Fate, Snow & Mistletoe: A Sex and Lies Holiday Novella by Calvert Kris

Author:Calvert, Kris [Calvert, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781943180127
Publisher: Kris Calvert
Published: 2016-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Mimi followed me into the barn, my mother’s snow boots on her feet. They were a size or two too big and I had to suppress my laughter when she tripped over her feet and fell face first into the snow.

“Very funny,” she said, holding her arm in the air for me to assist in her recovery.

Giving her hand a tug, she deliberately pulled me toward her, leaving me spread eagle next to her.

“Who’s laughing now?” She giggled, scrambling to her feet on her own.

Rolling onto my back, I looked to the cloudy sky, still spitting snow. “God, you’re a pain in the ass. You know that?”

“Yes. Now, come on. The least you can do is make yourself useful.”

I followed her, trudging in her footsteps, allowing her to blaze the trail in the nearly two feet of snow.

Opening the door to the barn, we shook the wetness from our clothes and I began loading an old sled with firewood and kindling, at once realizing I couldn’t move my arms easily in the coat I’d chosen.

Without a thought, I took it off, the flannel straining against my arms. I prayed I wouldn’t split open the old shirt—it was one of the warmer things I’d found in my closet.

Mimi wandered around the drafty barn, taking off a glove to touch the Farmall A tractor. The shiny red paint meant my father had purchased a new one for the property. It looked as if it had never been used.

“Nice tractor,” Mimi said.

“International Harvester.”

“I’d never peg you as the farming type, Cecil—as well-bred and all as you are.”

I hung my hands on my hips, catching my breath. “Just because I’m educated and appreciate the finer things in life, don’t assume I’m not a man’s man.”

“Don’t worry.” She bit her lip and smiled. “I think you’re all man, Cecil Winterbourne.”

I didn’t know where her comment came from, but I appreciated her confidence in me and I puffed my chest out a little more, watching her eyes focus on my arms straining against the pile of wood I hefted before setting it down on the sled.

Filled with a little more testosterone and a lot more pride, I found myself hauling heavier loads until the sled would no longer hold another piece of kindling.

Turning, I found my extra flexing falling on blind eyes as Mimi rummaged through a wooden box.

“Look what I found.” Her face was bright with childlike mischief.

Holding a pair of ice skates in her hand, she smiled and gave me an exaggerated nod of approval. I could see the plan in her eyes even as the wheels turned in her head.

“Is the pond frozen enough to skate?”

I shrugged. “I’d have to check. You really want to ice skate?”

Mimi nodded, pulling a second pair of men’s skates from the box.

“Bring them here,” I said with a sigh.

Mimi nearly danced her way back to me and I knew no matter what, I was taking her skating. It didn’t take much examination to know both pairs needed to be sharpened.

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