Christmas Lights on Foxglove Street: A gorgeous heartwarming Christmas romance by Alix Kelso

Author:Alix Kelso [Kelso, Alix]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lake Falls Publishing
Published: 2023-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

13

“Coffee coming right up,” Joe said as he shut the flat door.

“Actually, let’s go crazy and have that hot chocolate you mentioned,” Carrie replied.

“Hot chocolate it is. Here, let me take your coat.”

As he helped her out of her winter coat, his fingers brushed the nape of her neck. It was an accident, obviously, or at least that’s what Joe tried to convince himself.

When Carrie turned around and he caught the look on her face, Joe wondered what exactly he was playing at here. Carrie’s gaze was dark and her smile was enough to make his heart clip-clop inside his chest in expectation.

In expectation of what? Joe had no idea.

Well, he’d been the one who’d invited her into his flat for a late-night coffee, and if he was about to try to convince himself he didn’t know why he’d done that, then he was either deluded or he was a twat.

Possibly even both.

They were either just two new neighbours sharing a late-night hot beverage to warm themselves up after a cold walk home, or they were testing the waters to find out if they might be attracted to one another.

But Joe didn’t have to test the waters to know he was attracted to Carrie. He’d worked that much out ages ago, even if he’d denied it to himself ever since.

He watched as Carrie unwound her scarf and hung it next to her coat on the hook beside the door, then pulled off her woolly hat. Her hair tumbled in glossy chestnut waves across her shoulders, the ends damp from where he’d clipped her with those snowballs out in the street.

Remembering the bright volley of laughter she’d let out when the snowballs had hit her made Joe’s heart soar inside his chest. And that wasn’t just a figure of speech—he could actually feel it lift up and float inside him, like a caged bird set loose.

He was in trouble here, Joe realised. Serious trouble.

Falling for the new neighbour across the hallway hadn’t been part of his Christmas plans. And yet now look at what was happening.

Joe flicked on the Christmas tree lights and a table lamp, creating a cosy glow, before turning for the kitchen to make the hot chocolate. While he warmed milk in a pan and spooned hot chocolate powder into mugs—he kept supplies of the stuff on hand because his nephews enjoyed it when they visited—Carrie inspected the Christmas tree, admiring the decorations.

She looked gorgeous standing beside the tree wearing that stunning dark red dress. As the lights twinkled, illuminating the soft curves beneath her dress and the warmth of her smile as she studied the Christmas tree, Joe couldn’t keep his eyes off her.

It was only the milk pan coming dangerously close to boiling over that snapped him out of his trance.

He poured the hot milk into the mugs and stirred, then carried them over to the sitting area.

“Oh, that looks delicious,” Carrie said when he handed her the mug.

“It might be a bit too hot, sorry.”

Carrie took a tentative sip of the frothy chocolate and winced.

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