Holly Jolly Mountain Man: a short Christmas mountain man instalove romance (Holidays with a Mountain Man) by Kate Tilney
Author:Kate Tilney [Tilney, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-10T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter Five
CAROLINA
My heart is pounding in my ears, and I rub my gloved hands together for warmth as we stand in an open field just outside of Independence Springs. Itâs Christmas Eve. The morning of the snowman contest.
All that stands between me and my share of the prize pool is four judges and about twenty competitors. After taking in the competition from a friendly distance, I hate to admit it. Iâm not feeling as confident as I did two days ago.
I shiver.
Paxton slides an arm around my shoulders and pulls me close, rubbing my arm. âAre you cold already?â
âIâm freezing.â I beam up at him. âIâm glad you gave me some of your long underwear to wear, otherwise Iâd probably be hypothermic.â
âYeah, well, those are on loan. Iâll be taking that long underwear back later. But donât worry. I promise Iâll be gentle.â He winks, and a jolt of hot lust darts into my belly. âI thought you were from North Dakota.â
âI am.â
âI figured youâd be used to the cold.â
âOnce upon a time I wouldâve been. But you forget, Iâve been living in L.A. for the past few years.â My teeth chatter. âMy blood has gotten thin.â
âHow long do you think it would take for your blood to thicken up again?â
âItâs hard to say.â I shake my head. âMaybe a couple of days, maybe a year.â
âItâs a shame we donât have more time before the contest starts.â
âWhyâs that?â
He lowers his lips toward my ear. âI can think of a good way to warm you up.â
His warm breath tickles, and I shiver again. âWell, weâll definitely have to do that just as soon as we kick some ass.â
âThatâs my woman.â He chuckles, his voice low and rumbling from his chest to mine. âLetâs give them hell, and then we can sneak off somewhere and warm up properly.â
I shake my head at him, trying not to pay too much attention to how fast my heart is beating. Especially because I know exactly whatâor more precisely whoâis responsible for the zing, zing, zing of my heartstrings.
Oh, God. Now Iâm quoting old Hollywood musicals when it comes to this man. I definitely have it bad for him.
And . . . I think the feeling is mutual. At the very least, he seems to like being around me more than he did a couple of days ago. He definitely enjoys how well we work together in bed. And on the rug in front of his fireplace. And in the shower this morning before we had to put a stop to the funny business so we could get ready to win this contest.
If you would have told me two days ago that I would be losing my heart to a mountain man, well, I wouldâve believed you. But if you told me he would be a real one of flesh and blood instead of a fantasy concocted in my head to pass the time, I would have said youâre crazy.
I wasnât counting on Paxton.
Iâm not sure Iâd ever believed Iâd find someone I connected with so quickly and completely.
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