Troping Through the Snow: The Complete Bundle by Alexa Riley

Author:Alexa Riley [Riley, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub

CHAPTER 9

FROSTIE

If I thought I was busy before, I was wrong. My foot traffic only picked up after Clause left, and I’m not sure what people thought they were going to see. They do, however, ask questions, and they’re terrible at it too. Everyone is trying to be sneaky and failing.

Anything new, Frostie? What’s going on in your life, Frostie? Have you been dating? Who will you be spending Christmas with?

It was one after another, but I dodged them the best I could because the reality is, I don’t know what Clause and I are. He’s always so private and when he realized people were watching, he jumped back quickly. It makes me wonder how much experience he has with women.

I bite the inside of my cheek, thinking about the possibility of him being a virgin too. It’s hard to believe when you see him since he’s all male dominance at a glance, but there’s this sweetness under it once you get through the grunts, which I love. I’m even starting to understand his grunts like they are a language only I can translate.

After cleaning off the tables out front, the staff left. They also tried to squeeze information out of me. When I head toward the back, I go up to my place to change. I want to put on something cute, but my bra and panty selection isn't great. I wonder if Carol is still open. She mainly sells dresses, but she does carry lingerie and the occasional matching bra and panty set.

That’s what’s on my mind when I collide with a body, and I scream as I jump back.

“It’s me!” Tinsel squeaks. “You scared me!” She puts her hand over her chest.

“You scared me!” I shout back at her. “I thought no one was left in the building. I didn’t know you were here.” She might live with Jack, but she still has a key.

“Really? I mean, that’s what I was doing. Honing my spy game.”

“I think what you were doing was waiting for me so you can launch an investigation.” I can already tell Tins wants the dirt on what’s going on between Clause and me. That makes two of us.

“I’m the one that’s asking the questions here.” She raises her chin.

“You’re a dork.”

“That may be true, but I’m a dork with a badge and a gun.” She reaches over to pat her gun and freezes. “Shit, I forgot it.” I snort a laugh. Her gun doesn’t even have real bullets in it. They only use the rubber kind to scare off bears.

“What time does Carol close?” Her hours have been a bit wacky, but she is knocked up. Tins should be over there grilling her on who the baby daddy is and not here asking me about my Clause. My Clause. It has a nice ring to it because I want to be his.

“Depends if she has appointments for alterations.” Tins lifts the lid on one of my pastry boxes, and I smack her hand.

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