Snowed In At Snowflake B&B: The perfect heartwarming Christmas romance to curl up with in 2020! by Kellie Hailes

Author:Kellie Hailes [Hailes, Kellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781398700031
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2020-11-08T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Squeals and whoops and the odd Stefan-sounding expletive met Reuben’s ears as he followed Sam towards the pond, mugs of tea in hand for the skating couple.

‘Finally.’ Stefan’s face on seeming them was the picture of relief. ‘I swear I’ve nearly broken my ankle ten times. Get me off this death wish.’

Flo laughed as she took a final lap of the pond, gliding in a way that made it appear effortless.

Reuben wasn’t so sure. He’d only skated once before in his life on a school trip, more moons ago than he cared to count, and while he’d managed to stand up straight for the entire, torturous time, he’d not been able to get his limbs to figure out how to shush-shush-shush along the ice in the elegant way that Flo was currently demonstrating.

‘Thirsty?’ Sam addressed Flo as she alighted and sank down onto the waterproof-backed picnic blanket that Sam had found in the stables, and thoughtfully set down so everyone could easily change in and out of their footwear without getting their bottoms wet.

‘Very.’ Flo yanked off her skates and pulled on her boots then took the mug from Sam. ‘It’s been a while since I skated. It’s reminded me of muscles I’d long forgotten I had.’

Stefan dropped down beside Flo and pulled off his own skates. ‘Are you saying I don’t give you enough of a workout?’

Reuben looked away as the two giggled then kissed. He caught Sam’s eye and could see she was thinking what he was thinking: the sitting room couch was definitely out of bounds. Now and forever. Flo and Stefan may be an odd pairing, but it appeared they made up for their differences in other areas.

‘Tea?’ He offered the mug to Stefan once the kissing sounds had ceased.

‘No hot chocolate with marshmallows?’ Stefan wrinkled his nose.

‘We ran out of marshmallows to go with the hot chocolate and didn’t want to deprive you of that magnificent combination by only serving you hot chocolate, but if you’d like to ski to the local village to buy some more, you’re more than welcome.’ Sam smiled sweetly at Stefan. ‘I would, but I’ve dinner to make, and Reuben’s next job after this is to go over my ideas for the B&B’s new website. Isn’t that right, Reuben?’

If it were possible to appreciate anyone more in that moment, Reuben didn’t think he could. Once again Sam had stepped in and made his life easy.

As she did.

All the time.

From the moment she’d turned up on his doorstep.

His heartbeat seized as it hit him – he was making the same mistakes all over again. Letting a woman do everything for him. Appreciating her help, when really he ought to be putting in just as much effort. If not more, since this was his home and business.

‘That I am, and then I’m revamping the booking calendar, and I’ve got to give the kitchen sink a good scrub,’ he added, deciding cleaning the kitchen was a good starting point to helping Sam out more.

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