Christmas Contract For His Cinderella (Mills & Boon Modern) by Jane Porter

Author:Jane Porter [Porter, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2019-10-14T13:02:03+00:00

It was an extremely busy day, packed with activities from baking cookies to sampling cookies, to dressing in winter gear to tramp through the snow-dusted garden in search of a tree somewhere on the grounds that would be the perfect tree. It took them nearly an hour before they found one they could all agree on, and then they went in search of a gardener to cut it down and bring it inside for them.

There was much discussion about where the tree should go in Monet’s room, and they moved it from spot to spot, all while Antonio begged to let them put it in the nursery. But Matteo was adamant that his father would be livid if he found it there and Monet agreed with Matteo. “We don’t want your father livid,” Monet said.

Once they had the tree positioned in its metal stand, they discussed how they should decorate it. The children made paper snowflakes and colored some stars, and just before they hung them on the tree, the butler appeared with a box of Christmas decorations he’d found in the attic. The children carefully went through the box, oohing and aahing at the old, and very fragile glass ornaments, and the wooden hand-carved ornaments depicting angels and wise men and shepherds and animals from the manger. They were still looking through all the ornaments, deciding which ones were small enough and light enough, to go on their little tree, when the butler returned with a long string of white lights.

The children abandoned the ornaments to help her wind the lights through the tree branches and then hang the ornaments they’d selected from the box, along with the white snowflakes they’d made. They were delighted with their finished product and begged to eat their dinner in front of the fire in her room so they could enjoy the tree. Cook made them a special meal of pizza and they all sat around on her living-room floor with their pizza and their homemade cookies, proud of everything they had accomplished today.

Monet smiled as the children chattered, telling herself everything was fine, but secretly, she had knots in her stomach, and her stomach cramped with anxiety.

Marcu wasn’t going to be happy when he returned.

Marcu would probably be livid.

This was exactly the kind of day he wouldn’t approve of, and yet the children were beyond thrilled. As they prepared for bed, they were positively giddy, reliving the day, and how they’d found the tree and picked ornaments from the box.

But fortunately, he wouldn’t be home just yet. Fortunately they had another full day before he returned late tomorrow afternoon, or tomorrow night.

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