PERFECT AMISH MATCH, A by CHAPMAN VANNETTA

Author:CHAPMAN, VANNETTA [CHAPMAN, VANNETTA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Noah ran out of work to do on the roof an hour after Olivia Mae left with her grandparents. He could have gone home. He probably should have gone home. He’d told his brother that he’d try to get back in time to help him in the fields.

But he couldn’t do that.

He needed to stay and talk to Olivia Mae.

So he packed the leftover supplies he hadn’t used back into his buggy, and then he swept the front porch where his hammering had left piles of dust and debris. Satisfied it looked as clean as when he’d shared dinner there with Olivia Mae the night before, he went inside and picked up all the bowls scattered on the floor, shaking his head as he did so. Olivia Mae was one stubborn woman. She’d rather spread a half-dozen pots and bowls around the place than ask for help?

He knew the feeling, though.

It was more than embarrassment or pride; it was a sickening feeling that your problems were too big to admit to—certainly too big to ask help for. He’d felt that way personally for a long time. If he was honest with himself, he’d felt like a freak because he still wasn’t married and everyone his age was. He’d convinced himself that there was something wrong with him and that such a future wasn’t even possible.

But last night, his lesson with Olivia Mae had sent his thoughts veering off in different directions.

He’d actually enjoyed the time he’d spent with her, even playing checkers with her grandfather.

He’d thought about her a lot after he’d left.

And he found himself looking forward to their next lesson.

Not that he was getting emotionally involved with Olivia Mae Miller. He understood that she was out of his league, and besides that—she was probably moving to Maine soon.

He walked through the barn and noticed that the horse stall needed mucking out. After that, he checked on her sheep, though he knew nothing about the animals. He was just wondering if he should leave a note, when he heard the clip-clop of their old buggy horse coming down the lane.

Olivia Mae pulled up to the front porch and helped her grandparents out of the buggy.

“Go inside with them,” Noah said, grabbing the reins of the horse.

“But Zeus needs—”

“I’ll take care of the horse.” He waited for her to nod in agreement, then he led the horse across the yard to the barn, unharnessed the gelding and set him out to pasture. By the time he was finished, Olivia Mae was walking toward him.

“Abe and Rachel doing okay?”

“Ya. They’re resting. The afternoon was tiring for them.”

He studied her a minute, wondering what he should do, and finally it occurred to him to simply ask. “Should I go? Do you want to be alone, or...”

“You probably have things to do at home.”

He shook his head and waited.

“Then I’d like you to stay, if you don’t mind.”

“I don’t mind at all.”

He wanted to reach for her hand, but she’d already turned away and was walking toward the sheep pen.

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