Love in the Details: Christmas at the Mansion by Britney M. Mills

Author:Britney M. Mills [Mills, Britney M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crystal Canyon Publishing
Published: 2020-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Nothing good could come from this.

Dustin wasn’t sure why he’d wrapped his hands around Kassidy’s middle. Maybe it was because she yelled and his instincts reacted, thinking he could protect her. Now all he’d done was land hard on the ground with his arms around a beautiful woman who he was supposed to be avoiding. She was his employee, after all, and he didn’t want history to repeat itself.

Dating wasn’t in the cards for him, not after all the betrayals he’d gone through over the years. There was no simple, “Hey, I like you and you like me, so let’s date and see where this goes.” Most of the time, the women who paid him any attention were only seeing dollar signs when they looked in his direction. That’s what happened when he became a billionaire after accepting the position as head of Wakefield Fabrication. Women flocked to him because he had a lot of money and then left when they found something better.

But Kassidy had been different to work with so far. She was sincerely trying to do a good job with this setup. And she’d never done anything to butter him up. In fact, the thing he liked most about her was that she wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.

“You guys okay up there?” one of her siblings called out.

Kassidy had scrambled out of his arms and to her feet in no time. “Um, er, thanks for helping me.” She brushed off the snow from her pants, most likely trying to avoid eye contact.

“I’m just glad you got us to go over the jump. I figured if we’d hit it at the side, we would’ve rolled down the rest of the hill.”

Kassidy finally cracked a smile. “We pretty much did.” She leaned over and held out a hand, pulling him to a standing position. She picked up the sled, but he took it from her.

“I’ve got this,” he said, giving her a small smile.

As she walked a few steps in front of him, his heart thundered in his ears. He’d been able to push off the little attraction he’d felt toward her from the first day they met, but something about her spunk coupled with her nerves around him drew him to her even more. And lying there for what was probably only a few seconds, looking into her milky-brown eyes and smelling her vanilla lotion, caused his thoughts to drift. What would it be like to kiss her?

Shaking it off, he focused on the walk down to the truck. Kissing led to a broken heart, one hundred percent of the time in his case.

A few of the siblings claimed they wanted to take a break, so the rest of the group went back up, getting on their own sleds this time. Dustin already missed the heat of Kassidy sitting next to him, and when he glanced over at her on the other side of one of her brothers, he caught her watching him before she moved her head quickly away.

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