An Eligible Bachelor

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Flabbergasted, Geneva could only stammer, “But I don’t…we’re not…”

She didn’t know anything about Ellis’s attitude toward alcohol, but since the communion “wine” at church had actually been grape juice, she thought it safe to assume he didn’t imbibe.

Wade pulled a couple of goblets from her cabinet, filled one, and handed it to Geneva. Then he poured another. “How about you, Elvis? Care for a little conversation lubrication?”

Ellis held his hand palm-out at the proffered glass. “No thanks. I don’t drink.”

Just as she’d thought. She had to get Wade out of here before he managed to offend Ellis further and wind up ruining her chances with this man who seemed to have so much going for him.

“No?” he persisted. Wade reached into his pocket and sidestepped her with a smile full of devious innocence. “Then how about a breath mint?”

Ellis accepted one, and Jacob took three. Great, now he was ruining her son’s appetite, too.

“You have a beautiful home.” Her date was obviously trying to make polite conversation.

“Thank you, Elvis. It’s been in my family for generations.” Geneva could have sworn he stuck out his chest as he launched into a discussion of his family’s farming history. “My father was the first to give up farming for a salaried job.”