Yuletide Protector (Love Inspired Suspense) by Mondello Lisa

Author:Mondello, Lisa [Mondello, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2009-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

Daria felt giddy as she rummaged through the box of decorations. The room seemed to come alive again now that Kevin had woken up from his nap on the sofa. All the same, it was hard to keep from feeling guilty for wanting his company when he so clearly needed the rest.

Daria liked seeing him sleep, but liked even more when he was awake and she could gaze into his expressive eyes. She loved his eyes—their depth, crystal-blue color and the light that danced in them when he looked back at her. His hair was still tousled from sleep. Strands of gold and brown had fallen forward, giving him a rumpled look. The effect was completely adorable.

She’d been happy living alone in this house. Or so she’d thought until Kevin had shown up. In truth, she’d kept herself too busy to think about loneliness. It wasn’t until she was sitting beside Kevin as he slept that she realized just how empty the house felt.

Shaking off the feeling enveloping her, she settled on the box of Christmas decorations she’d pulled out of the attic and began searching for the lights.

Without a word, Kevin sat down on the sofa and gave his attention to the dish she’d placed on the coffee table.

“Aren’t you going to eat?”

“I ate earlier.”

Funny how in the last six months she’d been alone here. But tonight, for the first time since she’d moved in, her house breathed with life. It felt like a real home.

“What made you decide to buy this beat-up old place anyway?”

She lifted an eyebrow in challenge. “Why? You don’t like my house?”

Kevin chuckled, wiping his mouth with his napkin. “I can see I’m going to have to tread lightly on this subject. All I meant is there is a lot of work here for one person. And it looks like you’re doing most of it yourself. That has to be hard.”

“You don’t think I can handle it?”

“I think you can handle pretty much anything you put your mind to. I just can’t figure why you’d want to bother with all this work in such a big house. Why not a smaller house that was move-in ready?”

She looked at him wistfully as she set another wound-up strand of lights on the chair by the tree. Satisfied she’d found all the lights, she put the box down on the floor.

“There’s something about getting your hands dirty, building your own space to call home. It may not look like much now, but it’s shaping up to be a nice home. One day I hope it’s filled with a lot of kids.”

“You planning on having a husband with those kids?”

“That’s the plan. But not for a while.” She sighed, pulling at the first string of lights to untangle it. “There’s a lot I need to get through before that can happen.”

He nodded his understanding. How could she even think of having a husband and family while George was after her? She hated the idea that her life was

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