it were a dog, but her attitude spoke to something deep within him.

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