Spellbound Falls 2 - Charmed by His Love by Janet Chapman

Author:Janet Chapman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781101585450
Publisher: Jove
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Just because she had every intention of discouraging Duncan from desiring her didn’t mean she didn’t want to be as pretty as possible doing it. But it appeared the best she could do was look like a dowdy old widow, since her entire wardrobe consisted of jeans and sweatshirts except for a couple of funeral and wedding outfits. And although the funeral dress might be appropriate for how she was feeling, it wouldn’t be all that practical for a picnic on a mountain in Maine in mid-April. Come to think of it, she hadn’t even bought herself a new jacket in four years.

Hell, instead of discouraging Duncan, she was depressing herself.

“Mom, it’s almost ten,” Charlotte said from the bedroom door. “You spent all morning getting us ready and now you’re not even dressed.”

“I don’t have anything to wear.”

“Of course you do,” Charlotte said, rushing to the bureau. She pulled out a navy sweatshirt and soft pink turtleneck and thrust them at Peg. “The dark blue makes your eyes look big, and the pink looks soft and feminine.” She shrugged. “And jeans go with everything. And here,” she said, opening the jewelry box on the bureau. “Wear your small gold hoops and leave your hair down so it wisps around your face.”

Peg clutched the tops to her chest and spun away when she felt her eyes start to sting. “You don’t wear earrings to a stupid picnic,” she muttered, dropping the sweatshirt to pull the turtleneck on over her head.

“It’s not a stupid picnic,” her daughter said softly, touching her back. “It’s the closest thing you’ve had to a date since Daddy died.”

Peg stilled with the shirt covering her face. “It’s not a date. It’s not even close. It’s just … a picnic.”

Charlotte finished pulling the turtleneck down from behind, then picked up the sweatshirt and handed it to her. “Can’t we just pretend it’s sort of a date?” the girl whispered. “Just between you and me?”

Peg pulled the sweatshirt on over her head, pressing it to her face to wipe the tears spilling free. “Damn, Charlie, no. I don’t want you … Look, you can’t get your hopes up, okay? I’m not going … Nothing’s going to come of Duncan and me, baby.”

The sweatshirt was pulled down from behind. “Okay, I won’t get my hopes up. But will you wear the earrings anyway? For yourself?” Charlotte walked around and smiled up at her, one corner of her mouth higher than the other as she held out the earrings. “Just so Dun—Mr. Duncan will see what he’s gonna be missing when nothing comes of the two of you?”

Peg took the earrings and tried her damnedest for an I-mean-business scowl. “I’m locking you in your room until you’re twenty for even thinking that way at eight.”

“I’m nearly nine,” the girl said, walking to the door. She stopped and looked back. “And if you think I’m bad now, you just wait until I’m sixteen. Grammy’s already told me all the tricks you used to pull on her, and she promised to help me come up with new ones.

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