Читать книгу The Christmas Courtship - Emma Miller - Страница 8
Оглавление“What was Ginger saying?” Joshua asked.
“She said not to let you monopolize all my time.”
He sighed. “And what did you say to that? Because I was... I was kind of hoping you’d let me walk around and introduce you.”
Phoebe pressed her lips together, not sure how to respond.
She met his gaze. “Do you have a girl?”
He shook his head.
She felt her heart give a little trip. “Sweet on someone?”
He tilted his head. “You could say that.”
Against her will, Phoebe felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment. She looked down at the grass at her feet. “Then you should go be with her.”
He was quiet so long that at last she looked up at him and found him studying her.
“I can’t,” he said very quietly.
She held his gaze, feeling a little light-headed. She remembered this feeling. She’d felt it in those early days and months when she and John had courted. She nibbled on her lower lip. “Why not?” she dared.
He hesitated, then shrugged. “Because I’m already with her.”
