Gift Wrapped by Karla Doyle

Author:Karla Doyle [Doyle, Karla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: self published, Karla Doyle, contemporary romance, erotic romance, Romance, Gift Wrapped, humorous romance, 9780992152772, Holiday Romance
Publisher: Karla Doyle
Published: 2014-11-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Oh, the difference forty-eight hours made. Hard to believe that just two days ago, she’d been grumpy and frustrated with pretty much every aspect of her life. Fresh out of a shitty relationship that’d stripped her confidence with men to the minimum. So desperate to get the hell away from the Liam wreckage, she’d been willing to shoot herself in the foot, career-wise, yet again. Now everything had changed.

She always hurried through the parking lot to her car. Tonight she had additional spring in her step, extra motivation to hurry home. Only, once safely behind the wheel, she didn’t head toward her apartment and the tub of mint-chip ice cream in her freezer. Instead, her car was taking a direct route to Davis’s house.

Yes, she was blaming the car. Better that than admitting to following her heart as it galloped toward a man. Again.

This time was different, though. She was in control. Especially now that she had the details about her upcoming transfer. Davis wouldn’t break her heart because there wouldn’t be an actual breakup at the end of their fling. Just moving day. Then moving on.

No reason she shouldn’t fill the remaining time here with as much fun and sex as possible. He had told her to keep tonight—and many more—open for him. She had exactly one month available. Hopefully he’d want to make good use of those thirty days.

Handsomeness and great sex aside, she couldn’t wait to talk to him. To tell him her great news.

The mall had closed at five o’clock after being nonstop, wall-to-wall packed with people taking advantage of Boxing Day sales. Given the depleted state of her store’s inventory, she hadn’t expected to post big numbers today. But she and the two employees scheduled had been run off their feet from the minute they opened the store. Nobody had even had time to check the mid-afternoon numbers.

The end-of-day ring off had come as a very pleasant surprise—they’d not only made their target, they’d achieved a seventy percent increase. Seventy. Giddy, she’d fired off a message to her DM. That’d prompted an immediate phone call. Her district manager had congratulated her on the kickass day. Then more.

Brinn’s first thought—after woohoo!—was that she couldn’t wait to tell Davis. Yes, they were extremely new and only casual. So what? He was a nice guy, and he made her feel good. Physically. Emotionally. Who better to share big news with than somebody who made her feel special and important? Nobody, that’s who.

A few more turns and she reached his house. His car was gone and the interior was dark, but his exterior light was on, and she could see a note taped to the front door. For her, maybe? When they said goodnight yesterday, his kiss had made it crystal clear he wanted more. If they hadn’t both been scheduled for early starts today, she had no doubt they would’ve spent the night together. They could pick up where they’d left off soon enough.

She parked in his

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