Starlight in Her Eyes by JoAnn Durgin

Author:JoAnn Durgin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611165524
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2015-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

11

Thursday, the Same Week

In her mailbox at work, Serena found a plain white envelope with her name scrawled on the front. The “S” was unique and distinctive. Colin’s penmanship. Turning the envelope over, she spied his initials CSY which she knew stood for COLIN STEPHEN YOUNG. A smile tipped her lips.

After opening the envelope, she pulled out a handwritten note in large capital letters: SERENA, THE HONOR OF YOUR AND LILY’S PRESENCE IS REQUESTED AT SEVEN P.M. SHARP TONIGHT. ANSWER YOUR DOOR WHEN I COME CALLING. P.S. WEAR WARM CLOTHING AND BRING AN EXTRA PAIR OF SOCKS.

Tapping the envelope against her chin, Serena smiled all the way back to her office. The faint whiff of Colin’s cologne—light, yet musky and masculine—teased her senses.

Promptly at two minutes before seven that evening, a knock sounded on her front door.

“Good evening, Miss Monroe.” Colin swept in a low bow.

She didn’t know whether the gesture was more a British thing or simply a unique Colin mannerism, but Serena loved it.

He looked great in a navy down jacket with a red sweater peeking out from beneath it, jeans, a red knit scarf, gloves, and a matching cap sitting low on his forehead. The man looked like he’d stepped out of a menswear advertisement for an outdoorsmen catalog. Tall and rugged. Quite a different image than he presented on a daily basis at the television station but equally appealing. Maybe even more so.

“Hi, Colin.” Serena swung the door wide. “Come in. You know, it’s a good thing I check my mailbox at work every day or I might not have known to expect you tonight.”

He stepped over the threshold and closed the door behind him. “Ah, love. You don’t know me as well as you think. Surely you know I have my spies at the station. I made certain you’d received my note.”

Serena grinned. “Why am I not surprised?”

Colin pulled off his gloves and then rubbed his hands together. “It’s a brisk night, but a beautiful one, and the stars are out. Not too much wind, thankfully.”

Lily came running down the steps and skidded to a stop beside them. “Where are you taking us, Mr. Colin?”

“Well, hello to you, too, Miss Lily.” He swept Lily in a quick hug.

Serena frowned. “Young lady, you know better than that. Please give Mr. Colin a proper greeting. Be respectful.”

Without a word, Lily ran halfway back up the stairs, turned around, and then walked down them again, one at a time. Crossing the room to where Colin waited, Lily nodded. “How do you do, Mr. Colin? Thank you for coming. May I ask where you’re taking my mother and me this evening?”

Shaking her head, Serena crossed her arms and twisted her lips in an effort not to laugh. Her daughter could definitely be a little drama queen when she wanted.

Colin gave Serena a wink. “Ah, that’s for me to know and—”

“You to find out. Grandma Preston says that, too,” Lily said. “You’re too young to say that.”

Lily and Colin both burst out laughing.

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