Oh, he was cocky, arrogant, full of himself. An irate breath caught in her throat. ‘Of course I’m not sleeping with anyone or I wouldn’t be standing here with you.’ She drew herself up tall. ‘And if you think I’m that kind of woman then you have very poor taste and we have nothing in common.’
‘On the contrary, I have very discerning taste when it comes to women. If I thought you were lying you wouldn’t see me for dust.’
She relaxed a bit, if you could call letting out a slow breath and sucking in another relaxing. ‘Good, then. Because...because I want you to kiss me...that way.’
His mouth quirked and he touched the ends of her hair again as the band struck up their version of ‘All I Want for Christmas’. ‘Glad we cleared that up.’
‘Me too.’
‘Now, where were we?’
She licked dry lips. ‘Secret Santa.’
‘Ah...’ The devil with a smile lurked in his black eyes as his hands slid up her bare arms to her shoulders.
The hairs on her arms rose in response and she shivered and met his gaze. ‘Except you look like more of a sinner than a Santa.’
He pulled the top half of her body into stunning and breath-stealing contact, his lips tantalisingly close to hers. ‘Which do you want me to be?’
Copyright © 2013 by Anne Oliver
ISBN-13: 9781460321430
THE ONE SHE WAS WARNED ABOUT
Copyright © 2013 by Shoma Narayanan
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