Suitable for Marriage by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love, comedy, humor, romantic comedy, sex, unrequited love, matchmaker, boy next door, larson family
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin

Chapter Twelve

Daisy watched Erin as Alex showed everyone the house he planned to move into before the harvest season. Daisy’s parents were asking Alex and his pa all kinds of questions about the place. Instead of joining in the questions, however, Erin seemed content to study the room they were in on her own. If Daisy guessed right, Erin was wondering what it might be like to live here, though she’d never come out and admit it, not even to herself.

Daisy hadn’t thought her sister was the stubborn type, but her sister was stubborn alright. Daisy wasn’t stupid. Erin might love animals, but she didn’t love them enough to volunteer to feed them if Alex was nearby. At least, she wouldn’t have done it in the past. She did it this morning, though. On top of that, Erin had put on her best clothes. There wasn’t a special occasion. All they were doing was helping Alex’s ma in the kitchen.

Daisy gave a glance at her sister as she traced the edge of the window. The only time Erin did that was when she was planning to make curtains and wanted to know how big they should be.

“There’s a lot of space in this kitchen,” Daisy’s ma said. “You can have five women in here at once, and they won’t bump into each other like we do at our house.”

Veronica gave Ian and Alex a pointed look. “I told you two that sacrificing the room in the parlor to have a bigger kitchen would be worth it. You need to think like a woman when you’re building a house.”

“We were living in a sod house when we built our place,” Daisy’s pa said. “Our kitchen seemed big at first, but, as the girls grew up, we realized it wasn’t that big after all.”

“Now that the girls are getting married and leaving home, it’s back to being big,” Daisy’s ma replied.

Daisy caught a flicker of disappointment on her pa’s face before he said, “Yes, they grow up too fast. It’s too bad they didn’t stay children longer.”

Her ma rubbed his back. “That’s what grandchildren are for.”

“It sure would be nice to have some grandchildren that were close by.” His gaze went to Alex and then to Erin.

Daisy’s eyebrows rose in surprise. Erin was too busy examining the shelves and hooks along the wall to notice, but Daisy didn’t miss it. Daisy also caught a wistful look on Veronica’s face as she glanced at Erin. So it wasn’t just her pa who wanted Erin to marry Alex. Veronica wished for the match, too, and if she guessed right, Ian would accept it.

So this was why her pa and Alex’s parents had agreed to plant crops. They were hoping to give Erin and Alex a nudge toward the altar at the church. Why didn’t she realize that before? Yes, she knew Alex used to have his heart set on marrying Erin. One had to be oblivious to the world around them not to know Alex had loved Erin ever since they were children.

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