Secret Christmas Twins by Lee Tobin McClain

Author:Lee Tobin McClain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

As soon as Jason walked back into Brian and Carla’s house, he noticed the smell of Christmas cookies and heard the sound of women’s laughter.

The contrast with the hard-edged, seamy lawyer meeting he’d just come from couldn’t have been greater. He loosened his tie.

He wanted to come home to this world.

Still, he had to remember that he wasn’t ready. Screwing this up by acting too soon would be disaster. On some level, he knew that was what had happened with Renea; he’d been tired of the tomcatting life, had met Renea, thought she was something special, and had moved too fast. He couldn’t make that mistake again.

Girded against his impulses, he walked into the kitchen.

“Where’s Erica?” he asked immediately. So much for not focusing on her.

“We...we kind of made her go change,” Carla said, laughing.

“Hey.” Jason’s protective instincts took over. “Don’t be hard on her. She’s new to how we all joke around.”

“No, no, we were nice! It’s just that...she didn’t know this is an ugly sweater party. How could she?”

“And her sweater really was kind of ugly...” That was Lisa, Randall’s wife. She had a good heart, but no filter. “But not ugly in the way it was supposed to be.”

“Stop.” Carla frowned at her. “I dug up one of my ugly sweaters for her and she’s changing and getting the twins ready.”

“So you really like her?” Lisa asked. “How’d you guys meet?”

He didn’t want to contribute to the gossip train. “Long story. I gotta go get out of this monkey suit.”

And on the way, as much as he’d intended not to do it, he found himself heading upstairs and knocking on the door of the guest suite.

When she called for him to come in, he had to stop and stare.

Normally, Erica wore loose, plain clothes. But now she was dressed in a snug-fitting sweater in a bright shade of pink with white fluffy fur on it. He supposed the sweater was a little silly, but it certainly wasn’t ugly. She looked stunning, sitting on the floor with the twins while they played with a stack of blocks. He couldn’t help but stare.

“What’s wrong? I shouldn’t have let them give me this sweater, should I?” She stood up and came over to him.

He reached out and took one of her hands. “You absolutely should have. You look gorgeous.”

She looked down at herself. “It’s a little tight. And it’s supposed to be ugly, but...”

“Hey.” He touched her chin so she had to look into his eyes. “You look really pretty, and it’s not too tight. I say wear it. But...” He dropped his hand from her face because he was so extremely tempted to kiss her. And he’d decided he wasn’t going to do that again. “You wear whatever’s comfortable.”

The hallway outside the guest suite was balcony style, with a direct view into the main family room, where the party would take place. Trying not to focus on Erica, Jason stepped outside and leaned over the balcony, looking down.

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