Almost Like Being In Love: A Friends to Lovers Rockstar Holiday Romance (Rock & Roll Forever Book 5) by Mary J. Williams

Author:Mary J. Williams [Williams, Mary J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brook Publications
Published: 2019-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

♫~♫~♫

THE DAYS MOVED too quickly for Tilly’s liking. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day. For the first time, he and Kai celebrated the holiday without stray bullets flying at their heads or business sending her in one direction and him in another.

“I don’t have a gift for you,” Tilly said when Kai handed him a package.

“Sure, you do.” She motioned toward the table set for dinner. “What better present could you give me than roast chicken and mashed potatoes, which you prepared because you know they’re my favorites.”

Tilly smiled. For him, cooking was a joy, a way for him to express himself and be creative. Tonight’s meal held another layer of significance. Each dish was made with love; a way of telling Kai how he felt without saying the words. Perhaps she would taste the difference. Perhaps not. Either way, he knew.

“Should I open the box now or wait until after we eat.”

“Now.” Kai shrugged, biting her lip. “It isn’t much.”

Well, what do you know, Tilly thought as he untied the red satin ribbon. Kai was nervous. A date to remember. Hiding a smile, he made a mental note to mark his calendar.

Tissue paper lined the inside of the box. Underneath, Tilly found a pile of ten index cards filled with Kai’s handwriting. The top of the first read, Northam Family’s Gingerbread.

“You remembered,” Tilly said, amazed and touched beyond words.

“Only took me ten years.” Kai watched his face as though trying to gauge his reaction. “Mom didn’t mind sharing. I asked her to include a few more family recipes. The chocolate crinkle cookies are my favorite. Kind of a silly gift, I guess.”

Tilly shook his head as he examined each successive card, each containing a different, unique recipe. Each handwritten.

“Not silly,” he assured her. “Thoughtful. Thank you.”

Visibly relieved, Kai smiled.

“What else would I get a kitchen geek?”

“The trip. You.” Tilly brushed a kiss across Kai’s lips. “And now a treasure trove of recipes? I’d say you hit gift giving out of the park.”

Content to spend their time together, alone, they didn’t wander far from the cabin. They ate, slept, worked out—Kai was insistent—and engaged in copious amounts of sex. Couldn’t keep their hands off each other would be another way of putting it.

Tilly found himself grinning all the time. In the morning while he shaved. In the afternoon as he prepared lunch. Walking down the hall. Knowing Kai was nearby, close enough to touch whenever the mood struck—which was all the time—made him happy.

Five days into their ten-day vacation, Tilly’s only complaint was that he wanted another ten. And another, and another. He wanted a lifetime.

Tilly wasn’t a shy man. Confidence had never been a problem. Yet, his feelings for Kai made him vulnerable in a way he’d never experienced. She had the power to break his heart, though she had no idea. How could she when he was too much of a coward to declare his feelings?

“Something wrong?” Kai asked as she pulled on a pair of thick, winter gloves.

“No.” Tilly zipped his coat.

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