A Kiss of Winter: A Second Chance Christmas Romance (Dreams Fulfilled Book 3) by Scarlett King

Author:Scarlett King [King, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

8

David

I ended up being saved by the bell—or rather, by the Tubular Bells ringtone of my phone telling me that someone related to the current case was calling. It was Jack with an invitation to an early supper later today with himself, his father, and some guests. If, of course, Andi was feeling well enough.

She was and insisted that we take the invitation. And that’s how we found ourselves driving out to the Whitman lands just hours after we nearly had to take Andi to the hospital.

“Are you still cold?” I ask her, reminding myself that I should still prioritize that over everything else. It’s not the first thing that springs to mind, though. That comes out next, but only after she sits in silence in the passenger seat beside me for almost a minute. “Are you still pissed off at me?”

More silence.

Shit. I hate this. More than being yelled at, more than being cried at, I hate the long, awkward silences that happen when she’s really thinking something over. They remind me too much of that uncomfortable hour between when I’d said all that shit I shouldn't have and when she’d walked out.

I’m probably about to say way too much again. But this time, I know that admitting my feelings is the right thing to do. Not the comfortable thing and maybe not the safe thing—for all I know it could totally backfire.

But it’s the right and honest thing.

“Look, if you expect me to feel bad because I kissed you, I'm sorry, because I don’t. I really do not, and I don’t regret waking up with you in my arms either.”

That gets me a glare…but then her face softens. She’s still quiet, though.

“Andi…” I trail off, going quiet myself as I navigate past a particularly sharp turn in the road. The Whitmans live high up the mountain, so high that they sit across the valley from the ski resort. Driving there takes focus in this snowy mess.

As soon as it’s back to the bland climb through the woods, I go on. “I can recognize that you want me to keep my distance and keep things as they have been these past year, with us just being friendly. I can even respect your wishes and do it—most of the time.

“But if I kiss you first thing when I wake up, I can’t feel bad about it. It’s what I have wished I could do for years. I can’t turn off how good it feels.”

There. Now it’s out there. It might’ve come out a bit angrier than it should have. And it was maybe even a bit gentler than my angry self wanted it to be. Maybe it means the end of our relationship; I just don’t know.

“I need a minute,” she finally says, a touch of pain in her voice. The anticipation is threatening to kill me, but I simply nod and keep driving for a while.

A minute later, I spy a turn-off up ahead, and I start to slow down so I can pull into it smoothly.

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