Snowbound with the CEO
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The cold hit like a slap to her face, and she slid her hand into his for the short walk to his car. “We should have the Christmas party in July.”
He laughed. “I’m pretty sure that would confuse everybody.”
“Not the guests who are wearing dresses and heels. They’d all understand perfectly.” She sighed in relief when he unlocked the car and she slid into the passenger seat. Since it had remote start, the warm air and heated leather chased away the chill almost instantly.
“It’ll be even colder up north,” he said when he’d slid into the driver’s seat. “It’s not too late to go south, you know. Spend the holidays on some tropical island.”
“Not a chance.” She reached over and squeezed his hand. “We promised we’d spend the weekend in Vermont with your parents, and then we’re going to the Mount Lafayette, like you promised me.”
“Where we’ll have insane amounts of sex and spend Christmas Day watching movies in our pajamas.”
“Going to try to get me out of your system again?”
He smiled at her teasing, then pulled her close for a kiss. “I’m going to spend the rest of my life making love to you, wife of mine. Very happily, I might add.”
“Then let’s get going, because the sooner this party’s over, the sooner I can start holding you to that.”
He kissed her one more time before putting the car in gear. “Merry Christmas, Mrs. Blackstone.”
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ISBN-13: 9781426897344
SNOWBOUND WITH THE CEO
Copyright © 2013 by Shannon Stacey
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