Falling For Christmas_an Angel's Lake novella by Jody Holford

Author:Jody Holford [Holford, Jody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Georgia finished the chicken parmesan, not at all worried about the fact that she’d polished off that, two pieces of garlic bread, and her mouth was watering at the thought of dessert. Cam makes you feel comfortable. But he also made her feel…overheated and antsy. She’d never been with a man who made her feel all the things.

Cam leaned across the table, napkin in hand, brushing the corner of it over her chin. “I’ll have to tell Lulu you like her chicken.”

“This is the best thing I’ve eaten since I got here but don’t you dare tell Sam that. He’s pretty proud of his pasta.”

Cam laughed. She watched the way his throat worked, the way his eyes lit up.”

“Sam’s a lousy cook.”

She nodded. He was. But she’d lied and told him it was delicious. He’d known she was lying.

Crumpling the napkin, he tossed it on his plate and leaned back, crossing his arms. She wanted her hands on those arms. Without his shirt.

“Tell me about Christmases at your house growing up.”

The happy, easy feeling shifted, her chest tightening. “Not much to tell.” She stared down at her plate.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to change the mood.”

Looking up, she faked a smile. “Tell me about yours.”

He looked around. “You can see most of it right here. We’ve spent Christmas at this cabin for years. Now that two of my three sisters are married, we aren’t all here on Christmas day anymore but my parents, my youngest sister and I all come up.”

Longing unfurled inside of her, stealing her breath. She closed her eyes for a second, breathed through the moment. When she opened them, she met his curious gaze. “Sounds perfect.”

“I can’t complain. You ever open up to anyone?”

Wow. He could be hardnose. “No.”

Cam pushed his chair back, standing to come around the table. He took her hand and pulled her up. Saying nothing, they went to the couch where he sat and pulled her down more on him than beside him. The unexpected gesture pressed her buttons, made her want him more. He was shy and sweet. But he wasn’t hiding the fact that he wanted her close. She liked that.

“Let me be the first.”

She ducked her head. “Cam. I wasn’t joking when I said I don’t want to hurt you.”

With a finger under her chin, he brought her gaze up to his. “I can take care of myself, Georgia. Take the risk. That seems like your type of thing—you moved on a whim, opened your shop, you work your ass off. You know how to jump all in without knowing the end result. Do that with me.”

“We won’t last.”

She saw the wince he tried to hide. He tunneled his hands into her hair. “Then let’s enjoy the ride while we do.”

She wanted that. More than she’d wanted anything in a long time. “We could just have sex and enjoy the ride without all the backstory and mushy stuff, too.”

He ran the tip of his nose along the bridge of hers.

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