Kissed by Her Fake Fiancé: A Sweet Small Town Christmas Romance (Misty Mountain Mistletoe Book 3) by Macie St. James

Author:Macie St. James [St. James, Macie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

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By lunchtime the next day, Holden had gotten to the bottom of the mystery. He knew exactly what was happening under his own nose in his own town.

“Dad! You have to get ready.”

J.J.’s voice cut into the silence in the kitchen. He’d set up his laptop at the table—something he did whenever J.J. was practicing. His office was a little too close to her bedroom, making it impossible to concentrate.

“Sorry.”

He pushed away from the table, still not taking his eyes off the screen. In the eleventh hour, he’d stumbled upon a big piece of news. A name found in a gigantic pile of city council meeting records. Lucky Howard had apparently shown up at one of the meetings to discuss developing that land. That explained why he’d been spotted at the top of the mountain, although he still couldn’t confirm why the guy in the Santa costume was there.

Holden didn’t know the specifics of Lucky’s financial situation, but the guy had a pretty thriving business going. He was the top developer in Misty Mountain, and a good developer was exactly what the project at the top of the mountain needed. In fact, Holden had hoped to talk Lucky into joining him once he had the financing in place. It looked like he’d waited too long to have that conversation.

“I’ll hop in the shower and be with you two in a minute,” Holden told J.J.

He kept true to that promise. Not that Holden ever took all that long to get ready. But today, he did spend a little extra time shaving and getting dressed.

When he came through the entrance into the living room, he saw it was not a second wasted. Faith looked amazing. She wore her hair pulled up off her neck, curled wisps framing her face. Her forest green sweater sparkled as it caught the light. She wore slightly more makeup than usual, but it didn’t look overdone. It was just enough to accent those big brown eyes and make her high cheekbones pop.

“Hi,” he said, his voice packed with far more emotion than he expected.

Her mouth spread into a smile. “Hi.”

J.J. covered her mouth to suppress a giggle, alerting him to the fact that their cheesiness was pretty obvious. “You two.” She sighed. “Can we just go? I’m starving.”

Exchanging a quick smile, Faith and Holden followed her to the garage. Once they were speeding down the driveway, J.J. asked a question that reminded Holden of something he’d wondered several times over the past couple of days.

“Where’s your car, Miss Faith?”

A long silence followed in which Holden was thinking he might have to remind J.J. it was rude to ask personal questions. But it wasn’t really personal…unless she couldn’t afford to buy one or something.

“I had one before I went over to England,” she said. “I was sent over there for a temporary work assignment, so I planned to come back and have it waiting for me. But then, when it looked like I was staying permanently, my dad sold it for me.

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