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Talon flashed me a smile. “It’s the best idea I’ve had in forever. I usually only talk about ideas as they relate to work.”
“Anytime I’ve been with your family, you’re working.”
“I want things to change. I’ve enjoyed the last day with you, and I want to have more time like this. So, what do you say, you owe me a few more dates together? You promised you’d help me heal my broken heart.” He placed his free hand over his heart, and the words and motion were so cheesy I couldn’t help but laugh as the cool air whipped through my hair. “Fine.”
Talon grinned wider as we skated faster, my confidence in my skills improving, especially with him at my side. “What should our next adventure be?”
“Are we revisiting all the things we did back then?”
Talon nodded seriously, and I couldn’t take my gaze off of him. Everything else faded away, his family, the cool air, and the twinkling lights under the gray sky. “I think that would be best.”
“What else did we do?”
“We used to walk downtown and see the harbor. We watched a lot of movies on the couch in my basement.”
“I don’t think your mom wants us reenacting what we used to do in your basement,” I teased, even as my skin heated at the memory. We’d spent so much time exploring each other’s bodies under the blankets, always worried his brother would pop in and bother us.
“I have my own couch now. We can watch movies at my place.”
“We used to decorate your family’s tree and one outside. Do you still do that?” I asked him, my heart warming at the memory.
“We do. The girls love it. But I don’t have a tree.”
“I just have a small desktop one.” What was the point of getting a real tree when you lived alone?
“Maybe you could help me cut one down? The rest of the family got theirs when Sebastian moved into his cabin.”
“You didn’t get one then?” I asked.
Talon shrugged easily without missing a glide of his blades. “I didn’t see the point.”
“And you do now?”
“I want to heal from my wounds in the past, and what better way to do that than to cut down a tree and decorate it.”
My lips quirked. “You need to get into the holiday spirit.”
He grinned at me, then winked. The effect of both was like a lightning shot to my insides. Only Talon had ever had this effect on me. Hanging out with him was dangerous for my heart and my body, but I couldn’t deny him. I’d walked away from him without an explanation, without any discussion. I owed him this much.
If he wanted to take a walk down memory lane and revisit all our memorable dates now that we were grown in an effort to move on, then I’d go along with it. “It sounds like fun.”
“We have plans to cut and decorate a tree and watch holiday movies.”
“Should we make cookies?” That was something we did at my house with my mom.
Talon was quiet for a moment. “Should we ask your mom if it’s okay if we join her this year?”
“I’m always there.”
Talon’s expression sobered. “I’d like to be there if she’s okay with it.”
I was touched by his care and concern for my mother’s feelings, but I was positive she would be ecstatic if Talon appeared in her kitchen. She was against me breaking up with him. She adored Talon. He treated me well and was a gentleman. She always said his father raised him well. “I think she will be.”
Talon grinned again, and joy wrapped around my heart. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had so much fun just being with someone. It felt like Talon lit me from within. How had I ever walked away from this, from him?
“Then it’s settled.”
“By the time Christmas is over, you’ll be healed and whole again. Ready to move on with your life,” I said, but the words fell flat.
