A Tree for the Billionaire (Southern Billionaire Romance Book 4) by Michelle Pennington

Author:Michelle Pennington [Pennington, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Kate still hadn’t completely figured out how to get Chris to come tree hunting with her, but she knew that getting coffee in him would be a good start. She’d had several packages of his favorite brand shipped to the cabin, so by the time he came downstairs, she had it ready for him along with an omelet and a pan of cinnamon rolls.

When their eyes met, she looked away quickly. What had she been thinking last night? She’d come so close to kissing him—her boss. In a way, the caress had felt more intimate than a kiss. He would know how she felt about him now.

She kept her back to him because she knew her face would be redder than the tomatoes she was dicing for her own omelet. The only reason she hadn’t run away in the dead of night to hide her shame was that she had work to do here. This was no longer about some stupid power game between them. She wanted to do this one last thing before she said goodbye to him—make his life better even when she was no longer a part of it.

“Good morning,” Chris said.

“Good morning.” There. She sounded normal, right? Not like someone who was freaking out inside? “Why don’t you sit down? I’ve got your breakfast ready.”

“You don’t need to serve me, Kate. Is this mine?” he asked, picking up the plate with his omelet.

She nodded and poured a cup of coffee for him. “And there are cinnamon rolls if you have room.”

He smiled. “Oh, I noticed.” As he went to sit at the table, he asked, “Have you seen Shaun this morning? We have a merger in Thailand going south, and I need him on it.”

“I haven’t seen him.” Kate slid the omelet she’d been cooking onto a plate and laughed. “When I came down to put the soup away last night, I was walking around turning out lights and found him in the theater room. He was so engrossed in the movie he was watching that he didn’t even hear me come in. It was A Princess for Christmas. I almost died. But since it was just starting, I have a feeling he might have stayed up late.”

Chris wrinkled his nose. “A Princess for Christmas? Sounds stupid and sappy.”

“Don’t knock it till you try it. Okay, so I have a surprise for you.”

Looking up from his plate, Chris raised his eyebrows. “Yeah. I’ve been wondering how you’d try to trick me into tree hunting with you today.”

“Well, since you’re going to be so blunt, I won’t try to be subtle. I’ve arranged for you to meet the Meadow Ridge Women’s Shelter at a local tree farm to donate a tree. They’re really excited.”

“Why does a shelter want a tree? Wouldn’t they rather have a cash donation?”

Kate smiled. This was going better than she expected. “Well, a tree will brighten up the place and make it a little more festive. But of course, you’ll make a sizable donation as well.

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