Mistletoe Kisses by Nicky Priest

Author:Nicky Priest [Priest, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Holly

My breathing is shallow, and my heart is racing. We’re just standing here, looking at each other. His eyes are dark, and his lips are parted. All I can think about is whether he’s going to kiss me, and I’m torn between staying where I am, or skirting around him to go back to my room.

Just when I’m about to do the latter, his hand comes up to close around my arm. My eyes flick up to his, and I see his head begin to get closer, and… is that bacon?

I sit up and look around me, realising I’m in my room and it’s morning. Falling back into the pillows, I release a frustrated sigh. Was I seriously dreaming about what happened last night, or rather, what I wish happened last night?

Several times I thought he was going to kiss me. The way he looked at me told me he wanted to, but then he wished me goodnight, turned, and went back into the bedroom. I stayed there for several minutes, wondering what just happened, before I switched off the lights and went back into my room.

It took me another hour before I finally succumbed to sleep just before 3am, and now I’ve been woken up by the smell of bacon at the crack of…10am! How have I been asleep until 11am? I never sleep in this late.

I jump out of bed and grab my robe off the floor. I’m tying the sash at my waist when I walk out to see Noah moving around the kitchen. He’s still in pyjamas and is wearing a blue and white checked apron. He smiles when he sees me, and quickly flicks on the kettle.

“Good morning, sleepyhead. Happy Christmas Eve,” he says as he uses the tongs to take the bacon out of the pan and place it onto two plates. “Would you like tea, juice, or both with your breakfast?”

“Um, both please. How long have you been up?” I ask as I sit on one of the stools next to the counter.

“About an hour,” he says. “I was going to start digging my car out of the snow, but… well, see for yourself.”

I furrow my brow, get down off the stool, and cross the room to the main window, gasping when I see outside. The snow that came down in the night has drifted and is at least two feet up the side of the cabin. There’s only about a foot of Noah’s car visible, and even less of my own.

“What the hell!” I exclaim, turning to see Noah putting two plates on the counter as he sits on one of the stools. “What do we do now?”

“Now, we eat,” he says as he pours two glasses of orange juice. “We can decide what to do about that when we’re done.”

“But my family is meant to be arriving this afternoon. So is your sister, isn’t she?”

“She is,” he says as he begins tucking into his bacon and pancakes. “Come and eat, before I eat your plate too.

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