The Billionaire Athlete’s Christmas Fling: Elkin Brothers Christmas Book One by North Leslie

Author:North, Leslie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

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Lindsey’s birthday party was a hit. Tana stood in the back room of a small local restaurant called Pizza Mike’s, surrounded by twelve screeching, gleeful six- and seven-year-olds from Lindsey’s class. Pin the Tail on the Donkey had turned out to be a pretty good party game, though she’d worried about it the night before. All the girls were having a killer time spinning each other around and stumbling dizzily toward the wall. It was worth being late to the employee happy hour. Tana took a deep breath and reminded herself not to get stressed over the noise and the rush of the party. It was almost over.

There was a party later at the Elk Lodge, and she couldn’t have been more thrilled. Every time she thought about it, her heart pounded. An adult happy hour, with actual adults. Chase was going to be there. Even Lindsey was getting picked up tonight, so she would have the evening to herself.

Tana’s parents came into the restaurant, talking to each other, and Lindsey waved to them through the glass that separated the party room from the restaurant. They picked their way through the tables—on Friday afternoon, the crowd wasn’t at peak yet, but plenty of people were dining in.

“Where’s the birthday girl?” Tana’s mom asked, drawing her in for a hug.

“Yeah. I need to wish Lindsey a happy birthday. Seven years old!” Tana’s dad looked all around, a smile crinkling his eyes.

Tana laughed. “She’s right here, Dad. I think she was—” The sentence died before it ended. Because Lindsey wasn’t about to take her turn at Pin the Tail on the Donkey. She was off to the side of the room, Tana’s phone pressed to her ear. Not something she’d authorized.

She made a beeline for her daughter, who moved the phone out in front of her. On speakerphone, no less. Who had she called?

“I had to tell you I love my gift. It’s the best. It’s awesome.”

“Every girl needs a good pair of skis,” Chase answered.

Tana blushed. The skis were good. Too good. At this very moment, Chase probably looked sexy as sin in a dark suit. Mouthwateringly sexy. And he was on the phone with her daughter about the outrageous gift he’d gotten her, a set of customized Frozen-themed skis. She’d known they were skis, but custom ones? Lindsey had been doing just fine on a set of rental skis, and Tana figured they would do until she got the promotion.

“Well, thank you,” Lindsey said. “It’s my birthday party today.”

One of Lindsey’s friends had noticed she was on the phone and came over to see who she was talking to, and then another, and the three of them were huddled around, giggling.

Tana reached in and plucked the phone from her daughter’s hand, then swiped madly at the screen to get it off speakerphone. She didn’t love Lindsey making calls without at least asking first. “Hi, Chase.”

“Hi.” The warm familiarity in his voice made her knees feel as weak as they had in bed with him the other day.

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