The Nanny's Little Matchmakers (Love Inspired Historical) by Favorite Danica

Author:Favorite, Danica [Favorite, Danica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-08-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

What was he thinking, coming unglued like that in Polly’s arms? How had he turned into a weeping babe so easily?

God.

Mitch thought about how he’d spent the morning talking with Frank. There were so many things he hadn’t understood about God’s love, and yet, it didn’t seem to matter. Not when he saw the impact it was having on his children. They hadn’t needed to understand it to experience it, and, were Mitch to be so bold, be transformed by it.

He pulled away and looked at Polly, who wore such an expression of gentleness, he thought he might weep all over again.

“You’ve done the best you could,” she said softly. “And now that you know what they’ve been through, you can do even better. The children love you, and you love them and that’s all that matters.”

“Thank you,” he said, looking in her eyes and realizing that here, with her, was one of the safest places he’d ever known.

How could he be letting his guard down for someone bound to leave? It didn’t matter that she said she’d stay as long as she was needed. Ten months, ten years, it didn’t matter. The point was, she was leaving. And even if she wasn’t, Polly had made it perfectly clear that she had no intention of ever marrying or having children.

Perhaps the safest-feeling place was the most terrifying of all.

“You’re welcome.” She smiled at him, her expression lighting her face, making her more beautiful than Hattie at her finest.

The purity and innocence he saw in Polly was unlike anything he’d ever known. She was jaded, yes, but underneath, there was something else and it made her seem all the more beautiful.

Mitch shook his head. He couldn’t keep thinking of her like this. Above all, he had to maintain his professional distance. Thoughts of the note he’d found on his bed last night drifted back to him. There’d been another one in his coat pocket this morning.

I love you was all it said.

Theoretically, it could have come from one of the children.

He took a deep breath. He should say something. But Polly seemed so happy, so...

It seemed like so much was going well with his family, and everyone was finally healing. Talking to Polly about the notes seemed premature at this stage, especially since he wasn’t fully certain that she’d been the one sending them. Why stir things up when it wasn’t necessary?

Sounds of a scuffle came from the kitchen. Polly let out a long sigh. “I should be getting back to the children. Will you be all right?”

“Yes. Your job is to take care of them, not me.”

He used a more forceful tone than he’d intended, as the expression on Polly’s face looked like he’d just thrown a glass of cold water at her.

“I was just trying to be a friend,” she said stiffly, then turned to leave.

Mitch was about to stop her when he realized that if he did so, she might have reason to think that he had feelings for her beyond friendship.

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