Sweet Tooth (Little Cakes Book 11) by Pepper North & Paige Michaels

Author:Pepper North & Paige Michaels [North, Pepper & Michaels, Paige]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Tom felt bad leaving Elizabeth with his mom and sisters. She hadn’t expected to meet his family tonight. He hadn’t anticipated sharing her either. As soon as he’d watched her pass his house and continue down the road toward his parents’ house, he’d worried this might happen.

There had been no way the two of them could have gotten away with turning around in his family’s driveway without anyone noticing and coming out onto the porch.

Tom had no intention of actually staying for dinner. He didn’t want to share Elizabeth with his family so soon into their relationship. On the one hand, he knew in his heart she was the Little girl for him, and he would eventually need to let her get to know everyone else. On the other hand, he was still feeling greedy about her time. He’d rather be alone with her. Plus, there was no way she’d feel comfortable being Little in front of his family, and he couldn’t blame her. What they did behind closed doors in their own home was no one else’s business.

It would have been rude to leave his brothers to bring in the ripe produce from the garden behind the main house, so he’d hurried out to help them, hoping it would only take ten minutes or so.

In reality, it ended up taking the four of them closer to half an hour, during which time his father asked him far too many questions about Elizabeth. By the time they returned to the main house, Tom was anxious and frustrated.

Laughter filled the kitchen, however, and the moment Tom stepped into the fray, he found all four women sitting at the table, giggling so hard they must have had stitches in their sides.

Elizabeth’s face was lit up in a huge smile as she listened to something Margaret must have said.

Tom relaxed. She’s fine. She’s a grown woman.

Elizabeth turned her head to look at Tom as he came toward her. His frustration still lingered, but he was actively shaking it off as he forced a smile. “I hate to ask what Margaret must have told you, considering you have tears running down your face from laughing.”

Elizabeth covered her mouth as if trying to contain her laughter as Tom leaned over to kiss the top of her head. He took her hand and stood next to her. He wouldn’t expose her Little side to his family without discussing it with her first, but he sure wasn’t going to withhold his affection. They might as well know he was serious about her.

Margaret wiped the tears from her eyes. “I was just telling Elizabeth about the time you got the tractor stuck in the mud behind the barn and insisted you could get it out all by yourself.”

Tom groaned.

Elizabeth tipped her head back to look at him. “Did you really spend two days working on it before you asked for help?”

Tom rolled his eyes. “I was seventeen at the time,” he pointed out. “The rest of these yahoos weren’t big enough to help me.

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