A Holiday Seduction: A Holiday Novella by Tiffany Patterson

Author:Tiffany Patterson [Patterson, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TMP Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-11-10T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“There’s that nervous look again,” I tease as I climb into the car behind the wheel with Desiree in the passenger seat.

“I gotta have a better poker face.” She sighs.

I lean over, taking her chin into my hand and pressing a kiss to her glossy lips. “You don’t ever need to have a poker face with me. What’s up?” My hand still cups her chin.

“This is a big deal. You’re not nervous?”

I shake my head. “Parents love me. Plus, I have the advantage of already having met your parents.”

She frowns. “Under not so great circumstances.”

“True, but these are better conditions. You were nervous about meeting my parents, and they loved you from the beginning. Last night my mother practically drooled over the peach cobbler and homemade vanilla bean ice cream you brought for dessert.”

She blinks and smiles. “You sure she wasn’t just being nice?”

I shake my head. “My mother doesn’t play when it comes to her sweet tooth. She called me this morning before their flight to ask me if you were thinking about selling that cobbler once you open your bakery.”

She gasps. “You told her about my bakery?”

“I sure as hell did. She started to pull out her checkbook last night to invest in it, but I convinced her to save that for later. I didn’t want her scaring you off before we even cut the turkey.”

It’s Thanksgiving, and Desiree and I are spending it with her parents. Last night, she and I ate Thanksgiving dinner at my parents’ house before they flew out to Chicago to spend the holiday weekend with my sister and her family. After dinner, Desiree and I are driving up to my family’s cabin in the mountains to spend the long weekend there. Meeting her parents and having dinner with them isn’t a concern of mine in the least.

“She liked them, huh?”

“Why do you sound so surprised? You know you’re an excellent baker.”

Her smile widens. “I know, but whenever someone new tastes something I made, I always hold my breath a little. Each cake or cookie or loaf is like a piece of me going out into the world to spread a little bit of happiness.”

I chuckle.

“I sound attached to it, don’t I?” She rolls her eyes.

“No, you sound like it’s your passion. Which is exactly why it needs to become your full-time job.”

“I knew I was setting myself up for a lecture about this.”

“No lecture,” I respond, shaking my head. “Take it as a simple reminder that your destiny is waiting for you.”

She pushes out a breath. “Well, let’s hope my destiny can wait until after Thanksgiving dinner.”

Chuckling, I make the turn for the on-ramp that leads to the town where Desiree’s parents live. As we drive, she tells me stories of her childhood. Her parents still live in the home where she and her sister grew up.

“And you tease me about being one of the other half,” I say as we pull into her parents' long driveway. The house isn’t a mansion or anything, but it’s a comfortably sized house for four people.

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