Countdown to Christmas: (A Christmas Romance Novella) by Betty Shreffler

Author:Betty Shreffler [Shreffler, Betty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jaxson enters my room the next morning with a smoothie and sets it on my nightstand. Dropping onto my bed, he fills the opposite side as he lays his head on the pillow and gazes at me with his gorgeous hazel eyes.

“The party sucked after you left. I came back shortly after you, but you were already asleep.”

Guilt is like a thorn in my side, prickly and sharp. I hadn’t been asleep. I was in bed reading, but when I heard the front door open, followed by his footsteps, I turned the lamp off and pretended to be asleep to avoid talking.

“I’m sorry I ruined your night.”

“You didn’t ruin my night. Claire ruined it when she said something that upset you. Are you ready to tell me what she said?”

“She warned me not to enter into a relationship with you and told me if I did, you’d get bored with me after we had sex and move on to someone else.”

There’s a tick in his jaw as his nostrils flare. Reaching out, he takes my hand.

“Come here.” Lying on his back, he brings me atop him, his hand caressing my hair. “You’re not a fling. You’re not someone I’m trying to get to know only to learn things that drive me crazy. You’re the one woman I’ve always been able to be myself around, to joke with, to ask for ideas and help. The only thing you’ve ever judged me for is my sex life, and it’s the same reason I hassle you about every guy you date.”

As he stares up at me, caressing my face and hair, I can sense my wall crumbling.

“You wanted me once, and I messed it up. I’m not going to mess up again. Our friendship isn’t enough. I want more, Sophia. I want you.”

Lowering into his arms, I let go, allowing my emotions to freefall. I’m as terrified as I am thrilled about the possibilities. I tried all night to make excuses why I shouldn’t be with him, but they all dissolve when his lips press to mine. Despite my fears, giving my heart to Jaxson is the only thing that feels right.

Turning us, he puts me on my back and sits upright. Unbuttoning my pink button-down nightgown, he opens the fabric. With his arm holding him up, he brings his lips to my breast, sucks my nipple into his mouth, teasing it until it’s swollen, and my body is aching with need. Moving the fabric away from my hips, he slides a hand into my underwear. Wet with desire, he coats his fingers as he swirls them around my clit. Moving his fingers down, he slides them into me, and I arch my back as the pleasure rushes over me.

“I have a confession,” he whispers between nipping my breast.

“What is it?”

“When I decorated your room, I might’ve done some snooping and found your vibrator.”

My mouth curls, knowing the reason he snooped is that he wanted to know what toys I had. Thrusting harder, he works me toward an orgasm as I look up at him and his wayward grin.

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