Surprised by Love by Kathleen Fuller

Author:Kathleen Fuller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsChristianPublishing
Published: 2018-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

It took all of Reuben’s concentration to focus on what Andy was saying. He liked the man, but he could drone on about his garden, herbs, and now, the greenhouse. Normally he’d be interested in those things, but his mind was somewhere else. Reuben nodded and glanced over his shoulder. Emily had gone inside. He hid a frown. He’d wanted to say good-bye to her at least. But she’d been so eager for him to leave that he didn’t dare go back inside.

That bothered him. He was a decent-looking guy and a decent-acting guy. Nothing really special. But he was available, and that was the most likely reason why he had so much female attention. But not from Emily. When he’d held her in his arms after her second near-fall of the day, he hadn’t wanted to let her go.

Which puzzled and unnerved him—two more things he wasn’t used to feeling.

Andy rolled up the plans. “Feel free to keep them as long as you want.”

Reuben glanced at the house again, positive Emily wasn’t going to come out. She could at least say good-bye the way most people would. But when it came to Emily Schwartz, Reuben was realizing she wasn’t like most people.

He headed home, the plans next to him on the seat in the buggy, still thinking about Emily. He smiled as he thought about her taped-up glasses. His smile widened as he remembered her beautiful blue eyes. Then he thought about the cat in the tree. Of course she would take a risk to rescue it. That was the kind of woman Emily was.

Despite all her great qualities, it didn’t mean he wanted to take their relationship any further. They were fulfilling a purpose for each other, and it was a temporary one. When Emily returned from her family reunion, they would stage their breakup and go back to the way things were.

Satisfied he had set his thoughts back on the right track, he put his horse up in the barn, then went inside. His mother was in the living room, working on a crossword puzzle. “Hi,” she said, taking off her reading glasses as he walked into the room. “Did you have a nice time tonight?”

“I did.” He set the rolled paper on the coffee table. “That’s for Daed and Sarah. Andy said they could look at his plans for a second greenhouse if they wanted to.”

“How nice of him.”

Reuben nodded as he started up the stairs.

“He’d make a gut father-in-law for you,” Mamm said.

Reuben almost tripped. “Father-in-law?”

“Ya.” She put her reading glasses back on. “Or are you planning to break her heart like you’ve broken the others?”

He went back down the stairs. “I haven’t broken anyone’s heart.”

“Nee? What about Lora Yutzy? Her mother said she was upset for weeks when you didn’t ask her out a second time.”

“Her mother shouldn’t be gossiping,” he muttered.

“And maybe you haven’t literally broken hearts, but you have left hurt feelings in your wake.” She looked down at the puzzle book in her lap.

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