Holly's Christmas Kiss (12 page)

Did she? She paused for a second. Normally her head was full of plans and things to do and problems to solve, but the last twenty-four hours had been different. She’d managed, mostly, to just be in the here and now, because the here and now with Sean in the middle of it had been all she could see. Michelle shook her head. ‘It’s just you.’

Sean leant towards her and she found his lips. Soft, chilled from the cold air, intoxicating but safe. Maybe she could trust a feeling. Maybe she could jump into the unknown and let him catch her. She kissed him back.

She pulled back a fraction. ‘I crashed your hire car.’

‘Yep.’

‘What are we going to do?’

‘Dunno.’ He glanced at the car in the ditch. ‘I can probably tow it back somehow. Don’t worry about it today. It’s Christmas.’

‘Oh.’ She sounded sad.

‘What’s up?’

‘It’s getting dark. Christmas is nearly over.’

‘I thought you hated Christmas.’

‘Maybe I’m a convert.’

Sean laughed. ‘Well, in that case, can I interest you in New Year?’

‘What?’

‘Well, this is Scotland. Really Hogmanay is what it’s all about. We’ll go to Edinburgh.’

She squirmed. ‘I don’t know. Isn’t New Year a big waste of money?’

Sean shook his head. ‘I’ll do you a deal. Give me another week. I’ll get you to love New Year. I promise.’

‘Just one week?’

‘Well, a week until New Year.’ He pulled her closer. ‘After that, we can start planning next Christmas.’

About the Author

Alison May was born and raised in North Yorkshire, but now lives in Worcester with one husband, no kids and no pets. There were goldfish once. That ended badly.

Alison has studied History and Creative Writing, and has worked as a waitress, a shop assistant, a learning adviser, an advice centre manager, and a freelance trainer, before settling on ‘making up stories’ as an entirely acceptable grown-up career plan.

Alison is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. She writes contemporary romantic comedies. Her debut novel, Much Ado About Sweet Nothing, is also available on Kindle.

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