Decidedly With Mistletoe by Stina Lindenblatt

Author:Stina Lindenblatt
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

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Ava

“I’m afraid they’ll think I’m not good enough for them and walk away,” Liam said, his words forming white wisps in the cold morning air.

You mean like how you walked away from our relationship? I wanted to say.

Yes, there was also a slight chance I wanted to kick him in the shin, but I gallantly held back the urge.

“Life is full disappointments,” I said instead. “But if you don’t take a chance, you never know what you’re missing.”

With a level of gracefulness that would make a flamingo groan—thanks to the snowshoes on my feet—I turned and ran away from Liam, toward the inn.

By running, think shuffling. And not even fast shuffling. More like the speed a granny would go while pushing her walker. Heck, who was I kidding? She would go faster than me.

What did this mean? Liam, with his legs worthy of a six-foot man, easily caught up with me.

“I guess you’ve never been on a snowmobile if this is the first time you’ve seen snow,” he said, oblivious to my inner turmoil. The inner turmoil that involved my past feelings for him, which were starting to stir awake. No, feelings. Go back into hibernation, please.

“That’s right.”

“Ever been on a motorcycle?”

I gave him a What-do-you-think? look.

“That’s what I thought. You want to give it a try? Since you’re all about being adventurous.” Challenge sparkled in his light blue eyes at the last part.

Challenge accepted.

“I would love that.”

Truth? The idea of riding one scared the bejesus out of me. Same deal with a motorcycle. That’s why neither had ever been on my bucket list.

But you know who else’s bucket list they wouldn’t have been on?

That’s right—Chris’s.

Which meant one thing…I had to try it out. Even at the risk of flying off the snowmobile and slamming into a tree.

“Let’s see if I can fix the one in the shed,” he said as we continued waddling toward the inn, “then we can hit the trails.”

“You know how to fix snowmobiles?” He used to play around under the hood of his car when we were engaged, but that was about it. The man I remembered wasn’t a mechanic.

“I tinkered around with motorcycles and trucks while with the SEALs. It was a good skill to have in case you were ever stuck behind enemy lines and needed an escape vehicle. One of my friends taught me everything I needed to know.” He grinned at me. “I just can’t make a spare tire appear out of thin air.”

My mouth tilted to one side. “So I gathered when you rescued me.”

Liam and I entered the shed. He got to work on the snowmobile.

And my thoughts went to the mistletoe in my suitcase. Because once Liam and I were finished snowmobiling, I needed to make sure my mistletoe was still okay. It would soon be a very busy piece of foliage—once I arrived at the resort.

That was assuming kissing under the mistletoe after Christmas was still acceptable. Maybe it was against the rules.

Were there even rules for

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