The Plight Before Christmas (Holiday Hijinx Series #1)
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Read between December 19 - December 20, 2023
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And Triple Falls is small town in every sense. It seems very few secrets are kept here.
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SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Downtown Triple Falls is idyllic, sort of Norman Rockwell in feel, and I instantly fall in love with
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Take me back
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Can you keep a secret?”
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TRIGGERED!!!!
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When the driver hops out, I check the rearview and am momentarily zapped by the sight that greets me—messy two-toned spiked blond hair and sun-tinted skin despite the season. He’s dressed in nothing but dark jeans and a grey thermal that accentuates his insane build. There’s something inherently sexy about his grease-stained tan boots. Before I’m able to fully grasp the looks of him, he’s standing at my window, enticing hazel eyes peering back at me. I can’t hear it, but I’m sure he’s chuckling as he gently taps on the glass. Dazed by the unexpected sight of him, I turn the key like a moron to ...more
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ALFRED SEAN ROBERTS IS THAT YOU
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“Trust me. I’m the last man you need to feel foolish in front of when getting sentimental about a car. I have cars with plenty of stories. Some of them my favorites.”
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That’s it, I’m crying
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When he glances down at his boots, I see a sliver of his past cloaking his gaze. “Trust me, I can relate.”
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“Trust me, the car attachment, the ex, it’s highly similar to something I went through not too long ago. But there’s an upside.”
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STOP IT RN
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In the next second, he’s crowding me against the car, his woodsy scent enveloping me as he splays gloved hands on either side of me on the roof. I gawk at him in surprise.
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“Close your mouth, beautiful, and listen up. In about five seconds, I’m going to whisper to you, and you’re going to nod. That’s all you have to do.”
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Seany boy always gets me blushing
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He peers down at me, oozing sex appeal, a smug smirk on his lips as he slowly leans in. “Name’s Sean,” he says in a whisper.
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GOODBYE!!
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“You may be ready to let it go,” he says in a seductive whisper, his posture dripping sex, “but I promise you he’s not. Nod if you understand me.”
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Are we speaking to Whitney or yourself Seany boy
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“One heavy summer, wasn’t it?” Sean covers his chest with his hand. “Until she broke my heart.”
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Again, are we talking about Whitney or Cee
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“I don’t like him…for you…I don’t trust him. He’s hiding something.”
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Buddy, you have no idea
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The King’s Garage tow truck
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GOD MY BABIES
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She’s mine. She has to be because my heart is hers and always has been. It’s never been so clear. I loved her then, soul-deep. I love her now, perpetually.
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