Page 38 of The Christmas Mistake

She glances behind her shoulder, and I swear I see a glimpse of a smile plastered on her face.

Oh, she really is teasing me, isn’t she?

As we pull out of the parking lot, I sigh and begin the speech I spent the morning rehearsing in my mirror like a nervous schoolboy with a massive crush on a girl in his class.

“Look, Chastity. I want to apologize about the other night. I shouldn’t have backed off the way I did the other night. The thing is, I was just scared…”

She raises her hand and immediately hushes me midsentence.

“I don’t want to hear it,” she says. “Not a word.”

“But Chastity…”

“Nope. I would prefer if you talk about anything other than the other night. Anything. But if you say another word in my car about that stupid bar or that stupid kiss then I’m pulling over and you can walk home, understood?”

I lean back in my seat, surprised by her bluntness and authoritative tone. “Understood, ma’am.”

“This is my car. We’re going to get a drink, and it’s going to be nice. And that’s it.”

We don’t speak from then on. I decide to look out the window instead of daring to look at her. I watch the city flash by with all the lights illuminated in the snow.

I recognize these streets. We’re heading out of downtown. Away from the bars.

Huh?

She must be taking me somewhere new.

But then I really start to get suspicious. And that’s when it hits me.

She isn’t taking me to a bar.

She’s taking me back to her place.

18

NICHOLAS

“Shut your eyes.”

“What?”

Chastity scowls at me. “Go on, shut your eyes. This is important.”

“You’ve got to be joking. I’m not some kid playing a game.”

“And I want to surprise you. Do it.”

I let out a long sigh and do as Chastity says with great reluctance.

We’re standing outside her house in the cold. I would much rather be inside the warm house than mucking around here outside amongst the snow doing something so damn immature. I feel like an idiot closing my eyes as if it’s Christmas morning and I’m a child waiting to open my presents. But Chastity is loving it, as evidenced by the massive grin on her face.

“I don’t believe you’re doing it correctly,” she rebukes before wrapping her hands around my eyes. “There. Much better. Now you really can’t see, and I really can surprise you.”

“Chastity…”

I am overwhelmed by her gorgeous scent as her fingers touch my face. She’s so close to me. The closest she’s been since last Christmas. I take in a deep breath of her. She doesn’t notice I’m taking her in. I restrain myself from moving my own hands over her body. That sweet body I want to touch so bad.

“I’m only going to let you open your eyes once you’re inside my place,” she whispers in my ear. All the hairs on my skin stand up straight as she talks delicately. My cock hardens. I want her to talk like that to me in bed. “No peeking, okay? I’ll slowly guide you inside. Don’t worry, I’m not going to let you bump into anything.”