Andre’s Proposal is a bonus short story for the main characters in His Perfect Choice. Enjoy!
Chapter One
Table of Contents
Jessica
Lavender Smith flitted to the window overlooking the yard for the fourth time in two minutes and peered out.
Jessica paused the video she was watching on her phone to stare at her mom. “Are you okay?”
“Of course.” Lavender whirled in a flutter of purple fabric. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
Jess pointed to the window. “You keep looking outside. Are you sure you’ll be fine by yourself?”
Jessica and her boyfriend, Andre Meyers, were going on a camping trip.
“I can always cancel and stay here with you.”
“No!” Lavender’s hands flew up. “You can’t stay here!”
Jessica’s eyebrows shot up. Okay, her mother was normally high-strung, but this was a bit much, even for Lavender.
“Are you trying to get rid of me?”
“No.” Lavender tittered. “It’s just that Andre has put a lot of effort into this weekend.”
“Alright.” Jess folded her arms across her chest. “What’s going on? Did he say something to you?”
Lavender adopted an innocent expression and blinked several times. “Doesn’t he always plan your dates well? He’s always so prepared when he comes over.” Lavender drifted back to the window.
Jessica wasn’t convinced, but short of shaking her, she couldn’t think of any way to get the truth out of Lavender.
She drew in a breath. Everything would be fine. She loved Andre, and he loved her. He wouldn’t invite her to Green Mountain Peak to break up with her, would he?
Please, God, don’t let that be his plan.
Chapter Two
Andre
Andre pulled over out of sight of Lavender and Jessica’s house. After Jessica’s aunt Debbie died, she rented out her house and moved in with Lavender.
It had made seeing her easier as it was a shorter commute, but it made privacy scarce since Lavender was almost always somewhere in the house when he visited.
He’d had to get creative to plan dates that gave them privacy without leaving too much room for temptation. Jessica was a beautiful woman.
Andre gripped the steering wheel tighter. “This is it, God. I’m asking Jessica to be my wife.” He’d prayed about it for weeks. They’d only been dating for a few months, but he knew what he wanted. It had always been her.
“Please let her say yes.”
Andre had been in love with Jessica for most of his life, but until recently, she’d been emotionally unavailable.
His phone chimed with an incoming text.
Jessica: Are you almost here?
Andre: Yes.
Jessica: Good. If you don’t get here soon, Lavender will wear a path on the living room floor.
Jessica: She’s even more anxious about this weekend than I am.
Had Lavender given away his secret? He’d told her his intention to marry Jessica and asked for her blessing. The woman’s tearful response had been a balm. He should hurry.
The last thing he wanted was for his proposal to be thwarted by his hopefully soon-to-be mother-in-law.
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