Shay felt at home in Austin’s cabin, inside his embrace, with his beautiful words filling her ears. He loved her.
And when he kissed her, she could feel it in the tenderness of his touch. Sense it in the way his lips trembled slightly against hers before capturing them more firmly. She believed it in the way he pressed her closer to him, and gave as much as he took.
He pulled away and said, “All I want for Christmas, ever, is you.” It should’ve been cheesy, a line from a song. But he was serious, his blue eyes burning like the hottest part of a fire.
Then he asked, “Can I really not eat that cookie?”
She sucked in a breath and then giggled, the sound turning into a full laugh a few moments later. “Yeah, you can eat it.”
“Let me give you your present first.” He stepped away from her, a
