More Than This: Contemporary Christian Romance Novel by Stallings Staci

Author:Stallings, Staci [Stallings, Staci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Spirit Light Publishing
Published: 2015-01-19T05:00:00+00:00

The pie was cooling in the refrigerator, and Jake knew it was time to take his leave from this heavenly evening. The only thing that made leaving okay was the fact that he would get to see her again tomorrow and the next day. Still, leaving was not easy. This place, being with her, felt more like home than any place had in maybe forever for him, and all he wanted to do was hang onto that. At the door, he pulled on his coat, hoping for a reason to delay the inevitable.

A thought he’d had much earlier cracked through him, and though he didn’t know how to ask, he knew he needed to. “Oh, listen, I was wondering. I mean, this is kind of a dumb question, but do you… are you… I mean, I’m guessing you’re probably going to do the church thing tomorrow, right? I mean I’m not sure. I don’t know all of the rules about that stuff, but I figured with the whole praying thing and all…”

Her gaze came up to meet his with concern written in it. “Church?”

“Yeah.” Worry and embarrassment slithered over him. Maybe he shouldn’t have said anything. Maybe that was getting too personal. Maybe he was just being an idiot for thinking he could navigate any of this. “I just figured, you know, with Thanksgiving and everything. I don’t want to show up and you’re, you know, gone.”

“Oh.” She seemed to understand his pathetically bad attempt at communication although she looked a little taken aback by it. “Well, I was planning to go early tomorrow. That way it wouldn’t interfere with lunch.”

“Early?” He fought to get his coat on and adjusted. “What’s that? Like eight? Seven?”

Standing there, she dug her hands into the back pockets of her faded jeans. “Seven. It’s the first service.”

Jake nodded, standing by the door now, coat on, but not leaving. His gaze fell from hers as he fought with himself to decide if he should ask, could ask, or would that just make him look pathetic and desperate? “Well. Hm.” He readjusted the collar on his jacket that was suddenly impossibly hot and uncomfortable. “Well, I usually get up around five, even on my days off. So…”

When her gaze found his, there were only questions written there.

Was it cool to ask? To invite himself along? He’d already talked her into Friday and Thursday, and if everything went as well as he felt it was, surely he could find some reason they needed to get together Saturday. “I mean, if you don’t mind, hm…”

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