A Gift For Christmas: Three Spicy Holiday Romance Novellas In One Collection by Kate J. Blake

Author:Kate J. Blake [Blake, Kate J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

SERENA

"Stop staring at me," I finally say when I just can't handle Dominic's gaze any longer.

He's been staring at me for the last fifteen minutes, right from the start of the lesson. I thought he was going to stop eventually, but he doesn't.

"I can't," he retorts. "You look so...different." He pauses before pronouncing the last word as if he wanted to say something else but changed his mind.

Did he want to call me beautiful? But is it even possible for a guy like Dominic Astor to find me attractive?

"Why haven't you worn glasses when we studied?" he asks, interrupting my thoughts.

"I...don't like them," I lie, turning my eyes away from him. I never was able to do a good poker face.

"But they are more comfortable than the lenses, aren't they?"

They are, but it's not the point.

"I've been..." I stop, trying to decide whether I should tell him the truth, "bullied in primary school for wearing them."

I finally confess because I wasn't able to come up with a plausible lie. But the truth is I was bullied not only in primary but also in middle and even in high school.

I jump when I feel Dominic's warm palm covering my wrist.

"If anyone ever bullies you, please tell me, okay?" He squeezes my hand in his, brushing his thumb over my fingers.

I feel goosebumps covering my skin, and I force myself to look from our hands to his eyes again.

"Okay," I whisper quietly, barely breathing.

Did Dominic just say he would protect me if someone hurt me, or am I dreaming?

His eyes travel from mine down to my lips, and he licks his own once again. And this time, it's not because I'm biting my lip. And then his gaze goes lower, to my neck and cleavage, making me shudder even more.

I can't breathe.

"Stop staring at my breasts," I finally say when his eyes get to the neckline of my blouse.

"I can't," he whispers back and swallows. "Why don't you dress like this every day?"

Because I feel so uncomfortable with my body, you have no idea.

He finally looks up at me, and only then do I feel how hard my cheeks are burning, so much that I'm ready to burst.

"Let's get to the questions," I change the subject.

I might have told Dominic about my bullying at school, but no way am I going to say to him that I don't like my body because my classmates also called me fat in fifth grade.

"The third question is..."

"Let's change the rules," he interrupts me, without giving me a chance to finish.

I raise an eyebrow in response as if asking, What rules? It's a test, not a competition.

"For every answer that is correct, you open one button," he continues and gives me a mischievous smile.

My jaw almost drops to the floor, and I open and close my mouth a couple of times before I manage to get any words out.

"How dare you..." I try not to smile, but I can't. I have to admit that it's kind of awesome when a guy like Astor finds my breasts attractive.

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