Billionaire Under the Mistletoe by Hannah Jo Abbott

Author:Hannah Jo Abbott
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2019-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

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Abi’s mouth went dry. Her heart was pounding so loud, she was sure Stewart could hear it over the sound of the Christmas music. She didn’t know what to say. Is he really talking about me? She wondered. No, he can’t be. Can he? She locked eyes with him and told herself to breathe. It was several seconds before she listened to herself. She took a deep breath and then cleared her throat and looked away from him. She pulled her hand away and brushed it over the tree. “I think this looks pretty good, don’t you?”

She could still feel his eyes on her when he said, “Beautiful.”

Abi stepped back to take in the full view of the tree. It was simple, but elegant enough for the office. And the glow of the lights was everything she had hoped for. “Now it just needs the star.” She turned to pick it up from the box. “Do you want to do the honors?” she asked, holding it out to Stewart.

He held up his hands. “No, no, this is your project. You need to see it through to completion.”

Abi grinned. “Alright, is there a step stool or something around here?”

“Hmm, I don’t think so.” He glanced around looking for something to stand on. “Here, let me grab the desk chair.”

Abi’s eyes grew wide. “I don’t think that’s a good idea. It has wheels.”

“Oh it will be fine. I’ll hold the chair. I won’t let you fall.” Stewart said.

Abi rolled her eyes. “Alright.” She held the star while Stewart pushed the chair over. He put it just beneath the tree and dutifully placed both hands on the sides of the chair. Abi carefully climbed up, feeling very aware of how close Stewart was. Slowly she reached up as far as she could to place the star atop the tree and plug it in. “Quick,” she said, “Go turn out the lights so we can see it.” Forgetting her fear of falling, she tapped Stewart’s arm to push him towards the switch. A flash of uncertainty came over Stewart’s face. But he slowly took his hands from the chair and made sure it was balanced before running to the wall and switching the lights off.

Abi sucked in her breath at the site of the lights filling the dark room. It was everything she had hoped for. “Yay!” she cheered as she raised her hands above her head in victory. When she did, the chair swiveled around and at the same time it started to roll backwards. The jerk of motion threw Abi off balance. She cried out as she leaned forward and tried to right herself, but instead fell backwards. She wildly tried to grab anything she could, but there was nothing and she fell backwards out of the chair. Clenching her teeth, she prepared to crash onto the floor. Instead she felt a pair of strong arms appear from no where to catch her. “Ooof,” she said as she landed in Stewart’s arms. Her eyes were wide and her mouth fell open.

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