Secret Santa (novella) by Rhian Cahill

Author:Rhian Cahill [Cahill, Rhian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857991065
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

December 26th

Boxing Day

Jenn woke surrounded by warmth. She snuggled in, cuddled close to the source of heat. The sigh and subsequent rush of air over her face dragged her straight out of an easy drift to fully alert in a nano-second. Her eyes popped open, but the blurry haze of early morning took a moment to clear. And then her mind didn’t want to believe what her eyes were seeing.

Morgan.

She was in bed with Morgan Campbell.

Oh. My. God.

She’d slept with her boss. Panic froze every muscle, dropped a ball of lead the size of a tank into her stomach, squeezed her lungs tight, and sent her emotions into a tailspin. She took mental note of her position and inwardly cringed. On the outside she remained perfectly still so as not to wake him, but inside… inside she shrank back, mortified to realise she was wrapped around Morgan like a sucker vine.

With care, she slipped her arm out from under him. It wasn’t until she was half untangled that she registered they were both still wearing their clothes. Breath rushed from her lungs and the vice squeezing her belly and chest let go. They hadn’t had sex. The instant the thought formed, a sense of disappointment engulfed her. She shook her head to dispel the crazy notion.

The movement disturbed Morgan. He stretched his arms above his head and rolled to his back. Jenn stayed exactly where she was. If he was going to doze off again, she didn’t want to do anything to stop him. Unfortunately, any ideas of sneaking out of his house before he woke were not going to be fulfilled.

‘Mmm…’ He turned to his side facing her. ‘Morning.’ His smile was genuine, like he was more than happy to find her in his bed first thing in the morning. She couldn’t stop the little flutter of delight his reaction gave her.

‘M-morning,’ she whispered. Jenn cleared her throat. ‘We fell asleep.’

Morgan’s grin got bigger. ‘Yes. We did.’

‘I should…’ She started to sit up, but his hand grabbed her wrist and stopped her before she could get more than a few inches away.

‘Don’t.’ He pulled her down beside him. ‘It’s not a big deal, Jenn. We fell asleep, that’s all.’

Her cheeks heated and she ducked her head to hide her face.

‘Hey.’ Morgan tipped her head up with two fingers under her chin. ‘Nothing at all for you to be embarrassed about.’

If he’d woken a few minutes earlier he wouldn’t be saying that. Good thing he didn’t know she’d been wrapped around him like a groupie on a rock star. She swallowed over the lump in her throat, licked her dry lips, and tried for a smile. Obviously she didn’t pull it off because he traced a fingertip down her cheek to the corner of her mouth and pushed it up a little higher.

‘There. That’s the smile you were after I think.’ His own mouth curved upwards and he dipped his head towards hers.

Jenn didn’t have the sense or the breath to protest.

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