The Kiss List by Sonya Weiss

Author:Sonya Weiss [Weiss, Sonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance Fiction; Two-Hour Romance Short Reads; Women's Literary Fiction; Romantic Comedy; Holiday Romance; Family Life Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction; Matchmaker romance; Enemies to lovers romance; Coworkers romance; Valentine’s Day romance; Small Town Romance; Clean Romance; Sweet Romance; Close Door Romance; Bliss; Entangled Publishing; Popular Romance; Category Length Romance; Series Romance; Sonya Weiss; The Kiss List;
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2020-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Back at the shop, Haley scrubbed the tip of her nose with a third alcohol swab. Though she’d succeeded in getting the majority of the marker off, her nose still looked like a ripe red apple.“The first aid kit is back at the shop,” she mimicked Max as she scooped up the empty packets and tossed them into the bathroom wastebasket.

One final glance in the mirror did nothing to diminish the thoughts of the harm she was going to bring to Max. Well, at least she had two things going for her. One: today’s time at the showcase had been successful. As she’d predicted, they’d sold their inventory, and she had over a dozen new customer order sheets. Two: Michael was late, so at least he hadn’t been on hand to see her scrambling from the truck with her marker nose.

“Where’s Max?” she asked one of the seasonal employees as she headed to the warehouse. If he knew what was good for him, he’d be in hiding. Making plans to move to another state.

“Outside,” the guy said, pointing in the general direction of the front door.

“Thanks.” He was probably hoping to catch Michael and make a joke about her nose. Haley marched to the door and opened it but paused for a second when swirls of snow gusted in. She went to get her gloves and then walked outside, looking around for Max.

She found him with his back to her. He was rolling snow and building a snowman at the end of the parking lot.

Carefully easing a path through the accumulation, Haley grabbed a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball. She packed it down as tightly as she could, then lined herself up behind Max and, with all her strength behind it, let the snowball fly.

It hit him on the back of his exposed neck. His shoulders hunched up like a turtle trying to withdraw back into its shell.

Score! Haley did a congratulatory fist pump.

Max turned. “That was a mistake.” He gave her a wide grin.

Haley darted to one side when he flung a handful of snow at her. “Missed me,” she taunted.

He scooped up another handful and charged her.

Haley sprinted up the hill beside the shop, grabbing onto saplings to help leverage herself as she climbed. At the top of the hill, she turned to smirk back at Max, only he wasn’t there.

“Incoming,” he yelled, practically in her ear.

Haley didn’t have time to process that before he’d flung himself at her in a tackle worthy of one of his football heroes. They rolled down the hill—him on top, then her at a fast clip—until they skidded to a stop at the bottom.

Haley lifted her head and spit out snow. “Puh. That’s cold.” She flopped back onto the ground and moved her arms and legs back and forth. “Snow angel.”

Beside her, Max did the same.

When they were done, Haley lay on her back, looking up at the gray sky. “Haven’t done that in years.” She propped herself up on one elbow.

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