Christmas Treats - A Collection of Holiday Rom-coms by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-31T18:30:00+00:00

9

Nova

Well, this is a disaster.

The pungent smell of aged grapes permeates the air around me. Cold burgundy liquid seeps into my green dress unapologetically.

Grey sits there with his mouth open, eyes guilt-riddled. “Nova, I’m so sorry.” The waiter who just turned over a full glass of wine on me emerges with a stack of towels and our desserts.

“Accidents happen. Don’t worry about it,” I trail off. Tell that to your green dress.

“About that,” Grey starts, cut off by what I’m sure is searing pain. “Holy f—dude, what the hell?”

“I was trying to make it right,” the waiter hisses at him.

“By scalding me!?” Grey cries out, standing by the seat he just vacated. “My God, I don’t know where the frozen skin ends or the burnt skin begins.” He attempts to brush away the steaming blackberry cobbler and cold vanilla ice cream the waiter just knocked into his lap, leaving behind a mangled purple-and-ivory mess.

“I’m still keeping the money,” the waiter grumbles as he storms away to get more napkins. At least, I hope so.

I’m still keeping the money. I ponder his words as my non-date continues to make an even bigger mess on his clothes. “Grey?”

He looks at me, catching the suspicion in my eyes, which causes his own to lower.

Bingo. “Did you pay that waiter to spill my wine on me?”

“I did no such thing.” His denial is stern, but two years in a classroom can teach you a lot about extracting the truth. I school my expression and smooth it into the lie-detector one. He notices—and cracks like an egg. “I paid him to spill your wine on me.”

What the hell? “Why would you do that?” He opens his mouth, but I stop him with a raised hand. “And be honest.”

Drinking in the sight of the dessert stains he now dons and the wine I’m wearing, he falls into the seat and blows a raspberry in frustration. His forearms find purchase on the table’s edge as he gathers his thoughts, bringing his fingertips together. “I just wanted the night to end a little sooner.”

Alrighty, then.

“It’s not that you’re bad company or I haven’t enjoyed hanging out with you, but…”

My lips press together in understanding, causing the corners of my mouth to tilt up. “There’s somewhere else you want to be?”

His blond head shakes back and forth. “Don’t get me wrong, Nova. You’re great.” His grayish-green eyes now carry a burden deep within them. “There’s someone else, though. Maybe. I think...”

“That’s a lot of uncertainty,” I muse.

His mouth purses as an exasperated breath leaves it. “It’s complicated,” he tacks on, his laugh sounding empty. “So damn complicated.”

“I know what you mean,” I nod in commiseration. “And it’s okay. Other than a ruined dress, it’s been great getting to know you better.”

He glances down at his crotch and the mess covering it, a sigh of consignment leaving him. “Likewise.”

Several memories of crazy hijinks and Lincoln’s accident-prone incidents at Baked & Brewed flash before me. Thinking about what I know is

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