A Christmas Proposal ; Secret Christmas Twins by Betty Neels

Author:Betty Neels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Normally, Jason loved church dinners. He’d eat massive amounts of fried chicken, marshmallow fluff salad and green beans cooked to within an inch of their lives and still save room for a couple of pieces of pie.

Today, sitting across the long table from Erica, he wasn’t even hungry.

This thing with Erica was getting weird. Intense. Dangerous.

He hadn’t dated anyone since Renea, and for good reason; she’d pegged him correctly as bad at relationships. Before her, he’d dated a lot, but it had all been shallow. His heart hadn’t been involved in the least.

But against his will, he was connecting with Erica, feeling strangely close to her. To the point where, when he’d seen her tension at the clothing giveaway, he’d wanted to ease it.

He’d wanted to pull her into his arms, but he knew better. So he’d done something to help her sons, instead.

He hadn’t even minded, because he liked Mikey and Teddy, which was weird because he was not a baby kind of guy. He’d bought them a couple of matching outfits, flannel shirts and jeans, rugged country winter clothing they could wear as they crawled around the floor of the house.

That was the thing, though: he wanted them in the house, not out at the cabin.

He could blame his desire for them to stay on Papa, but the truth was he wanted them there for himself.

Wanted Erica there for himself.

“Eyes bigger than your stomach, young man?” Mrs. Habler, an apron tied around her waist, scolded as she looked at his still-full plate. “I made that three-bean salad, you know.”

“And it’s delicious,” Erica said, giving Jason a chance to shove some into his mouth and nod.

Mrs. Habler turned to focus on Erica. “Still staying out at Holly Creek Farm, are you? Tongues have been wagging, I’m afraid.”

“Erica was a friend of Kimmie’s,” Jason interjected. “Having her and her boys there is making Papa happy.”

“Then that’s reason enough, and I’ll try to quell the gossip.”

“Wait a minute, Mrs. Habler.” Erica put a hand on the woman’s arm. “You seem like you know a lot of what’s going on in town. Do you happen to know of any job openings?”

Now, that was interesting. Suggested that Erica would stay around, as did her desire to fix up the cabin, actually.

The thought put way too much joy into his heart.

“I might know of a couple of things.” Mrs. Habler pulled out a chair and sat down beside Erica. “I just heard Cam Cameron is looking for help at the hardware store. And there’s going to be an opening at Tiny Tykes Day Care, since Taylor McPherson got put on bed rest today.”

Erica’s eyes widened. “I love kids. And maybe the twins…” Her cheeks flushed with obvious excitement. “Does anyone from the day care happen to be here tonight?”

“Ruth Delacroix is in the nursery, I believe. She’s the owner.”

“I know her!” Erica clapped her hands together. “Maybe that’s what God has in mind for me. Thank you so much, Mrs. Habler!” She leaned over and gave the woman a one-armed hug.

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