The House on the Hill, a Short Love Story ~ continued

"Not to get into your business, Jane, but I take it that funds are tight."

"Tighter than a banjo," Jane sighed again. "I've sold everything that I owned just to keep us afloat because the job market is also tight. My bank account is running on empty and no one seems to need a chef. I suppose that the only way out is to sell the house. I was hoping that it wouldn't come to that."

Pausing briefly, she gazed teary eyes into his handsome face and managed, "I'll miss you."

She had never felt so embarrassed, spilling her troubles to a man like Zane. Perhaps she should have let him known of her interest in him long ago. But what would a man like Zane want with a ready made family? For that matter, with a woman like her? A nobody. A woman with dreams of owning a silly restaurant one day - something that wasn't in the cards. Nope. She was holding a handful of jokers.

"I need a chef," Zane informed, Jane jerking her eyes up to connect with his serious looking face.

"Zane, what do you need with a chef? Doesn't your housekeeper Etta usually take care of your meals when she pops in?"

"She only pops in once a week, and then after a couple of days I'm back to frozen meals. Jane, is the thought of being my chef so repelling?"

She put her pizza aside and wrapped her hands around his clasped ones as best as she could. "I appreciate what you're hinting at, Zane and I'd like nothing more than to be your chef. I'm at my rope's end, and if it were just me, that would be okay. But there's little Nadine to look out after."

"Then it's settled," Zane decided, his face lighting with a smile. "Here's the plan. Go collect your things and I'll help settle you and Nadine into the east wing. You can see the sun rise from that level. I'm sure that she'll like that-"

"Move here? Oh but Zane - that's not possible," Jane protested, the thought of a real bed a delicious one.

"Oh yes it's possible, Jane," he assured, rising and placing a protective arm around her shoulder as she sat thinking. "This monstrosity of a house needs some life in its belly and you and Nadine fit the bill."

"But Zane-"

"She starts to school shortly, Jane," he reminded, trying to make her see reason. "You'll be able to be right there for her - whenever she needs you."

"But Zane, we can't live here," Jane argued. "That's far too generous."

"You can and you will, Jane. You certainly can't continue to live in a house that's empty. That's no place for a little girl, or a woman like you. As for the little yellow house, why not rent it out? Save the money and perhaps, before too long, that restaurant can become a reality."

She began crying even harder than Nadine had earlier today, Zane feeling inclined to pull her up to him, offering her words of comfort as he held her close.

When she was able to collect her breath, she gazed into his face and told him, "I'd kiss you right now if it wouldn't leave you with the wrong impression."

"Oh?"

Jane shook her head, her golden locks spilling over her cheeks. "You know, it's nice to be saved by one's hero. I've always held a great interest for you Zane, and now I know why. You've got a good heart. Very rare indeed."

He twisted his head to one side and asked for confirmation, "You're attracted to me? Or, is it perhaps a feeling of indebtedness do you think - not that you need to feel indebted-"

Zane got no further and Jane caressed his lips with a passionate kiss that rocked both their worlds.....

Jane sat eyeing her husband in the pretty park as he swung Nadine.

It's amazing what can happen in a few short months, she silently reflected. Just six months ago, Zane had taken her and Nadine beneath his wings. Two months later, they had been married. And only last week, her dream of a restaurant had appeared over the horizon, Zane presenting it as a birthday surprise.

She'd never been happier - not because of the restaurant, but because of the wonderful man who lived in the house on the hill.....

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