Making Room at the Inn by Misty Simon
Author:Misty Simon [Simon, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Scarred Hero/Heroine
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2013-11-08T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seven
Bustling around the sitting room where the second part of the bridal shower would be held, Chelsea put last-minute touches on the mantel of the fireplace and the small round table Paige had asked Jack for on one of her many lists. Flower petals of dark purple and rich red rested on the sand-colored linens Jack had also had on hand. She’d brought the chocolate kisses, but Jack had supplied the cut crystal bowls and the beautiful jewel-toned cloth napkins. Jack had also made sure the petals smelled faintly so as not to overpower but enhance.
Jack, Jack, Jack. Chelsea’s hand drifted up to her mouth for about the thirtieth time before she planted it on her hip. She would not touch her lips again. In fact, she would not think about that kiss at all, since it would never happen again, shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Fake engagement or not, kissing had not been part of the bargain.
“You look lost in thought,” Chelsea’s mother said from the doorway to the sitting room.
Chelsea was quick to pull her face into an innocent expression. She would not share anything with her mom about Jack. What could she say? Supposedly they had already been kissing before now, and she had gotten the tingles plenty of times. Enough, anyway, to want to marry him. Sharing that the first—or technically second—time he’d kissed her in their whole lives had rocked her foundation would not go over well.
“Just making sure I have everything I need,” Chelsea answered, running her hand over the violet ribbons she’d twined through the fresh oak branches already decorating the fireplace. Jack had good taste, or a great interior designer.
And there she went about Jack again.
“And do you?” her mom asked, bringing her back to the conversation.
“Do I what?” But she registered the question a half second later. “Oh, yes, I have everything we need for this afternoon. Is Snazzy Mazzy ready to come into the basement and make her very own painting?”
“Yes, I had to let her walk Big Man back to the kitchen after she trounced him several more times at the board games. Then she wanted me to see your room and let her escort Belinda down, since it was a very important job.” Her mother gave a soft laugh. “You are going to have your hands full when she gets older. Happy Mother’s Day to me.”
“You just love saying that.”
Leigh’s Happy Mother’s Day came more often than once a year. It came every time she chortled with glee over something that, to her, was payback for Chelsea’s younger years.
“And I’ll probably say it for all the years my Mazzy is growing up, too, but you know I love you, honey, and she’s a really good child. Just precocious.”
“That’s one way of putting it. But I’d do anything for her.” Chelsea watched Mazzy lead Belinda down the stairs, keeping a tight grip on her hand and telling her to watch her step. A buzz of excited voices in the foyer filtered up and over her.
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