Peppermint Kiss by Marian Snowe

Author:Marian Snowe
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Tia

“So, where to for decorations?” Tia asked after they fed Spruce (and she gave him liberal pets and scritches). She and Meg got into Tia’s car and Meg pulled her phone out.

“I wonder if that shop is still here...” She typed a name into her maps app. “Oh, it is! Christmas Wishes. Out on Route 106.”

“It’s a whole store dedicated to Christmas?” Tia’s knee-jerk reaction was that she never wanted to step foot in the place in her life.

“It’s only open from October to March,” Meg said. “And they have lots of other wintery and holiday decorations. I’m going to drag my parents’ stuff out of the attic but I thought it would make me feel a little better to pick up a new ornament or two. They’ll have stuff at this store that’s a lot nicer than what we could pick up at a strip mall.”

“Okay,” Tia said. “Plug in the directions.”

The drive to Christmas Wishes was still a touch uncomfortable, but the atmosphere between them had eased. Tia spent yesterday hatching her plan to treat Meg the way she deserved, assuming Meg accepted her apology. That had been a big assumption, too, one she was prepared to be wrong about, but to her relief, Meg seemed willing to listen.

Unlike Tia had been when they broke up.

She tried to calm the beating of her heart, which was still hammering even half an hour after she made her apology. It had been a really long time since she was that vulnerable with anyone. It would figure that that person would be Meg once again.

Christmas Wishes was set back from the road, behind a large dirt parking lot. It was a big building that looked like a renovated barn. The shingled roof had an icing of snow and all of the windows were twinkling with lights. Pine bough garlands hung over the door and each window had a different wreath.

“This place really is cute,” Tia said as they got out of the car. A shed to the right of the barn was strung with lights of all varieties to show what each kind would look like when hung.

“I told you, they have everything imaginable here.” Meg went inside with Tia on her heels, and a set of jingle bells rang when they opened the door. “Have you finished all your decorating, this close to Christmas? I was kind of too stunned to notice when I was there.”

“Oh, I...” Tia shrugged sheepishly. “I haven’t put anything up, really. I don’t have anything except one of the wreaths I made to display it so people will buy one.”

Meg’s mouth dropped open, and Tia was distracted when her eyes were drawn to Meg’s soft pink lips. Even though it had been so long since they kissed, Tia remembered exactly what they felt like: yielding and silky at first, and then forceful with hunger as they both grew more passionate. Her cheeks warmed and she darted her eyes to the side.

“None? You don’t have any decorations at all?” Meg asked, shocked far more than Tia thought was necessary.

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