The Christmas Boyfriend: A Return to Snow Valley Romance by Taylor Hart

Author:Taylor Hart [Hart, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ArchStone Ink
Published: 2017-10-12T23:00:00+00:00

Before they sat down to dinner, her mother played Christmas music at the piano and they all gathered around to sing.

Lacey stood next to Dom, but she couldn’t help but catch Oliver’s eye and they would smile at each other. Yes, it could still work. It was meant to work out between them.

They sat around the blue and silver Christmas tree and read the story of the Savior’s birth out of Luke in the Bible. Lacey’s mind wandered during the tale, thinking of how everything had led her to this moment with Oliver. She’d been a fool to put her dancing above her relationship with him.

Dinner turned out to be boring. Basically, her father and Oliver’s father talked about business, going into depth about the subdivision they were going to put on her grandfather’s land a couple of miles south of their place.

“Where is Grandpa?” she asked, looking for any opening to not talk about developing real estate.

Her father took a sip of water. “Your grandfather opted out of dinner tonight, claiming that spending Christmas with you hooligans would be enough for him.”

Lacey grinned and thought about Grandpa. He was ex-military and spoke his mind, never pulling punches.

Kinda like Dom. Her eyes flashed toward him, the picture of an attentive boyfriend. Even now, he held her hand, but he looked a bit bored himself.

Her mother smiled and winked at Lacey. “Your grandpa always does his thing. He has missed you.” She eyed her son. “Mike’s been helping him a lot.”

Mike let out a sputtering laugh and wiped his face. “Yeah, I’ve been Grandpa’s donkey. ‘Mike, I need you to move this. Mike, I have some cows I need moved. Come with me.’” His gaze settled fondly on their father. “But the old bugger is tough. That’s for sure.”

“Mike’s good to him,” her dad said, flexing his bicep. “Maybe one day you’ll be as cut as your old man. Then you’ll have your grandpa to thank for it.”

All of them chuckled.

Jeannie put her hand over Paul’s. “It’s hard to have your kids grow up. I’m so grateful Oliver’s close.”

Lacey felt bad, thinking of what her mother had said earlier. She rationalized that if the plan went accordingly, she would be coming back to Snow Valley after she finished her senior year.

Yes, she would finish her degree and come home and be with Oliver and her family—but how come the thought of not dancing, not going to New York and being part of one of the dance companies there, suddenly felt so painful?

Jeannie’s smile widened. “Oliver, why don’t you tell them your good news?”

Oliver looked uncomfortable, shaking his head. “No, let’s wait until Linda’s here tomorrow.”

Lacey glanced nervously between them. What news could he have other than the fact that he was engaged? Wasn’t that news enough?

“No, son,” his father encouraged him. “We’re going to be surrounded by half of Snow Valley tomorrow. Tell them tonight.”

“Well …” Oliver turned to everyone and plastered a smile on his face, carefully avoiding her eyes. “Linda and I are getting married on New Year’s.

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