Love Me By Christmas by Jaci Burton

Author:Jaci Burton [Burton, Jaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jaci Burton, Inc.
Published: 2017-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Nick was silent the entire way home. He had to be, because he was still pissed off about Ellie trying to fix him up. The problem was, he wasn’t sure how to approach this conversation without telling her how he felt about her. And he wasn’t sure she was ready to hear that yet.

Between the time of year and it being so close to the date when John died, plus the fact they’d never talked about whether she was ready to start seeing anyone yet, he had to be careful with her.

But he was still mad as hell. Which meant he had to keep his thoughts to himself.

When they got home, Ellie paid Cecelia, then Nick drove her home. By the time he got back, he figured Ellie would already be in her room getting ready for bed.

He was wrong. She was still in her dress—that damn sexy red dress that was even sexier now that she’d taken the sweater off. It showed off the skin of her back and distracted the hell out of him.

He refused to be distracted when he was pissed off. So he headed toward the kitchen, where Ellie was sipping a glass of wine.

He took off his coat and hung it on the hook by the door, then walked into the kitchen, right past Ellie, and to the fridge, where he grabbed a beer. He unscrewed the top and took a long swallow. Then he stared at the kitchen counter.

“Are you going to turn around and talk to me about this?” she asked.

He turned around to face her. “About what? About the fact you’re trying to fix me up?”

“Yes. And the fact that you’ve acted like a total douchebag to two very nice women.”

“That part I feel bad about.” It wasn’t in his nature to lie to or dupe women. He felt shitty about the way he’d handled Rachel and Karen.

“You should feel bad. They’re amazing women, Nick.”

“I’m sure they are. But they’re not for me.”

“How do you know they’re not for you? You never even gave them a chance.”

How could he begin to explain to her that he wasn’t interested in any woman but her? He didn’t think she was willing to listen. Not right now. “I don’t need fix ups.”

Ellie took a long swallow of her wine. “Why don’t you date, Nick?”

Well, shit. He shrugged. “I’m busy.”

“That’s a terrible excuse. Do you know in all the time I’ve lived here I’ve never seen you go out on a date? Not one time? And I’ve been here almost five years. I’m starting to think it’s because of me.”

He frowned. “What? No. It’s not because of you.”

She gave him her don’t lie to me look, the one she always gave to Henry whenever he was fibbing to her.

“Okay, in the beginning it was because of you. Mainly it was because of John. Come on, Ellie. I’d lost my brother. Going out and having fun with some woman was the last thing on my mind after John died.

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