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FOR THE LOVE
OF GINERBREAD
A holiday romance sneak peek
I like you, Addie,” I said.
I still had no feeling in my knees, but it was the opposite for my heart. Saying those words to her made it beat so hard. I thought it might crack its way out of my chest.
“I like spending time with you. There’s been this gray cloud over my head knowing that my parents are coming. I dread all the things I know my dad will say, but since you came around, I haven’t thought about it for a second. You’ve made me happy and I get it, you know, I’m going to wake up one day next week and you’ll be gone. I guess I didn’t want you to leave without knowing what it was like to kiss you.”
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“Oh yeah?” I felt Addie’s leg brush up against mine as she stepped closer. “Tell me, what is it like?”
​I lowered my lips closer until they were hovering only inches from hers.“It’s like that moment, after spending the day outside in newly fallen snow,” I whispered. “Your whole body is shaking, and you sit down next to a roaring fire. The heat hits you just right and suddenly the warmth surges through you. You take a deep breath and…”​
I wasn’t able to finish the sentence before Addie pulled my lips against hers. The wetness of her gloves were cold against my neck, but the way she folded her lips around mine instantly thawed every part of me. I held her in that embrace until I heard the front door slam.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Victoria standing on the front porch with a wide grin. ​“
The hot chocolate is ready,” she yelled. Her hands were folded across her chest. “
Thanks, Victoria.” Both Addie and I responded and when she walked back inside the two of us looked at each other and smiled. Addie looped her arm through mine and the two of us walked together up the front porch away fragments of a snowmen family that we never did finish.