Have Yourself a Marine Christmas by Heather Long

Author:Heather Long [Long, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Romance
ISBN: 9781613336281
Amazon: B00GUS46Z6
Barnesnoble: B00GUS46Z6
Goodreads: 18874601
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2013-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Drumming his nails on the table, Rebel fought the urge to look at his watch—again. Three days since he’d screwed up enough courage to kiss her and what a kiss it had been. She hadn’t rejected the overture, but she did put on the brakes after allowing him three more luscious tastes. That counted as a win in his book.

Unfortunately, Noel had other patients and he couldn’t hog all her time. The day before, she’d had a day off and though she texted him and they’d talked by phone, she said she had to get her laundry done because she’d run out of clean clothes. Sadly, she didn’t go for his offer to just show up naked.

Impatient, he gave into the urge and checked the clock on the wall. She was late.

“You’re scowling.” Her lyrical voice slid over him and chased away his impatience.

Turning, he feasted on the sight of her stripping off her jacket. She wore a familiar set of scrubs and her hair had been pulled into a ponytail—and it glittered. “You’re late.”

Draping her jacket over a chair, she slid into the seat next to him. He’d picked a sub shop for their lunch date. “I thought I was supposed to pick you up so I ran over to your apartment first.”

“I texted you that I’d meet you here,” he reminded her. Damn she looked good. A pink flush warmed her caramel skin and her eyes were bright. She didn’t wear makeup, but she’d never needed it.

“I realized that after I got to your apartment. Did you get someone to drop you off?”

Before he could answer, one of the staff delivered a tray with two sandwiches, chips and cups of coffee. At Noel’s quizzical look, he grinned. “You order the exact same kind of sandwich all the time, so I took a guess.” When she lifted her eyebrows in challenge, he nudged the wrapped sub toward her. “Check.”

Lips pursed, she peeled open the wax paper and her eyes lit up. A thrill skated up his spine at her unabashed delight, just like a kid at….

“Turkey and spinach with avocado. Reb—you even got whole wheat bread.” Her expression grew more delighted. “I’ve dated guys for months who couldn’t figure out how I took my steak or that I even liked coffee before.”

“Well, you’re not dating anyone stupid this time.” He sorted out the rest of the food, sliding over one of the bags of chips and setting her Styrofoam cup in front of her. Hooking a finger into the sugar bowl, he tugged it over to right in front of her. He’d already made sure it had Splenda. Catching her staring at him, he paused. “What?”

“Nothing.” Shaking her head, she glanced down at the sandwich. The glitter in her hair sparkled in the weak sunlight filtering through the window.

“It doesn’t look like nothing.” The sparkle shimmered again and he reached over to pluck a thread of tinsel from her ponytail.

Touching her hair, she gave a half-grin, half grimace.

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