Man of the Month (Willowdale Romance Novel)
“As he prepped his chicken salad sandwiches—croissants and pecans, his signature ingredients—he kept glancing at Jeanne.
She set down the peach she was peeling and put her hand on her hip. “I’m fine. It’s been almost twenty years. I can come and help you serve if you want. I even got dressed up for it, if you hadn’t noticed.”
Oh, he’d noticed. Her black pants fit her curves nicely, and he might suggest buttoning the top button on her blouse if she did come to the meeting. “We don’t need two peop...le to serve eight.”
She banged her fist on the countertop. “Dang it, Brad, I want to be there. This involves my family, too.”
He gulped and nodded, too much of a coward to tell her he didn’t want her to come because he didn’t want to risk seeing any sadness in her face. “All right, can you get the coffee service ready?”
They loaded the food and equipment without saying much. He’d once laughed through a talk show Jeanne made him watch featuring a woman who claimed she could see people’s auras.MoreLess
She set down the peach she was peeling and put her hand on her hip. “I’m fine. It’s been almost twenty years. I can come and help you serve if you want. I even got dressed up for it, if you hadn’t noticed.”
Oh, he’d noticed. Her black pants fit her curves nicely, and he might suggest buttoning the top button on her blouse if she did come to the meeting. “We don’t need two peop...le to serve eight.”
She banged her fist on the countertop. “Dang it, Brad, I want to be there. This involves my family, too.”
He gulped and nodded, too much of a coward to tell her he didn’t want her to come because he didn’t want to risk seeing any sadness in her face. “All right, can you get the coffee service ready?”
They loaded the food and equipment without saying much. He’d once laughed through a talk show Jeanne made him watch featuring a woman who claimed she could see people’s auras.MoreLess
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