Sleighed by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

Author:Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward [Keeland, Vi & Ward, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C. Scott Publishing Corp
Published: 2023-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

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After work, I stopped and ran some errands. So when I pulled into my driveway, it was already starting to get dark. I took two bags of groceries out of the trunk of my car and looked over at my neighbor’s house. There weren’t any lights on, but there was a ladder set up out front. And were those Christmas lights strung over the windows? Why yes, yes, they were. My sexy scrooge neighbor was hanging holiday decorations?

I set the bags in my arms back down in the trunk and strolled across the street. Cole walked out his front door just as I reached the top of his driveway.

“Scrooge hung up Christmas lights?” I asked. “Am I seeing things?”

He smiled. “I figured it was the least I could do since you let me borrow your generator and crash on your couch. I thought you might like the entire block lit up better than a bottle of wine or something to say thank you.”

“I do! I love that you did all that for me.”

“Good.” Cole held up one finger. “Hang on a sec.” He disappeared into his house and came back out carrying a brown paper bag. Extending it to me, he said, “I also bought you wine, in case the lights weren’t enough.”

I felt warmth in my belly, even though it was cold outside. “Thank you. That was very thoughtful.”

“No problem. But confession…I might also have bought it because I need to butter you up. The store was sold out of generators. My laptop is almost out of juice again. If you don’t mind, it would be great if I could plug in and charge it later.”

“Oh, sure. No problem.” I nodded toward the house. “Do you like tortellini alfredo? That’s what I’m making for dinner. We could share this bottle and eat while your laptop charges. Think of how excited my mom will be if I tell her a man slept over and he came for dinner the very next night?”

Cole smiled. “Well, when you put it like that… I wouldn’t want to disappoint Mom.”

“Great. I’ll let you finish putting up your beautiful lights, and I’ll get started cooking. Come over around seven?”

“I’ll be there.”

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