Matenro No Santa Claus / Original Title: HER CHRISTMAS PREGNANCY SURPRISE (Harlequin Image)

[Machine Translation] Every Wednesday, Pepper starts her morning restless and full of anticipation. She has a wonderful customer, Simon, who comes to her little bakery. She is surprised to learn, nearly five months after meeting him, that he is the CEO of a large corporation. Pepper's mother died when she was eight years old, and her grandmother, who raised her, has since passed away, leaving her on her own. Simon seemed out of reach and distant, but the night she helped him throw a party for his company, the walls between them crumbled and passion overflowed. But her love affair with Simon, who is considered the sexiest and most powerful businessman in New York, attracts public attention, and Pepper, trying not to cause him any trouble, says goodbye. Soon after, her store and house burn down, and she unexpectedly finds herself pregnant...!

毎週水曜日、ペッパーは朝から落ち着かず期待に胸を高鳴らせる。彼女の小さなベーカリーに、サイモンというすてきな客が来店するから。出逢って5カ月近くがたったころ、彼が大企業のCEOと知って驚いた。ペッパーは8歳で母と死に別れ、その後、育ててくれた祖母も亡くなって天涯孤独となってからは店の2階を住まいに、つましく暮らしてきた。そんな自分には、サイモンは手の届かない遠い存在に思えたが、彼の会社のパーティを手伝った夜、二人の間の壁が崩れ、情熱が溢れた。だが、NYで最もセクシーで勢いのある実業家とされるサイモンとの恋は世間の注目を集め、ペッパーは彼に迷惑をかけまいと別れを告げる。ほどなく店と家を焼け出され、予期せぬ妊娠まで判明するとは...!