The Inn on Mirror Lake by Debbie Mason

Author:Debbie Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2022-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Anxious to get an early start on Beauty and the Beast’s room, Ellie opened the guest room door. Sunlight streamed through the window and danced on a beautiful white comforter. She stopped in the middle of stepping into the room, staring at the Mrs. Potts teapot and two Chip teacups sitting in the middle of the bed, a glass dome with a red rose suspended inside on the nightstand.

Pressing a hand to her mouth, she turned at the sound of heavy footfalls. Nate frowned, coming to stand behind her. “What’s wrong?”

She stared up at him. “I thought you left because you were mad at me.”

Ryder, Joe, and the judge had arrived while she was on the phone with Nate’s family. He’d barely spoken two words to her while they ate the lasagna from Zia Maria’s, and then he’d taken off on his motorcycle. He hadn’t returned by the time she’d finally given up and gone to bed. A part of her worried that his family’s insistence they were a couple had sent him running to Tiff. If only to prove to himself and to Ellie that he had no intention of being tied down.

“But you went to your sister’s and got everything I wanted for the room.” She hugged him. “Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to me, Nate.”

His chest expanded under her cheek, and he put an arm around her, smoothing his other hand down her hair. “I wasn’t mad at you, Ellie. My sisters drive me crazy, and I knew what I’d be walking into. They’re seriously nuts.”

Yet he’d still gone—for her. Maybe she was making more of it than she should, but his actions last night made her wonder if he’d had a change of heart and was now open to exploring their feelings for each other. Get a grip, she told herself. He was just being a friend.

She tipped her head back. “They’re seriously nuts about you. They absolutely adore you, Nate. For good reason, from what I heard.” If she hadn’t already had a crush on him, she would have developed one after talking to his sisters and nieces.

He gave her hair a playful tug, then stepped away. “Don’t listen to them. They’ve been obsessed with marrying me off since I turned thirty. They’d say anything to convince you I’m husband material.”

It wouldn’t take much convincing, she thought. “Don’t worry, I have no delusions you’re the marrying kind.” Nate was right. She’d gotten caught up in his sisters’ fantasy.

They’d convinced her that she was the one woman who could get him to break his no-relationship rule. In their minds she had something going for her that no other woman had had—time. Time enough for her to get past Nate’s defenses and capture his heart. After all, she was the only woman Nate had ever introduced to his family. Except he hadn’t introduced her. She’d introduced herself, and it had been obvious he’d wanted to get her off the phone as quickly as possible.

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