Mistletoe Magic by Amanda Siegrist

Author:Amanda Siegrist [Siegrist, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B076C9374Z
Published: 2017-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Aiden tried to stop the dark emotions from taking over. He really did. Dragging the heavy tree from the middle of the woods to his back porch helped the gloomy mood dissipate slightly. The first sight of Theresa’s beautiful smile as he opened the sliding door to grab a quick moment of warmth made some of the misery slip back in.

How could he be happy? Why did this simple task make him feel pleasure more than he ever did with Cynthia? He felt guilty as hell.

“Do you need help getting it in the house? Let me—”

“I got it.” With those abrupt parting words, he walked back outside. His fingers were frozen to the bone, even with heavy gloves on his hands. He could’ve used a few more minutes inside, but seeing her happy face was just too much. What was he doing? Why did he invite her over? Should he be feeling happy when Cynthia was gone?

How did he get the tree inside without dragging it across the floor? Tons of pine needles would sprinkle all over his floor.

Minutes passed. Maybe only seconds. He didn’t know how long he stood there, his eyes zoning out as he stared at the tree, not really thinking about how to get it inside. Just staring.

When a soft hand landed on his shoulder, he wanted to forget about the tree, go inside, and do things he shouldn’t even contemplate, let alone fantasize about.

“Did I do something wrong? Maybe I—”

He clamped a gloved hand over hers as he turned toward her. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Why does it feel like it? If I said something—”

“You didn’t say anything wrong.”

Things said about Cynthia shouldn’t bother him so much. That wasn’t on her. It was on him.

She smiled gingerly. “Can you stop interrupting me?”

He wanted to match her smile. He wanted to pull her into his arms and kiss her breathless. “I can’t help it.” Kissing her would be a dangerous thing right now so close to the house, but he couldn’t resist wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her closer. “You get this cute little frown when I do.” A corner of his lip curled up. “Not that I’m doing it on purpose or anything.”

The air became thick and heavy with desire. Even with the cold, sharp wind biting into their faces, he could feel the passion filling up between them.

But nothing could happen. Not yet, anyway. He should take it slow. What was he thinking? Slow? He shouldn’t be thinking like that at all.

Letting his arm drop, he took a step back before his common sense fled and he whisked her inside to his bedroom. His gaze fell on the tree. Then he turned to her with a silly grin, hoping to clear away the gloomy mood that was slowly eating him alive.

“Maybe I do need a little help.”

“Yeah, maybe.” She chuckled as she positioned herself at one end of the tree as he moved to the other.

“Wait. I pulled out the tree stand, but I didn’t situate it where I wanted it.

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