The Godmother by Caroline Lee

Author:Caroline Lee [Lee, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Christa should have been working. Lord knew Doc kept peering at her and asking how she was enjoying her time with “Mr. Prince.” That must be a sign she knew Christa wasn’t actually working on getting Sibyl Miller and Max DeVille together and was judging her.

Was she going to lose her chance at being a godmother?

The problem was, with Sibyl out of town, there was only so much she could do, short of cornering Max and being upfront with him about her plans. And The Book was very clear on that.

Under no circumstances should both parties know of your involvement. Well, your involvement is probably okay, as long as at least one of them thinks you’re a kook. The point is, you can reveal yourself to your client—usually a girl—as her Godmother, but if you declare yourself his Godmother as well, it’s a bit of a conflict of interest, isn’t it?

Sometimes it was clear Doc had written The Guide to Godmothering.

So Christa had to figure out a way to meet Max, subtly. But time was running out. Because, as The Book said:

No one is certain what makes holidays particularly romantic, but it’s impossible to deny that our Godmothering becomes easier around certain auspicious times of the year. The New Year (Hogmanay for some, the solstice for others), Valentine’s Day, the Fourth of July in America (in all other countries, the date remains just a date), Thanksgiving, Arbor Day for some reason, and Christmas are powerfully romantic times of the year. Endeavor to wrap up your clients’ romance by one of those holidays, although Arbor Day always seemed a bit silly to me, not that anyone asked.

It was the same thing the Godmothers had explained to Christa: Sibyl needed to be in love, and preferably engaged, by Christmas. Which was only a few days away.

Shoot.

Well, if Sibyl didn’t come home soon, Christa would find an excuse to meet Mabel Miller DeVille and ask her when her younger sister was returning. Of course, after all the stories she’d heard about Mabel’s terrible behavior, maybe Sibyl wouldn’t bother telling her sister her plans.

Look, if she’s not home by Christmas or New Years, you can arrange a Valentine’s romance for her and Max. Easy-peasy.

Besides, there’s not much she could do right now, so why not go out and enjoy herself?

With Andrew.

Yes, of course with Andrew. What better way to get to know her new town, and its citizens, than with someone who clearly loved the place? He was more than willing to introduce her to everyone, and he positively glowed with pride when he did so.

Right. That’s why you’re doing it? For research purposes?

Exactly.

Not because it feels oh-so-good to be holding his arms and laughing with him?

Well…that part didn’t hurt.

Maybe that was why Doc kept peering at her over the top of her glasses and humming all judgmentally.

“Do you mind if we stop in here on the way to luncheon?”

Christa was jerked out of her reverie by Andrew’s polite question. She glanced up to see the sign for Crowne’s Mercantile and smiled.

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