A Christmas Arrangement by Annie Adams

Author:Annie Adams [Adams, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Holidays, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
Amazon: B00P27P4U2
Published: 2014-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

An hour later, I was in bed wearing my old standby Empire Strikes Back t-shirt, knee-high striped tube socks and sweat pants. I was watching Miracle on 34th Street when my cell phone rang.

It was Alex.

“Hey there.” His voice was low and quiet. So sexy.

“Are you at home?” I asked.

“Yeah, they finally went to bed. Let me get this in quick before they discover me. I’m holed up in the basement pretending to check on the furnace. I miss you,” he said.

“I miss you too.”

“So, I guess I know why my mom was acting that way tonight while you were shopping.”

I groaned, anticipating hearing how I’d said or done the wrong thing. “Is it because we’re having an affair? She knows about my ex—” heavy sigh, “—I mean my husband.”

“She told me all about that. I explained the situation and told both of them how brave you were with him. They were impressed.” I rolled my eyes at that untruth. “No, I’m talking about today when apparently you were making out with some guy at the store?”

“What? Is she insane?”

“Based on what she’s been telling me I’m not sure. You were at the jewelry counter, with a tall, dark, well-dressed man. Handsome too from what I hear.”

“You’re kidding, right? Oh—wait, you mean him.”

“She says you have a hickey. That you were trying to hide it from me with your coat lapels when you got home tonight.”

I thunked my forehead.

“I didn’t give you—I mean, that’s like junior high. I haven’t been that desperate, have I?” he said.

“My hickey,” I shuddered as I said the word, “came from my collision with a shopping cart, just before I ran into Danny at the store.”

“You mean, Danny,Danny?” he asked.

“Yeah.”

“My mother is crazy.” He sighed and then there was a long pause. “I should also tell you she thinks you’re pregnant. She says now it all makes sense as to why you were talking about morning sickness with K.C.” He cleared his throat. “You aren’t…?”

“Yeah. And Danny Barnes is the father. He gave me a hickey in the middle of the department store as we made out. All while your mother shopped for linens. Can you ever forgive me?”

“Maybe. If you give me a chance to give you one myself.”

“Baby or the other thing?”

“Either one.”

“I was just kidding about the baby,” I said. “And the other thing, actually.”

He chuckled. “Just as long as I can be alone with you for more than five minutes, I’ll give you whatever you want.”

“I’m imagining the possibilities. If you were there with me too, I’d settle for sitting outside in the middle of a snowstorm. Just as long as it’s somewhere they can’t find us.”

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