I'll Be Home for Christmas by Beverly Jenkins

Author:Beverly Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

As planned, Thanksgiving dinner was held at the Todd house, and Morgan’s menu was so spectacular his mother laughingly announced that it would be his job to cook the dinner from then on. It was a fun-filled day, even if the Lions did lose the traditional Thanksgiving NFL game, again. They played cards, ate dessert and talked about Rick and Jas’s wedding due to jump off in two days.

Dina spent the day trying to keep her body from calling out to Morgan and failed. That one hot taste last night had been so memorable it wanted more. Her mind didn’t think it was a good idea, but her body didn’t care. As she observed him over the course of the day, it got worse. She found herself watching the way he moved, observing his interactions with his mom and hers and being captured by the heat in his gaze whenever it met hers. He hadn’t gloated over her sensual downfall or boasted about it, not that he’d ever been that way, and she kept replaying his declaration that he wanted to be the man for her that he should have been when they were engaged. There wasn’t a woman alive who could shrug off such a powerful statement, and last night’s backseat whirlwind proved that she was definitely alive and well.

By day’s end, she decided to stop fighting the inevitable and take a closer look at the new-and-improved Morgan Todd. They’d meant the world to each other at one time, and in the face of him pointing the finger at himself as the cause of their breakup and offering her such heartfelt apologies and regrets, she owed him at least that.

Jas, Rick and the bridesmaids left for a concert downtown at the Fox Theater, and the parents rode out for cards and fun with their friends. The wedding was only two days away and Dina planned on spending the evening catching up on her rest in preparation for the marathon of activities that would begin in the morning. She stuck her head into the kitchen where Morgan was cutting himself a piece of pie. “I’ll see you in the morning.”

“If I bribe you with pie and coffee, will you stay?”

They assessed each other in the silence. In spite of her earlier thoughts on needing rest, she knew she wanted to say yes to his offer so she took off her coat and sat down at the kitchen table. “So where are you heading after the wedding and the cake contest?”

“Oakland. There’s a piece of property out there that I have my eye on. I’m probably going to relocate so I can be closer to my school and the kids.”

“Don’t you tape in Florida?”

He brought pie and mugs to the table and set them down. “Yeah, but I’m letting the show go. I taped the last few episodes a few months back.”

“Why stop now?”

He poured hot coffee into her cup and took a seat across from her. “It’s not like I need the money, and working with the kids is a lot more fulfilling.

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