One Great Christmas Love Story (MyHeartChannel Christmas Romance) by Kaylee Baldwin

Author:Kaylee Baldwin [Baldwin, Kaylee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Winter Weather, MyHeartChannel Christmas
Publisher: Gelato Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Holly had packed her grocery cart with baking items she usually didn’t keep on hand because she rarely had time to cook. She ticked the items off her list: flour, sugar, eggs, powdered sugar, butter, food coloring, sprinkles, pastry bags and tips, cream, vanilla, plastic plates, cellophane wrap, and Christmas ribbon.

When she got home, she unloaded everything onto the counter, printed off a recipe she found called The Best Christmas Sugar Cookies Ever, and set her tripod and phone up to face the kitchen.

She’d arranged to have Georgia show up an hour before Jack so Holly could get her settled and interview her alone without Jack potentially brooding in the background. Georgia and Holly had spoken on the phone the night before to confirm, and Holly had a good feeling about this. Georgia was well spoken with the kind of easy laugh that made you feel entertaining and funny.

The doorbell rang, and Holly glanced at the clock. Almost three. Georgia was a couple minutes early.

Holly’s stomach fluttered with nerves as she opened the door, but it was only Jack.

“What are you doing here?” Holly blocked the doorway so he couldn’t come inside the condo yet. A violin version of “O Holy Night” faintly played on the air.

“I have a date today.” He glanced at his watch. “It is Saturday, right?”

She leaned against the door with a sigh. “Yes, but you’re not supposed to be here until four.”

“Shiloh’s mom picked her up early.”

Holly stopped looking over his shoulder for Georgia and finally took him in. He looked more worn out than usual; his ex had a way of doing that to him. “How early?” She knew Jack and Shiloh had been planning on going Christmas tree shopping that morning.

“At nine. Right as we were heading out the door. She swears it was an unavoidable family event.”

Holly clenched her teeth hard. It didn’t help the situation to talk bad about Jack’s ex and her manipulative, controlling ways, but she sure wanted to. She took him by the arm and brought him into the house. “You could have called me earlier.”

“I had a few things to do.”

Once again, things were not going directly to plan, but that was becoming the usual state of things when it came to this matchmaking segment she wished she’d never begun.

“Okay,” she said, shifting into problem-solving mode. “I was going to interview Georgia first and then bring you in later, but I’ll interview you first, and then when Georgia comes, if she’s too flustered with you here, I’ll have you hang out in the bathroom.” She paused. “Did that sound as horrible to you as it did to me?” The last thing he needed today was to be stuffed into a bathroom while she did an interview.

“I can take a nap on your bed,” he offered with a raised brow.

The offer did something twisty to her stomach. “Let’s figure all that out later.” She walked to the kitchen to grab her broom. “In the meantime, I’m going to straighten up a bit.

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