The Nanny's Texas Christmas by Lee Tobin McClain

Author:Lee Tobin McClain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The next afternoon, Lana pulled her coat tighter as she and Logan walked out toward the ranch gates. As long as she stayed focused on the task at hand, she was doing all right. Fine. Better than fine.

“This is heavy!” Logan complained, stopping to shift the wreath he was carrying from one arm to the other.

“Here. I can carry it.” Even though she was struggling with the other wreath, a big thermos of hot chocolate and some cups, she managed to thread Logan’s wreath onto her arm. “You zip your coat up tight. And put your cap back on!” She made her voice stern.

“Okay.” He pulled his warm hat down over his ears, and Lana couldn’t help smiling. He looked so cute in winter clothes. It was the first time they’d really had cause to wear hats and mittens, and Logan looked downright Christmassy.

“Let me help with that, Miss Alvarez!” Robby Gonzalez came jogging up alongside them. He took the two wreaths from her arm and fell into step beside them. “What are you doing?”

“We’re going to decorate the ranch gates. Want to join us?”

“I still get to hold the wreaths in just the right place, though?” Logan looked up at her anxiously.

She smiled down at him. “Of course you do. But Robby might be able to help with pounding the nails, because he’s old enough to use a hammer.”

“You hold, I’ll hammer.” Robby ruffled Logan’s hair, and Lana smiled. She liked Robby, and liked the way the older boys helped out the younger ones at the ranch.

As they walked, Lana tried to focus on the positive. She’d spent time praying and reading her Bible last night, and it had helped her a lot. She’d read the passages from Corinthians about marrying and staying single, and the wise words had shored up her resolve and her understanding.

There was nothing wrong with getting married, but if you could be single, that was the better route. You could focus on the work God wanted you to do.

If it was hard for you to withstand temptation, you should marry.

Lana had sighed over that part. Saint Paul seemed to be talking about physical temptation, but the Bible’s meaning went beyond the surface. Her own temptation was wanting to belong to a family. Wanting it so badly that it sometimes overrode her better judgment.

Although, honestly, the physical temptation was there, too. Thinking about how Flint Rawlings had looked, standing up to Fletcher in the meeting, she felt her heart beat a little faster. There was no question that he was an attractive man. Not just in how he looked, but in his sense of authority. He knew what was right, and he didn’t mind standing up to anyone who threatened those he cared about.

They reached the gates and put down their supplies. Cowboy bounded over, greeted Logan with a few well-placed licks, and then leaned against Lana’s side. She reached down to pet the dog as they discussed the exact, perfect location for the wreaths.

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