A Very Daring Christmas (The Tavonesi Series Book 8) by Pamela Aares

Author:Pamela Aares [Aares, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: hot romance series secret baby, Christmas romance, wine country romance, Baseball, sport, sagas and romance, holiday romance
Publisher: SeaStar Press
Published: 2015-11-24T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Cameron resisted the urge to slap Jake. After all, she’d upped the ante by kissing him with everything she had in her. But it was supposed to have been an act for their little audience. She hadn’t counted on being ripped to the core by a couple of kisses.

“Jake, get on the front side of this baby,” Alex instructed, gesturing to the tree lying on the tiled floor. “Parker, the cookies can wait; take the side opposite me. Sabrina and Cameron, each of you pick a side and let us know when the tree is straight. Sophie and Tyler, you two stay well out of the way.”

A whoosh of air left Cameron’s lungs as Jake wordlessly left her side and strode over to help the guys hoist the Christmas tree. She wasn’t going to stare at the rippling muscles of his back and arms as he lifted the heavy tree. She just wasn’t.

She shouldn’t have kissed him.

Had she forgotten that some scenes she acted out entered her body, infusing her being while refusing to be erased? Hadn’t Sabrina’s nightmarish experience the previous year— when the character she was playing had nearly taken her over—taught her anything?

She’d crossed the line by kissing Jake. Harder to admit was the fact that she’d wanted to kiss him. Craved kissing him. But all she’d done was stir up the wanting and the not-wanting-to-want-him that had been at war in her since their night at the cottage. Since he’d sent shock waves through her world.

“This tree could be seen by the Hubble space telescope,” Jake muttered as the tree teetered toward him and he pushed it straight with his arms.

“Ladies”—Alex’s voice came from behind the tree—“any time now. Is this behemoth straight?”

“A little to the left,” Sabrina said, deadpan, as she winked at Cameron.

“Sabrina.” Alex’s frustrated tone made Cameron smile. She would’ve liked to have had a brother like Alex. Or any sibling at all.

“It’s perfect,” Sabrina said. “But ask the kids. They have the best angle on it.”

“It’s good!” Sophie shouted.

“No, it’s leaning toward Parker,” Tyler protested.

“Because Jake is manhandling his side,” Parker said. “Jake, dude, go easy on me here. Haven’t you ever heard that every action has an opposite and equal reaction? Enough manly force already.”

“I’m locking it into place in the stand,” Alex said. “Move away.”

Sabrina circled the tree and when she reached Cameron, wrapped an arm around her waist. “You okay?” she asked softly.

“You mean will I survive my continuing idiocy? With my luck I’ll live to a ripe old age and keep making the same mistakes. Like that movie Groundhog Day. Only I’m not nearly as funny as Bill Murray.”

“But you’re prettier, Cameron,” Parker said as he joined them.

Sabrina gave him a mock punch to his arm. “Parker, there’s a place in hell reserved for men who eavesdrop on women’s private conversations.”

“Sounds delicious. Can I get a visitor’s pass?” Parker asked in a parting shot as he strolled over to where the two trays of cookies had been placed by the Tavonesis’ silent-footed butler.

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