Hosea's Bride by Dorothy Clark

Author:Dorothy Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

“Wow!”

“I told you.” Leigh grinned at Hosea.

“This is fantastic!” Hosea forked up another bite of the cake and made a manful effort not to smack his lips when he finished chewing. “Who made it?”

“Angela.”

Hosea’s hand froze in midair. He recovered quickly and finished lifting the next bite of cake to his mouth—but not quickly enough. Leigh had noticed. Those doctor’s eyes of hers never missed a thing. To her credit she didn’t so much as smile.

Hosea laid down his fork and poured cream into his cup of coffee. “I guess I missed her.” He fought back the urge to jump up and run out to the parking lot to see if she was still there. “I didn’t think she was here.”

“She wasn’t. I brought the cake for her.”

“I see.” He couldn’t quite keep the disappointment from his voice.

Leigh locked her gaze on his. “She’s a wonderful cook. I have wild dreams of hiring her when Phil and I get rich and can afford someone of her talent.”

“Talent? Whose talent? In what area? Who are we hiring?” Phil slid a paper plate with a brownie on it onto the table, and dropped into the chair beside Leigh.

“Angela, hon. To do our cooking and baking.” Leigh smiled and slid a piece of the hazelnut torte she had been saving toward him. “You might want to trade that brownie in for this.”

“You angel!” Phil shoved the brownie aside and kissed Leigh’s cheek. “Jeff Archer waylaid me with a question, and by the time I got to the dessert table the cake was all gone.” He took a bite, licked a spot of icing from his lip, and grinned. “Yep! Just as delicious as I expected. It’s a good thing Angela isn’t interested in marriage or— Ow!”

“Oh…I’m sorry.” Leigh gave Phil a look that could have withered a tree. “Was that your foot?”

“It used to be.” Phil shot her a what-was-that-for? glance and leaned down to rub his foot.

Hosea chuckled.

“Pastor Stevens?”

He lifted his head and looked up at Walter Foster.

“Sorry to interrupt, but it’s that time.”

“Okay. Thanks, Allen. I’ll be right there.”

Hosea wiped his mouth with his napkin, rose to his feet, then leaned across the table and lowered his voice so only Leigh could hear him. “It’s all in God’s hands, Leigh. But it’s nice to know I have an ally. Still, you don’t have to maim the man—I don’t discourage easily.”

Leigh’s mouth gaped open.

Hosea gave her a broad wink, then turned and walked to the front of the room to open the evening’s special program.

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