Moonstone: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance Novella (Jewels Cafe Book 11) by Lucy Felthouse

Author:Lucy Felthouse [Felthouse, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lucy Felthouse
Published: 2019-12-23T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Okay,” Deborah said, excitement radiating from her as she herded everyone into the living room. “It’s time to open some presents!”

“Mum, wait a minute,” Ginny interrupted. “I need to go and get yours and Dad’s from my room, all right? Don’t start without me.”

“Of course we won’t,” Charlie said impatiently, settling himself into the chair nearest the Christmas tree, childlike glee written all over his face as he observed what was beneath it. “But hurry!”

Chuckling to herself, Ginny did as she was told. Within a handful of minutes, she was back in the front room, carrying an armful of presents, which she dutifully added to the stack beneath the tree before curling up in the armchair she’d commandeered the previous evening. Her mother seemed very composed and, given the way she was obviously including their three guests in this longstanding tradition of theirs, Ginny figured she’d come up with something, as she’d said she would. She certainly wouldn’t be so cruel as to force them to sit there watching the Miles family open their presents without them having something of their own.

Ginny was intrigued as to what her mother had come up with, given she obviously hadn’t left the house.

“Right.” Deborah moved over to where their guests sat on the large sofa, and produced three envelopes from behind her back with a flourish. “As it should be, our guests get to go first.”

“Get to go?” Kai said, his brow furrowing as he looked at what Deborah held out. “What do you mean, Mrs. Miles?”

“Your presents, of course,” Deborah replied, handing him one of the envelopes. “We couldn’t possibly leave you boys out—it wouldn’t be right. But please do bear in mind, I’ve had to do my very best with incredibly limited resources and next to no notice. So I hope you’ll forgive me.”

Her smile was so sweet that Kai apparently couldn’t find it in him to protest. He thanked her, then carefully tore into the envelope she’d given him and removed a slip of paper. He unfolded it and read it. To himself, at first, then out loud. “A two-hundred-dollar donation to the school library.” His feelings were clear from the slight crack in his voice as he spoke. “Thank you so much, Mr. and Mrs. Miles. That’s incredibly thoughtful of you, and will come in extremely handy. The kids will be delighted.”

“You’re more than welcome, sweetheart,” Deborah said. “I might not have had much time to come up with something, but I was determined to do better than boxes of chocolates or biscuits, or bottles of booze which I already had in my cupboards.”

“You didn’t have to do anything at all, Mrs. Miles. You already did more than enough by taking us in. But,” he waved the piece of paper, “I’m not going to deny it, you’ve outdone yourself here. This is awesome.”

Ginny smiled as she watched her mother flush with pleasure, before handing a second envelope to Landon.

“Thank you, Mrs. Miles,” he said with a flash of his dimples.

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