The Corner of Holly and Ivy--A feel-good Christmas romance by Debbie Mason

Author:Debbie Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

You should have let me call a cab like I wanted to, Connor. It’s your brother’s wedding,” Arianna said from the passenger side of the Porsche. She was sitting on towels so as not to ruin the leather upholstery. “It was bad enough I made a fool of myself overturning a tray of drinks. Now your family will be upset with me for dragging you from the party.”

He took his eyes off the road to glance her way. “Are you done feeling sorry for yourself?”

“I’m not feeling sorry for myself. I feel like an idiot. I still can’t believe I did it. I can’t even remember bumping the tray.” She looked down at the grape-colored splotch that marred the front of the beautiful costume Jenna had rented for her. “I don’t know if I can get the stain out.”

“If you can’t, you can’t. I’ll cover the cost of the costume,” he said as he turned slowly onto her street, keeping an eye out for older trick-or-treaters.

Carved pumpkins glowed from the neighbors’ front porches. Their house was the only one on the street not decorated for the holiday. The campaign had taken its toll on both of them. Glamma had been too tired to come to the manor tonight, for which Arianna was secretly glad. She’d been worried about what she’d say to Daniel. Arianna had been a little leery about going herself. Only she’d thought it would be her interaction with Daniel that would be the problem, not her clumsiness.

She drew her gaze from the skeleton hanging on the neighbor’s tree to look at Connor. “Of course it’s easy for you to be blasé about it. You’re not the one who made a fool of himself. And I don’t need you to cover the cost of the costume, thanks. I have money.” The insurance settlement hadn’t come in yet, but Connor had managed to get them a decent advance.

He pulled alongside the curb in front of their house and turned off the engine before shifting in the seat. He reached out and gently twisted a strand of her hair around his finger. “You’re beautiful. When you walked into the ballroom tonight, I’m pretty sure my heart stopped. And just when it started beating again and I’d recovered enough to trust my legs to go get you, Olaf beat me to it. Old Man O’Malley is lucky he’s cute and about half my size or I might have kicked his snowman’s ass.”

She snorted a laugh, which didn’t sound nearly as cynical as she’d intended. Probably because he’d called her beautiful and meant it. She could tell by the warmth in his eyes that he did. It also didn’t hurt that he’d looked seriously gorgeous and sexy tonight playing his sax onstage, and she was still feeling a little like a girl who’d left the concert with the lead in a boy band. If she hadn’t ruined the evening, she had a sneaking suspicion their date wouldn’t have ended with just a kiss at the door.

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