The Not So Nice List by Sally Kilpatrick

Author:Sally Kilpatrick [Kilpatrick, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781641972321
Publisher: NYLA

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Aubrey

I ran my fingers across the palm of my hand as I headed to the restroom. Cole Frost had held my hand. Even stranger, I had liked it. Maybe Christmas really was a time for miracles.

Get real. What you really liked was how he had your back. He assured you that you weren’t a screw up.

Once I’d handled my business, I stopped in the lounge area just inside the restroom and reapplied my lipstick. I turned in front of the mirror to make sure I didn’t have part of my skirt in my underwear. After flat tires and a jury summons, I didn’t want to add mooning all of Cole’s fancy coworkers to my list of mishaps.

“Say, you’re Cole Frost’s date, aren’t you?”

I looked over to see a stunning brunette. She was taller than me and almost willowy.

“I am.”

She leaned forward to apply more lipstick. “I’m so glad he’s found someone.”

I put two and two together and came up with six. “You must be Deidre.”

“The one and only.”

The diamond of her engagement ring winked, and I did some more addition. It hadn’t been that long ago since she dumped Cole. She was moving fast.

“You know, he really is a great guy, but he’s just so…boring.”

My hackles rose. “He’s not boring.”

She kinda rolled her eyes. “He has to have a plan for everything. I swear he had our life thought out all the way to the matching rocking chairs in a Florida condo.”

That didn’t sound half bad.

“And he was already talking about children.”

My biological clock reminded me of all of those adorable babies in the line to see Santa.

She took out her compact and applied more powder. “We weren’t even married, and there he was, talking about a house and a good school district.”

“A lot of women would love to find a man who’s not afraid of commitment,” I said softly.

“Well, you are welcome to him,” she said with the indulgent smile of a woman who’d traded up. Or thought she had.

My hands clenched into fists. I had the irrational urge to punch her into next week.

Wait. She thought Cole and I were an item.

Of course, she thinks the two of you are an item. You’re at a company Christmas party together.

Well, then.

The corners of my lips turned up in a smile that had to be Grinchian. “I’m so glad you dumped him. Boring? Not with me. And the sex? My toes are curling just thinking about later tonight. Maybe we’ll leave early.”

Her jaw dropped, and I twirled on my heel to exit.

I didn’t even feel as though I were lying because just thinking about his proximity on the love seat the other night made my heart race. Then there was the fact my hand still felt warm and tingly at the memory of his touch.

Stop it, Aubrey.

So the two of you seem to have a little chemistry. He is still Mr. Successful McPlanny Pants and you are still Little Miss Dreamy von Screw Things Up.

As I entered the ballroom, I almost collided with him, and my hands came up to his chest to steady myself.

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