Driving Home for Christmas by Cora Buhlert

Author:Cora Buhlert [Buhlert, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Christmas, Christmas romance, holiday romance, kisses only, sweet romance, novelette, trucker, new adult, car, breakdown, road romance, romantic comedy
Publisher: Pegasus Pulp Publishing
Published: 2020-12-02T23:00:00+00:00

Outside, it was still snowing. The footprints they’d left on their way here had already faded, but luckily they didn’t need them to retrace their steps.

And so they made their way back to the big parking lot. Somewhere along the way, Jonas took her hand. And Laura let him.

She found herself humming “Last Christmas” to herself, her voice loud in the silence of the deserted outlet mall.

“Sorry,” she said to Jonas, “But that song is just so damned catchy. And corny…”

“…and really good,” Jonas completed.

Laura smiled. “Yes, ‘Last Christmas’ is really good. I know some people think it’s overdone and played too often. But believe me, I’ve heard every holiday song there is dozens of times at the Christmas market. And do you know which one never gets old? ‘Last Christmas’. It’s those jingling bells and…”

They stepped out between the Lacoste and Tommy Hilfiger stores onto the parking lot. The electric stars were still lit up, turning a simple mall parking lot into their own private galaxy. And there was Laura’s Golf, exactly as unmoving as she’d left it, and Jonas’ truck.

Laura turned to Jonas. “Well, I guess this is it.” She held out her hand. “Thanks for everything and…”

Jonas did not take her hand. Instead, he put his arms around her, pulled her close and kissed her, while the electric stars were shining overhead and George Michael was perpetually wailing about giving his heart to someone last Christmas in her mind. And then everything faded — the cold, the stars, the music — as Laura surrendered herself to the kiss.

But eventually, their lips had to part, if only because they were both still human, both still on Earth and they both still had to breathe. And so they came apart, both panting, their faces flushed.

“I’m sorry, I… I’m not a drunken idiot like those men at the Christmas market,” Jonas stammered.

“No, it’s all right,” Laura heard herself saying, “It was…” Absolutely, intergalactically fantastic. “…nice.”

She took a deep breath,

“Can we do that again?”

So Jonas kissed her again. And Laura kissed him back. And this time around, they kissed until the honking of a yellow ADAC tow truck reluctantly drove them apart.

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