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Authors: Jenny Rarden
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truly. Are you all right?”
She finally raised her head to look at her victim and gasped. “Oh!” she squeaked, feeling her heart thud in her chest.
She’d run into Luke Taylor.
“Miss, are you all right?” he asked again, his gorgeous smile slipping into a frown as he reached out. “You aren’t hurt, are you?”
“N-No, I’m fine,” she promised, the warmth from her cheeks spreading as embarrassment and awe filled her.
He was beautiful—tall, with dark-blond hair peeking out from under the knit cap he wore, and his piercing blue eyes seemed to look into her soul.
“I’m Luke,” he said, before his own cheeks turned pink. He quickly stammered, “I-I guess you know that.”
She nodded dumbly, any words she might have spoken frozen in her throat.
He cocked his head and waited a moment, but when she didn’t speak, a sparkle entered his eyes and he smiled warmly. “What’s your name?”
“S-Sadie,” she stammered. Her heart was pounding so hard, she swore she could hear it. “I… I’m s-sorry. I need to go,” she said in a rush, afraid that if she stayed, she would blurt out how cute she thought he was and embarrass herself further.
“Wait,” he called as she rushed away.
Sadie pretended not to hear as she turned the corner and continued on her way.
After the beautiful girl—Sadie—left Luke alone on the snowy path, he debated going after her, but his mind was a whirlwind and his emotions felt raw. The moment she’d looked up into his eyes, his world had spun out of control. He’d never felt anything like it…like nothing else mattered but her. He hadn’t even known her name. How was that possible?
He finally shook himself out of it and turned back to make his way home. He needed to talk to his mother. If anyone could help him make sense of what he was feeling, it would be her.
Inside the house, he removed his coat, hat, and scarf as he toed off his boots, leaving everything in the hallway to dry, before making his way to the kitchen, where he could hear his mom.
“There you are,” she said as he stepped into the kitchen. “That was a short walk. Everything okay?”
Sliding onto one of the stools at the counter, Luke scrubbed his hand over his face before replying. “I’m…not sure,” he said honestly. “Do you have a minute to talk?”
She grabbed a mug from the cupboard and then ladled a cup of sweet-smelling hot cocoa from the pot on the stove. After adding a few marshmallows, she set it down in front of him before taking a seat beside him, all without saying a word. She waited for him to speak, not rushing him.
“I…met someone,” he gushed, unable to hold back any longer. In hurried words, he told her about the encounter with the beautiful elf. “Her name’s Sadie. She’s got red hair, but it isn’t just red. There were about a hundred different shades, which highlighted her gorgeous green eyes—the color of evergreens. Her skin’s a pale cream, but she blushed when she saw that it was me, and she just glowed.” He couldn’t admit to his mother that he wanted to see how far the blush extended. “She was beautiful,” he finished lamely. “But it was more than that. It was like my world just…shifted. I wanted to know everything about her, to share everything about me and my life with her. I’ve never felt anything like it.”
“Oh, Luke…” She sighed, and when he looked over, there were tears in her eyes. “You met your soul mate.”
“I-I read about that in one of the books, a-and I-I’ve heard the stories,” he managed to say through his nerves and excitement, “but I didn’t think it was real. How… I mean…” He wrapped his hands around his mug, letting the heat warm him.
“Sweetheart, you know there’s no good explanation for Christmas magic. Once you were officially named as the new Santa, the moment you saw her, she became the one for you. It’s destiny.”
“Wh-What if she doesn’t feel the same?”
His mother looked
She finally raised her head to look at her victim and gasped. “Oh!” she squeaked, feeling her heart thud in her chest.
She’d run into Luke Taylor.
“Miss, are you all right?” he asked again, his gorgeous smile slipping into a frown as he reached out. “You aren’t hurt, are you?”
“N-No, I’m fine,” she promised, the warmth from her cheeks spreading as embarrassment and awe filled her.
He was beautiful—tall, with dark-blond hair peeking out from under the knit cap he wore, and his piercing blue eyes seemed to look into her soul.
“I’m Luke,” he said, before his own cheeks turned pink. He quickly stammered, “I-I guess you know that.”
She nodded dumbly, any words she might have spoken frozen in her throat.
He cocked his head and waited a moment, but when she didn’t speak, a sparkle entered his eyes and he smiled warmly. “What’s your name?”
“S-Sadie,” she stammered. Her heart was pounding so hard, she swore she could hear it. “I… I’m s-sorry. I need to go,” she said in a rush, afraid that if she stayed, she would blurt out how cute she thought he was and embarrass herself further.
“Wait,” he called as she rushed away.
Sadie pretended not to hear as she turned the corner and continued on her way.
After the beautiful girl—Sadie—left Luke alone on the snowy path, he debated going after her, but his mind was a whirlwind and his emotions felt raw. The moment she’d looked up into his eyes, his world had spun out of control. He’d never felt anything like it…like nothing else mattered but her. He hadn’t even known her name. How was that possible?
He finally shook himself out of it and turned back to make his way home. He needed to talk to his mother. If anyone could help him make sense of what he was feeling, it would be her.
Inside the house, he removed his coat, hat, and scarf as he toed off his boots, leaving everything in the hallway to dry, before making his way to the kitchen, where he could hear his mom.
“There you are,” she said as he stepped into the kitchen. “That was a short walk. Everything okay?”
Sliding onto one of the stools at the counter, Luke scrubbed his hand over his face before replying. “I’m…not sure,” he said honestly. “Do you have a minute to talk?”
She grabbed a mug from the cupboard and then ladled a cup of sweet-smelling hot cocoa from the pot on the stove. After adding a few marshmallows, she set it down in front of him before taking a seat beside him, all without saying a word. She waited for him to speak, not rushing him.
“I…met someone,” he gushed, unable to hold back any longer. In hurried words, he told her about the encounter with the beautiful elf. “Her name’s Sadie. She’s got red hair, but it isn’t just red. There were about a hundred different shades, which highlighted her gorgeous green eyes—the color of evergreens. Her skin’s a pale cream, but she blushed when she saw that it was me, and she just glowed.” He couldn’t admit to his mother that he wanted to see how far the blush extended. “She was beautiful,” he finished lamely. “But it was more than that. It was like my world just…shifted. I wanted to know everything about her, to share everything about me and my life with her. I’ve never felt anything like it.”
“Oh, Luke…” She sighed, and when he looked over, there were tears in her eyes. “You met your soul mate.”
“I-I read about that in one of the books, a-and I-I’ve heard the stories,” he managed to say through his nerves and excitement, “but I didn’t think it was real. How… I mean…” He wrapped his hands around his mug, letting the heat warm him.
“Sweetheart, you know there’s no good explanation for Christmas magic. Once you were officially named as the new Santa, the moment you saw her, she became the one for you. It’s destiny.”
“Wh-What if she doesn’t feel the same?”
His mother looked
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