The Christmas Crusade by Shanna Hatfield

Author:Shanna Hatfield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: clean romance, holiday romance, second chance, sweet romance, christmas romance
Publisher: Shanna Hatfield

Chapter Six

“I can’t believe how much food Levi collected,” Kat said as she and Brenna helped fill boxes lined end to end on tables and across the floor of the gymnasium at Center for Hope.

Brock and Brenna had joined Mike, Levi, Kat, and a dozen other volunteers on the Saturday before Christmas to stuff cardboard boxes full of pantry staples.

“Levi can be quite relentless.” Brenna grinned at her friend as they added bags of rice to boxes. “Especially when it’s something he really wants.”

Kat glared at Brenna, ignoring the double meaning to her comment. Since the night of the charity gala, Levi remained professional when the need arose for the two of them to interact. Although she wouldn’t admit it, Kat missed his teasing comments and flirtatious manner. Despite his cool façade, she could still see the fire in his eyes when she caught him studying her.

The reasons she couldn’t have a relationship with him hadn’t changed since she’d tearfully explained to him three years ago she wouldn’t let emotions derail her career plans. On top of her own ambition to succeed, her grandfather expected her to follow in his footsteps. She was doing her best to make it happen.

Levi was a distraction to her work, one she could ill afford. When she was with him, she didn’t care about anything else.

The only way to salvage all she’d worked for at Harchett Industries had been to walk away from Levi and not look back.

Now that he’d reappeared in her life, Kat began to wonder if perhaps she should have followed her heart instead of her need to earn her grandfather’s approval.

Regret weighed heavy on her mind as she added packages of pasta to the boxes. A hand on her back drew her gaze to Brenna’s concerned face.

“Are you sure you’re okay, Kat? You don’t seem like yourself today. I haven’t heard a single sarcastic comment and you haven’t called me a dork once.” Brenna placed a hand on Kat’s forehead and grinned. “Are you running a fever?”

Kat smiled and caught Brenna’s hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. “You’re hilarious. Come on. Let’s get back to work. We’ve got approximately a million boxes to fill before we can finish up this little project.”

Brenna rolled her eyes. “I believe you’ve slightly exaggerated the number. I thought Levi said he had enough boxes for three hundred families.”

Kat dismissively waved her hand at Brenna. “Whatever. After the first fifty, it might as well be a million. My back is killing me.”

“Maybe I can help with that.” A deep voice spoke from behind Kat, startling her. She spun around and stared at Levi as he stood nearby with his hands full of a case of peanut butter.

Brenna cleared a spot for him to set down the case then began adding jars to boxes. Levi stepped behind Kat, placed his hands on her shoulders and massaged her tense muscles.

It felt good to have Levi close, to feel the warmth of his hands sinking through her blouse and into her heart.

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