Mistletoe and Christmas Kisses: Steamy Holiday Romance Collection by Tracy Sumner

Author:Tracy Sumner [Sumner, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lowcountry Romance Press
Published: 2023-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

The first thing Macy had noticed was his kindness.

Hidden beneath layer upon layer of muscle and a rather determined stare, he presented, all told, an intimidating exterior. People would not utter kindness and Caleb Garrett in the same breath, not unless they really knew him. Took the time to do a thorough examination. She tapped the pencil against her bottom lip. The fact he had a reputation as a brawler was not surprising, because he looked the part. Yet, the night of the shipwreck, amidst a world of chaos and horror, he had cared for the fallen with compassion and a gentle regard she had not expected from a man. Had never experienced with a man.

In fact, she had experienced the opposite.

She swept her hand over the leaflet on women’s health services Savannah had asked her to review without seeing a line of text. Without hearing a word as the women’s league meeting buzzed around her, filling every darkened corner of Savannah’s cozy parlor.

His eyes were the second thing she’d noticed, piercing gunmetal in a slice of moonlight skipping off the sea. The Garrett grays, they called them, because the three brothers shared them. Caleb’s were gray, yes. Deeply, absorbingly so, but they were not exactly like Zach’s and Noah’s. And she’d taken the time to analyze. A bit of covert research, when, as a doctor, research was a gift. His not only had streaks of molten brown and obsidian edging into them, they were also brimming with sadness, unlike the rest of the deliriously joyful Garrett clan.

The third thing was his scent. Or perhaps it was discovering how much she liked it. He smelled, no matter the season, like the sea. Sun-kissed and salty. Not a trace of city grime. And last night, in her office, he’d smelled like the evergreens wrapped around every lamppost in town. As if he’d worn a wreath around his neck. She had worked very hard to contain the urge to press her lips to his glistening skin and take a soulful breath.

When she, with the exception of their brief kiss, had never done something so forward in her life.

Savannah clapped her hands and Macy startled, slipping on the cool facade she used when caught daydreaming and having completely lost her place. She was tucked in one of those darkened corners, content to be passively present. Elle sat beside Savannah on the settee, taking diligent notes, her hand cradling her stomach. She and Noah were expecting a baby in the spring, and she fairly glowed. Savannah and Zach had added to their brood last spring, so the Garrett family was growing in fast measure.

At least this provided business for Macy’s obstetrics practice which, unsurprisingly, was her busiest. No one disagreed with having a female doctor for anything connected to birthing.

If Macy told Caleb no man had made her lose her place during a lecture, that he was the only one she’d experienced a connection with since the incident with her uncle, the only one, possibly, she had ever desired, he may not be so vexed about the kiss.

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