The Holidate Season by Anthology

Author:Anthology [Anthology]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward, Jewel E. Ann, Sarina Bowen, Katee Robert, Melanie Harlow, Pippa Grant
Published: 2022-09-28T23:00:00+00:00

“I love Finnish spoon cookies,” she says after we’ve eaten several. “Is that raspberry jam?”

“Yes. There’s also apple.” I push the plate closer to her.

She takes a sip of tea and smiles at me. “Do you really mean it about spending Christmas Eve here?”

“I really meant it.” Our eyes meet, and I feel the same way I did my first week in Brooklyn—like I could look at those pretty brown eyes forever. “I have never been more sure of anything. It’s you who should think it over. You will have to put up with me and my rowdy friends.”

She puts a hand on my knee. “That doesn’t sound like a hardship.”

“One more warning, then. There might also be more of this.”

“More of what?” she asks.

I lean in and kiss her sweet mouth, very slowly. Just once. But it’s a good one. And then I make myself retreat. “More of that.”

She blinks at me with unfocused eyes. “I see. Well.” She blinks again. “That doesn’t seem like a hardship.”

I cup her smooth face, as I’ve been wanting to do for so long. “It would be my pleasure to have your company for the holiday, hani.” It means honey. “But no pressure.”

“Ivo, I don’t deserve you,” she whispers. “I’ve wanted to spend more time with you since the first month we met. And I didn’t follow my instincts.”

I stroke a thumb over her soft cheek. “You’re here now. It is enough.”

She leans her head against my shoulder for a half second, and then sighs. “I should get home now. It’s late. You’re probably exhausted from your game.”

I should be. But it’s hard to be exhausted when your wishes are coming true. “Let me ask the doorman to get you a taxi.”

“What time should I come over tomorrow?” she asks, rising from the sofa.

“The party starts at midday. But come early—we will have breakfast porridge. Someone has to find the lucky almond.”

“All right.” She dons her coat. “Maybe we can watch a Christmas movie before the party.”

“Good plan.”

I ride downstairs with her to make sure the taxi is there. And I give her only a kiss on the cheek as she goes.

I’m a patient man. And my Christmas wishes are already coming true.

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