My Curvy Valentine: A Perfect Fit Novella by Sugar Jamison

Author:Sugar Jamison [Jamison, Sugar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Maggie went around the store, shutting off the lights in Size Me Up before she left for the evening. Usually at the end of a long day she looked forward to getting off her feet, but tonight she was reluctant to leave the store. Dinner with her father was the last thing she wanted to do, but it wasn’t something she could avoid. Her father was not going to give up. If she had to spend a few hours tonight pretending not to hate his guts to avoid spending time alone with him later, it would be well worth it.

She shut off the last set of lights by the front door, ready to walk out into the cold, when a large hand settled on her should just as she opened the door. She screamed, turning on her attacker, arms swinging. She stomped on his foot, using the move she had learned in her self-defense class, just as he was reaching for her hands. “Ouch, damn it! Stop trying to kill me, Maggie May.”

It was Alex. She let out a deep breath and gripped his coat. “Crap, Alex. What the hell are you doing here? How the hell did you get in and why are you trying to scare me to death?”

“Ellis let me in as she was leaving through the back. And I came to get you because it’s eight degrees and pitch black and I didn’t want you walking home alone.”

She looked into his eyes and even with just the streetlight lighting them she could see there was genuine concern there. “This town is safe and this street is well lit. You know I’d be fine. I’m always fine.”

“I know, but it’s still cold and I wanted to come get you. We need to pick up a card on the way.”

“A card?”

“That’s right, a card. It’s his birthday and you’re going to be so nice that you won’t have to see him again until next year.”

“I think your theory has major flaws.” She took a deep breath. “My goddamn heart is still in my throat. I don’t know what you were thinking, sneaking up on me like that in the dark.”

“I think you broke my foot. At least I know you can defend yourself.”

“I can.”

“I still don’t want you walking home alone at night, though. I think you should drive from now on.”

“It’s a ten-minute walk, you bossy ass!”

He shrugged. “I can start picking you up.”

“That doesn’t make any sense.”

“Maybe not, but you can’t stop me.”

“I don’t need another big brother, you know.”

He stepped closer to her, lowering his face so that his lips were a fraction of an inch away from hers. “A big brother is the last thing I would want to be to you.” He stood up straight, leaving her lips unkissed and slightly bereft. “Let’s go. It takes time to pick out the perfect card.”

Thirty minutes later she sat in Alex’s warm car with a heart-shaped box of chocolate and an expensive singing birthday card on her lap.

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