Melting the Ice by Jaci Burton

Author:Jaci Burton [Burton, Jaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-02-03T23:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

IT WAS AFTER ONE IN THE MORNING BEFORE ALL THE guests had left. As was typical for her parents, they stayed up until the last guest was out the door.

Secret Service cleared the place out and did a double check. Her parents went up to bed, Gray and Evelyn following behind them. Carolina was exhausted, so she headed upstairs, too. Drew was talking to Arthur, one of the staff who apparently was a football fan.

She left him downstairs to his heated discussion. Yawning, she slipped out of her dress and went into her bathroom to brush her teeth. The quiet of the house was the best part of the night.

Okay, the best part of the night was seeing Drew in that suit. It made her rethink all of her options for dressing him.

She switched off the light in the bathroom, then laid down on the bed and stared up at the ceiling, mentally playing out each outfit in her head. She grabbed her notepad and jotted down a few things, wondering if Drew would be up for wearing one of her suits.

He likely wouldn’t care. Then again, maybe he would.

She’d discuss it with him later. She laid her notepad to the side, her eyes drifting closed. But then another thought came to her so she grabbed the notebook again.

Thirty minutes later, she was staring at the wall, nowhere close to falling asleep.

This was ridiculous. She grabbed her phone to check her email.

Of course there was nothing pressing, because it was Christmas and everyone was home with their families, enjoying the holiday.

Releasing a frustrated sigh, she climbed off the bed and put on her robe, went to the door and opened it.

Not a sound. Everyone had gone to bed. Everyone was tired, including her.

Or at least she had been. Now she was wound up and for some reason her feet carried her down the hall, where she stood in front of Drew’s door.

What was she doing here? She should go back to her room. This was ridiculous.

She gazed up and down the hall, grateful the rooms were spread out. But if someone came out . . .

You’re already here, idiot. Just get this over with.

She knocked as lightly as she could, cringing at each rap of her knuckles.

Drew opened the door right away.

“Well, this is a nice surprise,” he said with a smile. He stared down at her in her robe. “Is this my early Christmas present?”

Before she could utter a word he pulled her into his room and shut the door.

His lips covered hers before she could explain the reason for her middle-of–the-night visit.

Not that she had a good reason, anyway. She had no idea what she was doing there. And now that he was kissing her, his hand roaming over her back to draw her in close to his mostly naked body, she couldn’t remember what had brought her to his room. Only that she was there, and he was happy to see her. And kissing her in the way she’d wanted him to kiss her all night long.

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