Add a Little Mistletoe by Aliyah Burke

Author:Aliyah Burke
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Interracial, Erotica, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781606591581
Publisher: Phaze Books
Published: 2009-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

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She felt like a child sneaking in

way past curfew as she climbed the steps

to her house. Aspen shut the door behind

her and heaved a huge sigh of relief. For

some reason she expected to have

someone giving her the third degree.

“You look like you are running

from something, Daughter,” Patrick

Townsend’s voice shocked her eyes

wide open.

“Daddy?” Aspen’s voice came

out in a squeak. She hadn’t seen his

vehicle anywhere.

Patrick rose from where he had

been sitting on the couch to walk

towards his daughter. He wore slacks

and a turtleneck, looking as together as

he always did. “Where’ve you been,

Pumpkin? Your mother and I tried to

call you but we didn’t get an answer.”

His sharp gaze roamed over her attire

and he added with a quirk of an

eyebrow. “Although, by your attire, I

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could easily guess where you were, and

with whom.”

Standing tall, Aspen met her

father’s gaze squarely. She may be

embarrassed and she was, but damn it,

she was a Townsend and they didn’t

cower.

Her father chuckled. “I know. I

don’t have any business asking you what

you were doing. But I am still your

father, Pumpkin. Now, I am here to help

you finish up the baking. Your mother

said we needed to spend some more time

together.” Pushing up his sleeves, he

added, “So I’ll be in the kitchen; join me

there when you are done getting cleaned

up.”

Aspen did as she had been, not-

so-subtly, told to do and went upstairs to

shower and change. Once again clean

and in her own clothes, she headed

downstairs to meet her father in the

kitchen. Patrick had already taken out

the dough from the previous day and

was busy rolling it out.

“How are you doing, Pumpkin?”

Patrick asked as she walked in the

kitchen.

“I’m okay, Daddy. Why do you

ask?” She grabbed a bowl and began to

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gather ingredients for the frosting she

was going to make.

“We were just wondering how

your Mr. Larkin felt about you going to

California?”

The spoon cluttered against the

side of the bowl. “How did you know

about the California thing? And he’s not

my Mr. Larkin.”

“A nice man named Erick Slaton

called us to see if you were there,

because he wanted to talk to you about

the offer.” He looked at his child. “Why

didn’t you tell us about the offer? Have

you even told Colton about this?”

Pouring in the sugar, Aspen took

a deep breath. “I really don’t know what

I am going to do. I really love the idea of

going to work for them, but all of a

sudden now, I just don’t know.”

“Colton?” Patrick wondered as

he put the crust in the pan and cut off the

excess.

“I could lie and say no, but

what’s the point?” Aspen mixed the

frosting. “I haven’t told him. I don’t

know what to tell him, I don’t know

what to tell myself. I can’t seem to come

to a decision.”

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“Have you made a list of the pros

and cons?” Her father was a firm

believer in lists.

“No, Sir.” She walked to the

cupboard and picked out the colors and

the extra bowls that she needed to

separate the frosting into. “I’m trying to

work it out in my head.

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