Once Upon a Christmas Eve (2010)
“Plus one.
She was in love with her business partner.
Her only defense for that disturbing circumstance was that she had no defenses at all where Max was concerned. She hadn’t even tried to raise any. At least, none that had counted. She had somewhat feebly tried to dismiss her attraction to him as hormones run amok, but even when it had started becoming clear that he didn’t want or need anything more than the life he already had, she hadn’t tried to protect herself. Nowhere along the line could she think of a single thing she’d done to not fall in love with him.
The recriminations echoed in her head as she measured and scooped, stirred and chopped. Worse, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t stop thinking about the way he’d looked when he’d left. It didn’t help the uncertainty gripping her that he hadn’t really kissed her before he’d gone. The brush of his lips on her forehead had felt horribly like a brush-off.
What did help was knowing that he wanted her to call after she’d ta...lked to Kyle Madsen, the sous chef she so desperately wanted to hire.MoreLess
She was in love with her business partner.
Her only defense for that disturbing circumstance was that she had no defenses at all where Max was concerned. She hadn’t even tried to raise any. At least, none that had counted. She had somewhat feebly tried to dismiss her attraction to him as hormones run amok, but even when it had started becoming clear that he didn’t want or need anything more than the life he already had, she hadn’t tried to protect herself. Nowhere along the line could she think of a single thing she’d done to not fall in love with him.
The recriminations echoed in her head as she measured and scooped, stirred and chopped. Worse, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t stop thinking about the way he’d looked when he’d left. It didn’t help the uncertainty gripping her that he hadn’t really kissed her before he’d gone. The brush of his lips on her forehead had felt horribly like a brush-off.
What did help was knowing that he wanted her to call after she’d ta...lked to Kyle Madsen, the sous chef she so desperately wanted to hire.MoreLess
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