A Puppy and a Christmas Proposal by Louisa George

Author:Louisa George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-09-10T15:33:25+00:00

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Alex took a deep breath and let it out slowly, watching his breath curl into the air and then fade away, and wondered what he’d done to deserve a puppy who took absolutely no notice of him and yet seemed to snap to attention whenever Beth was around.

Beth. Yeah. That last conversation hadn’t gone as well as he’d hoped, but his cards were on the table now.

‘I did the right thing, Spike. I’ve finally been completely honest and I feel just a bit more...freed up.’ He was talking to the dog as if it was his confidant. Go figure. But, judging by the way Spike was sniffing at the electricity pole, he had a feeling this man’s best friend wasn’t listening. Something had caught his attention. Probably something dead. But the dog wouldn’t budge so Alex had bent down to see what, if anything, was so interesting. Nothing. Just snow and stones. ‘She won’t want to love me now, so that’s good. There won’t be any more confusion or unnecessary emotion.’ Just a few more days until she left. He could deal with that. He could deal with being close to her if he knew she wasn’t going to be here for ever.

If she was going to stay here for ever then he’d have to move somewhere far away; he had a feeling the moon wouldn’t be far enough. Spike gave him a big lick on his cheek then bounded away, the lead dragging behind him making a little trail in the snow.

‘Hey! Spike! Come ba—’ As he straightened and started to turn round to see where Spike had run off to something hard thudded against his shoulder. What the—? Clumps of snow fell from his coat. A snowball?

He whipped round and saw Beth leaning on her gate, fist in the air. Gotcha!

Spike at her feet.

She looked victorious and animated and breathtaking and was already patting snow in her hands for another snowball shot. He walked directly into the line of fire, chancing that she wouldn’t throw if he was actually walking towards her. ‘Hey, crazy girl, you could have hit my puppy.’

Crazy girl. She wasn’t the girl he’d fallen in love with back in his teens, she was a stunning, independent, staggeringly beautiful woman and, even if he hadn’t been mad about her a decade ago, nothing could have stopped him from being attracted to who she was now.

She smiled, and it was the first time in days that he’d seen it. ‘Not a chance. I’m not that bad at throwing and do you honestly think I would have missed you? I’ve been sharpening my skills for long enough.’

At least she was talking. ‘Truce?’

‘Tempting, but no.’ She stuffed more snow into his neck and the ice slithered down his spine. Cold, but not cold enough to douse the need building inside him. He’d closed himself off from wanting anyone for years, but she made him want. She made him hot. She made him need. She made him wish for things out of reach.

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