Her Christmas Pregnancy Surprise by Jennifer Faye

Author:Jennifer Faye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-08-07T14:06:42+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

TALK ABOUT YOUR MYSTERIES.

Simon Ross was one walking puzzle.

And Pepper wanted so badly to sort out the pieces that made him whole. But she had to be careful how hard she pushed him for answers. Or he’d totally shut down on her.

Pepper picked up the string of twinkle lights. They were assorted colors. She loved colors. It was a part of her mother that had rubbed off on her. The older she got, the less she cared about what people thought of her and just let herself enjoy her differences.

Except Simon.

She did care what he thought of her. She knew she shouldn’t, but she couldn’t help herself. It wasn’t that she was going to change herself to suit him, but now that they were living together, she hoped he’d continue to accept her with her sometimes out-of-control hair and her eccentric tendencies. Perhaps she was more like her mother than she’d ever considered.

“Something on your mind?” Simon’s voice drew her from her thoughts.

“Ah, yes. I was wondering if I got enough lights.” Her gaze moved to the two bundles of lights and then moved to the tree. “The tree looks a lot bigger than I remembered.”

His gaze moved to the bundles of lights. “Did you get those from your apartment?”

“Um, no. They still haven’t let me inside.”

The truth was she’d purchased them from a thrift store. It was where she made a lot of purchases. Paying for the bakery took most of her income. What was left, she had to budget carefully. Still, she just couldn’t imagine telling this man, who could afford to buy anything his heart desired, that she was decorating his place with secondhand decorations.

“Let’s see about getting the lights on the tree.” And just like that he let the subject of the lights’ origins drop. Either he knew or it wasn’t important to him. Either way, she was relieved.

And so they worked together for the next couple of hours placing the decorations on the tree. She’d greatly underestimated its size. The decorations were sparse. She felt terrible.

Ding, dong.

“I’ll get that,” Simon said. “It’s about time the pizza got here.”

Pepper continued to study the tree, trying to figure out how to improve it. If it were in her apartment, she wouldn’t have bought one nearly so large, because her ceilings weren’t nearly as high. And the decorations wouldn’t look so sparse. But here in the luxury penthouse, it looked all wrong.

She moved to the tree and started taking off the ornaments. What had she been thinking? People like Simon, they hired people to decorate their trees with the finest decorations that probably cost more than her annual salary.

“I hope you’re hungry...” Simon’s words faded away as he spotted her dismantling the decorations. He set the pizza box on the coffee table and moved next to her. “Hey, what are you doing? Rearranging the ornaments? I wasn’t sure where to put them.”

“I’m taking it down.”

“Down?”

She nodded. Her emotions were rising. She remembered what it was like back in school when she’d tried to fit in with the other girls.

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