Santa's Baby: A Hilarious Holiday RomCom by Chantal Roome

Author:Chantal Roome [Roome, Chantal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Kris Kringle Is Kranky

Phoebe

“This is so pretty.” The Santa set-up in the Westborough farmer’s market is like a woodland fairytale come to life. There’s a spot for Santa to sit on a wooden bench surrounded by trees draped in twinkle lights and the effect is much more in tune with nature than your standard North Pole display at a mall. I smile up at Archer, who’s holding Lincoln close. “I love it.”

“I wish I could take credit,” he says with a grin. “But this was MaeLynn’s suggestion. She brings her grandkids here because she thinks it doesn’t encourage as much blatant consumerism as a regular mall Santa experience.”

I look around the display and notice the distinct lack of packaged gifts or references to a toy shop of any kind and realize he’s right. This place is pure magic.

“Yeah, she definitely gives the impression that she’s a smart woman.”

“Really smart,” he says, turning to address Lincoln. “She’s the reason we’re here early enough to be first in line. We’ll keep you on your nap schedule yet.”

Lincoln giggles and grabs Archer’s mouth, and then Archer pretends to eat his hand. He may not have known how to hold him the first time, but he seems so natural with Lincoln now it’s hard to imagine he doesn’t already have a houseful of kids at home. It’s like he was made to be an honest-to-goodness family man.

That tightening in my chest can’t be jealousy, though, right? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course it is. I’m so jealous I could look in a mirror right now and it wouldn’t surprise me to see I was turning green. His girlfriend is a lucky woman.

I don’t have long to linger over my jealousy, though, because I hear someone calling my name from nearby.

“Phoebe? Is that you?”

I haven’t heard that voice other than on the phone in a long while, but for most of my life, until around this time last year, I heard it every single day. I could never forget it. I spin to see Webster Day smiling down at me with his perfect smile. We’ve spoken often since our ill-fated non-wedding day, but I haven’t seen him in person since then. He looks as perfect as always. He’s styled his bright blond hair with the perfect amount of tousling, and even his jeans look like they’ve been freshly pressed. Amazingly, it doesn’t hurt to see him as much as I thought it would. It’s like coming home, and I can’t stop the smile from crossing my face at the sight of him.

“Hi, Webster.”

“Oh my god, it is you. I can’t believe it.” He pulls me into a tight hug and rocks me side to side. “I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed you.” He puts a hand on each shoulder and holds me away from him, studying me. “You’ve gone back to your natural color, I see,” he says with the tiniest hint of disappointment. He never was a big fan of my red hair.

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