A Baby for Christmas by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Practice makes perfect, Amy thought with a smile as she tiptoed out of the baby’s bedroom where she’d put him to bed for the night.

She had gotten very good at getting Jamie fed, changed and ready for bed. However, it did take her a bit longer this evening before she managed to get him to go to sleep. The minute his bright blue eyes closed and his breathing had taken on the easy, steady cadence, Amy headed straight downstairs for the living room and the Christmas tree.

Connor was waiting for her.

He’d opted not to do any more decorating until Amy could come down to join him. To his way of thinking, this decorating for Christmas was more for her benefit than for his.

Watching her now, he couldn’t help laughing. “I’ve never seen anyone pick up an ornament so fast before.”

She flushed a little, embarrassed that perhaps she seemed just a little too eager. But the truth of it was that she was eager. All her suppressed feelings about the season finally had an avenue of escape.

“I thought you’d get started without me,” she told Connor.

“What’s the fun in that? The whole idea behind decorating a Christmas tree is having someone to do it with,” he told her simply. He saw that his words had generated a sad smile on her lips in response. That hadn’t been his intent. “What?”

Amy shrugged self-consciously. She shouldn’t be dwelling on sad memories. This was a happy time. “All the Christmases I spent with Clay, he never once offered to help me decorate the tree. The first year, when I asked him to come with me to pick one out, he said he thought the whole thing was a waste of time and money. He told me that if I really wanted to have a Christmas tree, I had to get one of those small artificial trees so I wouldn’t be constantly throwing out money, buying a new one every year.” Reaching up, she hung a small silver bell on one of the higher branches. “It never quite felt like Christmas to me, decorating a little fake tree, but then, I suppose it was better than nothing,” she said philosophically.

“Well, careful what you wish for,” he said with an amused smile. “You’re going to be decorating a ten-footer this time around.”

“Not by myself,” she said, looking at Connor, her meaning clear.

“No,” he readily agreed. “Not by yourself.” Stepping back, he took a long, thoughtful look at the tree. He knew he’d forgotten something. “As a matter of fact, maybe before you put another single decoration up, I should get the lights up first.”

Taking a second look at the tree, Amy realized he was right. She’d been so eager to decorate the tree, she’d gotten ahead of herself. The lights definitely needed to go on first.

“Tell me what you want,” she told Connor. “I’m ready and willing to help.”

What he wanted, Connor thought, was to take that delicate face of hers between his hands, lower his mouth to it and kiss her.

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