I'm Scheming of a White Christmas by Kate O'Keeffe

Author:Kate O'Keeffe [O'Keeffe, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Lime Books
Published: 2017-01-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Back outside, I scanned the terrace for Brady. I spotted him deep in conversation with a beautiful woman who looked like she could be on the cover of Vogue magazine. Typical: he always had a way with the females of our species.

I braced myself: it was now or never.

I wandered nonchalantly over to the Christmas tree as Lana circled behind Brady in a ‘party ops’ move we’d practiced in our apartment. I pulled the lighter fluid out of my purse, ready to give the present a good dousing. As I bent over, a clammy hand slid around my waist.

“There you are. I’ve been looking all over for you.”

I jerked up to see an intoxicated Tobey Thomas next to me. “Hi, Tobey” I said with less enthusiasm than a kid at the dentist. I guessed the mega dose of laxative hadn’t kicked in just yet. More’s the pity.

His eyes slid over my body, settling once more on my chest. Well, I’d give him points for consistency, that’s for sure.

“I can’t believe you’re Tilly from high school. You’ve changed so much.”

“You too,” I replied. Back then Tobey was athletic, cute in an arrogant kind of way, and popular. Today? Not so much.

“You think? Thanks. Hey, how about you and I get a little more . . . comfortable? We’ve got a lot to catch up on, don’t you think?”

The last thing I would ever want to do would be to get ‘comfortable’ with this man. Whatever that meant. “Oh, I’m just . . . putting this present under the tree.” I pointed at the gift.

Tobey eyed it. “Is that for Brady?”

“Yes. It’s . . . ah . . . cufflinks!” I glanced down at it. It was far too big to be cufflinks. “And chocolates. Cufflinks and chocolates. You know, that classic combination?”

Really?

“Nice. Can I have a look at it?” He picked it up off the floor.

I snatched it from him. “No! It’s . . . delicate.”

He raised his eyebrows at me. “Delicate cufflinks?”

“Mmm-hmm.” I said a silent prayer he would let it go.

He glanced over my shoulder. At least he was no longer talking to my breasts. This was progress. “Look, can I borrow that?”

“Borrow it? Why?”

“Look. I’ll be honest with you. My boss is here tonight and I totally forgot to get him a Christmas present. If you let me have this one, I’ll owe you. Big.” He raised his eyebrows suggestively. “If you know what I mean.”

A slow grin spread across my face. “Sure. Of course.”

“Atta girl.”

As I handed him the gift, I caught a fresh whiff of eau de turd. This couldn’t have worked out better if it’d been a part of the Three Point Revenge Plan.

“Awesome.” He pulled me into him. I could smell the beer on his breath. Intermingled with the stinky gift it was quite the aromatic experience. I suppressed an urge to vomit.

“Don’t go anywhere. We’ve got some things to talk about,” he breathed on me. Not a moment too soon he released me and meandered off, presumably in search of his unsuspecting boss.

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