His Secret Santa by Stella Ferris

Author:Stella Ferris [Ferris, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stella Ferris
Published: 2019-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAD’S EYES WERE HEAVY and the lack of sleep he had been running on for the last few days was finally catching up with him. Devyn’s body snuggled into his side wasn’t helping the matter either. The movie had already grown stale and it wasn’t helping his overly exhausted mind. Devyn had started fidgeting too, and if she wasn’t ready for the movie to end, she was getting there.

Chad had barely found out anything about her since she started working at Maxi’s. She had laid low and, outside of her experience and the hard work she put in everyday at the office, he was clueless about her. Honestly, he was lucky she had even told him about her sister.

“Are you ready to tell me about yourself?” The words rolled off his tongue.

“What’s there to tell?” Devyn stiffened, shrugging her shoulders. Her face was hidden in the dim room.

“Don’t do that to me,” he said pulling back so he could see her face.

The timid expression used that morning was back, reminding him of how desperate she had been to play nice with him.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about Chad,” she said, turning back toward the movie on the screen. “I’m trying to watch the movie.”

Chad scoffed, muffling the laugh that almost came out. Her eyes darted toward his. Her cheeks burned bright red and he could see the gears turning in her head. She was thinking of some way to piss him off.

“Devyn you’ve been on the verge of snoring for about 30 minutes.” He smiled at her, squeezing her shoulders. “Come on. I want to know about you.”

“Why should I tell you about me when I don't know anything about you?”

Dammit, the girl was good. She pressed her lips together, crossing her arms over her chest. She had backed him into a corner here.

“I have a sister,” Chad said, clearing his throat before taking another long drink from his Coke. “She is kind of a bitch.”

Devyn let out a laugh that sounded like she was choking on her tongue before she clamped her mouth shut. Her eyes grew three times the size they were before. Chad couldn’t tell if she was waiting for him to yell or if she was hoping he wouldn’t say anything. Chad let the corner of his lips tug upward, giving her a small smile to let her know it was fine. She hadn’t crossed a line she couldn’t come back from. Slowly, her lips loosened and she parted them, and furrowing her brow trying to come up with the right words to respond.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to laugh like that, but the way you said it just kind of triggered something. You were just so blunt about it.” Devyn crossed her arms over her chest.

“I’m blunt about everything,” Chad said matter of factly.

Devyn forced herself to sit still and fought an eye roll. She looked at the blanket between them and swallowed, “What makes her such a bitch?”

“I think it would be easier to tell you what wouldn’t make her a bitch.

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