A Seagrove Christmas (South Carolina Sunsets Book 6) by Rachel Hanna

Author:Rachel Hanna [Hanna, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Meg was dead on her feet. Between work and school, and now Christmas carol practice a few nights this week, she just wanted to put on her flannel reindeer PJs and fall into a nice, warm bed. Instead, she was standing on the grass in the square singing Silent Night over and over because someone - probably her - couldn’t stay in tune.

“Good Lord, one of you ladies is way off key!” Hen screeched again. Meg wanted to slowly walk backward and slink off into the night, but Hen would probably chase her down and tackle her. “Let’s try this again.”

They sang the song one more time, and Meg muted herself during the part that was causing issues. Thankfully, that seemed to appease Hen, and they were finally released for the night.

Christian was practicing some new fangled rendition of Jingle Bells with the other men from the group, but they finished right after the woman and dispersed too.

“I’m so tired,” Meg said, falling into his arms. “Can we just go home and skip dinner?”

“You aren’t hungry?”

“I am, but my stomach will understand,” she said.

“Don’t you think we should pick up Vivi from your mother?”

Meg’s eyes opened wide. “What kind of mother am I? I totally forgot we need to pick up our child!”

Christian laughed. “You’ve been a little preoccupied, my love. It’s okay.”

As they walked toward the bookstore where Julie was working late, she held his hand. The beauty of the Christmas decorations on the square had her feeling the holiday spirit in a big way. She wanted to stop, drop to one knee and just propose to him herself. Change things up a bit. Surprise him. She stopped and looked up at him.

“Is something wrong?” he asked, looking at her with concern.

She couldn’t form words. Drop to one knee, she thought to herself. Be brave.

“Meg?”

“Yeah?”

“Why did you stop? Are you okay?”

“I… um… Yes. I’m fine. I just thought my shoe was untied.”

He looked down at her feet. “Darling, you’re wearing flats.”

She looked down too. “Oh.”

Christian chuckled. “Boy, you do need a nice long sleep. Come on, let’s get our daughter and go home.”

* * *

SuAnn sat across from Nicholas and tried not to stare. As much as he resembled Santa Claus now, he was still as handsome as ever. The same blue-gray eyes she’d stared into thousands of times in high school. The same rough hands that loved to work in the yard and do his own mechanic work on his car. The same dimple in his left cheek, but not his right.

“Are you staring at me, Susie?” he said with a wink.

“Maybe a little. It’s just so surreal that you’re here.”

Nick took a bite of chili and then wiped his mouth. They’d opted to have lunch at the cafe on the square before SuAnn was helping Julie with the cookie party later in the day.

“Well, I have to say it feels much the same for me. You’re just as pretty as you ever were.”

She smiled, trying desperately not to blush a bit, although her Irish heritage always gave her away.

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