Filthy Christmas : A Spicy Holiday Romance Collection by Darcy Rose

Author:Darcy Rose [Rose, Darcy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bleeding Heart Press
Published: 2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

5

NOELLE

When I wake the next morning, I find myself alone in bed. A delicious ache between my legs, and a memory of pleasure so deep it could’ve only been my imagination, but it wasn’t. What we did last night was real. I had a few one-night stands in college; I’m a big girl and can handle it but standing in my kitchen, which is now gleaming as if nothing happened during dinner, leaves me a little unnerved. Not that I’m ungrateful—I wasn’t looking forward to having to clean up last night’s mess. The question now is, when did he do it? How was he so quiet? And how did he make himself so comfortable in my kitchen?

I run a finger over the top of the table, and it comes back clean. Of course, it does, and he even mopped the floor.

I look out the window toward his house. It looks the same as ever. Is he there? Did he seriously go out of his way not to wake me up so he could sneak back home? How weird is that? Actually, how disappointing. That’s the worst of it, how disappointed I am.

I wish I wasn’t. Last night was unexpected, and it is something I’ll remember for a long time. I’ve never experienced anything like that before—the closest I’ve ever come to anything that hot and exciting and dangerous was when a boyfriend blindfolded me before sex. That’s child’s play compared to what Luka can do.

That doesn’t mean it has to happen again or that it ever will. We both got caught up in the moment; that’s all that was. We aren’t an item or anything.

However, it would’ve been nice if he had given me the chance to tell him that rather than running off on me.

With a heavy heart, I start making coffee. Maybe it’s for the best he left. Who knows what the morning would’ve held? Trying to face each other after last night would only be awkward and uncomfortable. Plus, we’re like squabbling old people, who tend to argue at the drop of a hat, so this is probably for the best.

When the back door to the house opens, letting a cold breeze in, my heart leaps into my throat, and I spin around, ready to reach for a knife. Luka stops dead in his tracks, eyes widening though his gaze is filled with anything but fear. “Sorry. I figured you would still be in bed.”

I close my bathrobe a little tighter, my heart fluttering and my stomach in knots. Even though he scared me half to death, I can’t help but smile. “Where did you go?”

He holds up a paper bag from the bakery around the corner. “I borrowed your keys.” Right, they’re not on the hook where I usually keep them. I didn’t even think to look there.

“That’s okay. Thank you, this is very thoughtful of you.” Now I remember something else about last night: he’s very comfortable around here. For somebody so standoffish and even rude, he doesn’t think twice about getting familiar with my home and my things.

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