Firefighter Under the Mistletoe by Melissa McClone

Author:Melissa McClone [Melissa McClone]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780263225723
Google: Wp4Af4fstOkC
Amazon: B005JSRCY0
Barnesnoble: B005JSRCY0
Goodreads: 13132864
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

LAUGHTER drowned out the Christmas music playing on the kitchen’s iPod docking stereo. Leanne whipped more cream. She loved babysitting these three kids. The older two reminded her so much of her friend Nick. Kendall had inherited his have-no-fear personality. Austin looked like a mini version of his dad and had the same sense of humor.

Christian sat at the kitchen table and held Tyler on his lap. The two seemed so natural together, as if they did this every day. Unexpected, but so appealing.

Leanne could imagine Christian as a father, something she’d never thought of him as before. It took every ounce of strength not to pull out her cell phone to take a picture.

He met her gaze. “Now I see why you like babysitting.”

Leanne’s heart squeezed tight. “Fun times.”

Austin showed off his latest hip-hop moves holding a spatula in his hand that he used as a microphone to sing “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.” Kendall sat at the table and concentrated on spreading the filling over the chocolate cake. Tyler licked a spoon covered with whipped cream.

A warm and fuzzy feeling enveloped Leanne, as comforting as a cup of hot chocolate after a day on the hill. She’d expected chaos with Welton here, but instead it almost felt as if they were a…

Family.

“You’re doing great, Kendall.” Christian acted like a big kid at the station, sometimes giving Paulson a run at the most immature title, but he knew how to interact with kids. Even little Tyler, who was a handful under the best of circumstances, seemed enchanted by the playful firefighter. “Remember what Leanne said. Spread the filling to a half inch of the edge.”

Falling under Welton’s spell would be so easy to do. Easy, Leanne reminded herself, but stupid. They worked the same shift at the only fire station in town. He dated more than one woman at once. Commitment was so clearly not his thing. But she couldn’t deny her attraction.

Any woman with a pulse wouldn’t be able to do that. Especially after seeing him interact with the kids. Her heart sighed.

Kendall added more whipped-cream filling to her spatula and layered it on the cake. “Like this, Christian?”

“Exactly,” he said with a tender smile that could melt the thickest glacier.

Leanne swallowed and looked away.

Austin licked the homemade whipped cream off a spoon like Tyler.

Christian laughed. “Austin, dude, make sure you leave some for the cake.”

“Is the chocolate frosting ready?” Kendall asked with an expectant look on her face.

“We’ll make that after we roll the cake and are waiting for it to chill in the refrigerator,” Leanne explained. “Don’t forget we still have to eat dinner.”

Tyler used his spoon to feed whipped cream to Christian. “Din-din.”

None made it into Christian’s mouth, but was smeared over his face instead.

Leanne chuckled.

He grinned, his straight white teeth surrounded by the whipped cream on his lips and mouth. “Thanks, little dude.”

“Mo,” Tyler said.

Christian laughed. “No more.”

Austin scrunched his nose. “You look like a snowman.”

“Or Santa Claus,” Kendall offered. “The whipped cream looks like a white beard.

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