The Holiday Heartbreaker by Maisey Yates

Author:Maisey Yates
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-07-13T20:40:10+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

DECEMBER TWENTY-SECOND. The date stuck in Brody’s head. He couldn’t really do much about it. It just kept rattling around in there. And he had a bad feeling that he knew why. Because Benny was going to be gone, and one of the barriers between him and Elizabeth being together...

No. It wasn’t a good idea. Even if they were going to have the supervision of a child to worry about.

But that day was today, and he didn’t know what time Carter was coming to pick Benny up, only that it was happening.

At the staff meeting that morning, Gus gave Elizabeth a list of assignments, and in spite of his brain telling him not to, Brody ended up interjecting. “She can have the day off, right? I mean, surely we can cover some things if we need to.”

“I don’t need the day off,” she said.

She looked glassy-eyed though. And like she might need the day, so she could spend the time with Benny.

“It’s the last day before this crop of people goes home,” Gus said. “Then it’s Christmas break for everybody.”

“Yes, and on Christmas break Benny isn’t going to be here,” he said.

“Brody,” Elizabeth said, looking stern. “It’s fine. I can do my job. And I don’t need you to interject.”

Shit. He’d overstepped on this one. But he wanted to do something. He wanted to take that tired, worn look off her face and he wanted to smooth out all her concerns. He wanted to carry some of her burdens, dammit.

Except now he’d clearly made her angrier, and that wasn’t his intent at all.

“I didn’t realize,” Gus said.

“I don’t need special treatment,” Elizabeth said fiercely.

“It’s not special treatment,” he insisted.

“It definitely feels like it is,” she said.

“All right,” Gus said. “If you’re sure.”

“I’m sure.” She downed her coffee, and left the barn.

Benny wasn’t in there. Brody’d noticed Elizabeth had gotten a lot more comfortable with letting Benny play in the general area, rather than needing him to be around her at all times.

“And what was that?” Gus asked.

“Nothing. I just know that she was upset about Benny leaving, so I wanted to say something. Because I knew she was never going to ask for herself.”

“And what’s going on with you and her?”

“Good Lord, Gus, you’re like a nosy old lady now that you have a wife.”

“Yeah. But, I’m nosy for good reason. You don’t just stick your oar in, Brody. It’s not really your thing.”

This was the second time in just a couple of weeks that one of his brothers had tried to tell him how he was.

It wasn’t less annoying coming from Gus than it was from Hunter.

Well. No, it was less annoying coming from Gus, because at least he was older.

Hunter was the baby. And he would always be the most annoying.

“Nothing is going on. She’s my friend,” he said.

“She’s your friend. Because you have so many of those?”

“I have some,” he said. “Though it may surprise you.”

“It’s not a bad surprise,” Gus said. “It’s just remarkable.”

“I guess.”

“You seem to be a little bit different these last couple of weeks.

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