Her Christmas Cowboy by Marie Richards

Author:Marie Richards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Cowboy Romance, Sweet Clean Western Romance, Sweet Clean Cowboy Romance, Sweet marriage of convenience romance, military romance, sweet clean marriage of convenience western
Publisher: Marie Richards
Published: 2021-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jemma felt a warm glow through her body as she sat in front of Luke Carsen. She’d enjoyed every moment with him this past week. He was so easy to get along with. He always said the sweetest things to her. She’d never had that with her ex, funnily enough. She couldn’t even recount any sweet moments with Thomas.

But right now, she had other things on her mind. Like honoring her grandfather’s last wish. And how she felt about Luke.

They sat at the Sweet Rivers Café with their order of hot chocolates with cinnamon-flavored candy canes, marshmallows, and whipped cream.

“How’s your grandpa doing today?” Luke asked, a concerned expression on his face.

Luke had been so sweet to ask her every time he saw her how her grandfather was doing. And it wasn’t just a casual how’s-he-doing. It was more of a how’s-he-really-doing,-I-want-to-know-I-really-care type of thing.

“I just saw him again this morning.” Tears pricked her eyes. “I see him every day, but...”

“Are you okay?”

She nodded slowly. Though she was feeling anything but okay. It was hard to explain to anyone, especially to Luke about her grandfather’s last wish.

“It’s just that...well, we spoke about the time he has left, and I just want to spend each second with him, every single day.”

“I understand.”

“It’s not just that. He...when I’m there he tells me how sorry he is that...”

Just then her cell phone rang. It was probably for the best. Saved by the ring.

She was about to spill it all out to Luke about how her grandfather hoped she’d be married by Christmas before he passed on. But that’s an impossible dream, an impossible wish. She knew it and it broke her heart.

Even if she found someone, she didn’t trust herself around them. After her ex’s mental abuse, she didn’t know if she could trust her judgement anymore.

That was it. Plain and simple. She’d have to find another way, somehow, to make her grandfather happy in his last days. But she just couldn’t do that.

When she glanced at the screen of her phone, she saw that it was a call from an unknown number.

“Sorry, I should probably take this.” She bit down on her lower lip when she spoke to him.

“No problem.”

“Hello?” she asked cautiously. There was no one on the other end of the phone line. She then looked up and then grinned and shook her head. She listened for a moment as Luke watched her cautiously with a slight concern on his face.

She decided not to speak again, knowing there were a lot of phone scams out there where the caller might want to record your voice for various nefarious reasons including using it as a voice-authentication duplication to get into secured accounts. It was all too crazy, but it was better to be cautious than careless. If it were a true business, they’d have said something by now. They’d have asked for her, even if they didn’t hear a sound.

She hung up.

Of course, it could just be dead air. Maybe it was just a misdial.

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