Sleigh Ride Together with You by JoAnn Durgin

Author:JoAnn Durgin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611164602
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

12

Thursday Evening

“Hang on! I’m coming.” Running a hand over his hair, Alex smoothed it down as he sprinted across the hotel suite in his bare feet. At the last second, he hastily tucked his shirt into his jeans.

When he opened the door, his smile wilted. Colin stood in the corridor, one arm outstretched on the doorframe, his other hand fisted on his hip. Red print flannel pajama bottoms were stuffed into dark snow boots beneath his black wool overcoat. The mismatched, rather disheveled image was jarring and not at all like the normally stylish and sophisticated morning show co-host. In a weird way, seeing Colin like this made him more approachable, although the expression he currently wore was one of disgruntlement and nowhere near encouraging.

Disappointment surged through Alex that Nicole wasn’t the one standing on the threshold of his hotel room. Why would he consider for one millisecond that Nicole might come? She had too much common sense and a solid moral compass to do something so foolhardy. His own wishful thinking aside, it was another reason to admire the woman.

“Colin. To what do I owe this honor?” Alex tried to keep sarcasm from creeping into his tone but wasn’t altogether successful. “Come on in.” Standing aside, he ushered the other man into the room. “Are those actually prancing reindeer on your pants?”

Colin smirked. “Yes, as a matter of fact. Reindeer are fabulous, prancing or otherwise. I’m not here to discuss my choice of sleepwear. Listen up, mate. I’ll save us both some time and get straight to the point. If you hope to have a prayer of winning the lovely Nikki’s heart, you’d be well served not to repeat that insipid blunder you made today.”

Alex arched a brow. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, although there’s something to be said for being direct.” He gave the door a swift push and gestured to the sofa. “Please. Have a seat.”

“I’ll stand, if it’s all the same to you.”

“Suit yourself.” Crossing his arms over his chest, Alex planted his feet apart on the carpet as he faced Colin. “For starters, I thought you were sick. What’d you have? The twelve-hour flu?” Maybe that wasn’t fair. He’d heard from both Mike and Nicole that Colin never called in sick. He needed to tone down his defensiveness and hear him out.

“More or less, but I’m feeling better now. Thanks for your concern, such as it is. You were doing quite a decent job of keeping my chair warm this morning until you pulled that stunt with the mistletoe.” Blowing out a sigh of exasperation, Colin mirrored Alex’s stance and moved his hands over his chest. “You shouldn’t have put Nikki on the spot.” He stepped closer, fire in his eyes. “You certainly don’t force a woman like that to kiss you. If it was possible, you would have heard me yelling at you from my living room. Come on, chap. Are you truly that oblivious?”

Actually, Alex had noticed Nicole seemed hesitant, but she’d recovered so quickly, he figured it was nothing.

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