One Snowy Eve by Alexx Andria

Author:Alexx Andria [Andria, Alexx]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alexx Andria
Published: 2019-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Oliver came close to backing out at least three times. His finger hovered over Harmony’s number, tempted to call and make an excuse but somehow he ended up in her driveway and he knew he’d lost his chance to make a graceful exit.

Guilt rode him.

What was he doing? Eating dinner with a beautiful stranger on the pretenses of polite obligation? Yeah, right. He couldn’t stomach that kind of denial. She smelled like fresh sugar cookies and he wanted a taste.

And that’s why he was twisting in on himself with guilt.

How could he even think of another woman in that way after Brianne? That night stole everything from him. If it weren’t for that drunk driver and Brianne rushing from the house to get more wrapping paper, his wife would still be alive and they’d still be blissfully, disgustingly in love.

They’d been that couple — the one people couldn’t stand to be around for too long because they couldn’t stop staring or touching or laughing with one another. He’d always said Brianne was the best thing that’d ever happened to him.

And then in a cruel twist of fate, a man named Alan Fleg had climbed into his car after one too many drinks at the local pub and drove head-on into Brianne’s car.

She died instantly. Fleg made it a few days only to clock out when his alcoholic liver finally gave up the ghost.

So many lives shattered.

And now he was waltzing into the home of another woman to eat beef stew? Didn’t seem right.

Yeah, it wasn’t. He’d been stupid to think that he could or should do this.

He spun on his heel to get back into his car when Harmony opened the front door. “Come on in, you’re at the right house. Did you have any trouble finding me?”

No escape now.

He wasn’t going to hurt Harmony by being rude. Oliver made a pretense of locking his car and turned with, what he hoped, was a friendly smile, saying, “No trouble at all” before bounding up the short steps to meet her at the door.

“Fantastic,” she said, beaming as she gestured for him to follow. “I hope you’re hungry. I made enough to feed an army.”

Oliver crossed the threshold into her home and a smile threatened. He wasn’t surprised at how cozy the place seemed. Harmony had a way of making everything seem just perfect with her little homey touches.

He remembered the old cottage from the previous owners and it hadn’t looked quite as cute as it did now.

“You really spruced up the place,” he said. “Did you do all the work yourself?”

“I love to tinker. DIYing is my favorite hobby. When I saw this place, I just knew it was going to be the cutest with a few little changes.” She led him into the dining room where a small table was set with hearty soup bowls and a white soup tureen.

The beef stew smelled incredible, reminding him that he was hungry enough to eat a bear.

He handed Harmony the French bread, who made quick work of slicing it up and placing it on the table.

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