The Southern Comfort Christmas: A Heartwarming Christmas Romance (Windy CIty Romance Book 6) by Barbara Lohr

Author:Barbara Lohr [Lohr, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: holiday romance
Publisher: Purple Egret Press
Published: 2016-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Looking at Harper’s notes and doodles, Cameron felt exhaustion flatten him. That yellow pad made him feel worse than the pain in his ankle.

“We have things to do.” She tapped her pen on the pad. Then her eyes softened. “Please?”

When Cameron grabbed her hand, her fingers felt so delicate. “Can this wait until after dinner?” He hated to see her looking so down.

Her lips pursed as if she were swallowing bad medicine. “Sure. Is Connie gone?”

“I think so.”

“Are you hungry?”

“Yes, but not necessarily for food.”

She tipped her head to one side. “Nothing I can do about that right now, mister.” Her eyes slid to Bella.

Easing out a frustrated breath, he stood and pulled her up with him. Standing wasn’t easy but he wanted her body against his for just a second. He breathed in her apple shampoo and nuzzled the warm curve of her neck. “Lord, you smell good.”

Pulling back, she chuckled. “Like I said, not now.” She gave him a playful kiss on the nose.

Turning from the TV, Bella rolled her eyes. “Are you at it again?” But her smile told them she was kidding, and they dissolved into laughter.

Leaving the dreaded list behind, he hobbled out to the kitchen, Harper with him. While she heated up something that sure smelled good, Bella set the table. The silverware looked huge in her hands. Harper was teaching her where to place the spoon and how to turn the knife blade in. “That’s so you don’t goof up at prom,” Harper told Bella.

Bella wrinkled her nose. “What’s prom?”

“It’s a dance and you’re way too young.” Panicked, he raised a brow at Harper. His little girl going to a dance with a boy? The thought terrified him.

With a frustrated sniff, Harper looked from him to Bella. “Trust me, the last thing you want is to go out for dinner on prom night and not know which fork to use. Every girl needs to know some basic stuff.” Bella gave a solemn nod.

This conversation never would have happened in his home. Growing up, he’d been lucky if his brothers Fred and Henry even used a fork, much less the right one. Bella attacked her chore with new appreciation, and Cameron smiled to see her concentration. She always wanted to please Harper.

Catching his eye, Harper winked. He made a quiet kissing motion with his lips. In his mind, he was doing a lot more than that. Her lilac colored tracksuit clung to her body in all the right places. Sometimes his love for her almost felt painful. The primal need to share it made his breath tight, along with every other part of his body. Picking up a spoon, he began to drum it on the table until Bella shot him a glance. “Daddy.”

Laughing, Harper poured oyster crackers into a bowl. “Dinner’s ready.”

But while he was finishing his second bowl of the best soup he’d ever tasted, Harper cleared her throat. “I’ve been thinking...”

Those words always spelled trouble. He put his spoon down.

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