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CHAPTER 5
RAEGAN
I’m surprisingly calm considering I’m stuck in the kitchen of my bakery right now. I think it’s because Evan is here. When the lights first went out and I saw the snow, I was a little bit afraid, but then he showed up and now it feels like it was all meant to be.
Which is silly, I know.
Still, I can’t shake the thought. Maybe there is a little Christmas magic at play too.
He holds up a snowflake, a heart cut right into the center, and I can’t help but giggle. We’ve been snacking on a few éclairs and making snowflakes for a little while now. We have enough to decorate the bakery twice over at this point. I haven’t even sneered once at the ridiculous activity.
It should probably be cold in the room considering the heat is off, but I’m warm next to Evan. There’s something about him that heats my soul. How did I not see it before? Was I blind to it, or did I knowingly ignore it? The kiss we shared earlier has made everything come into sharp focus.
I want him.
When I glance at him, he’s already looking at me, his spruce green eyes darkening. My hand flutters toward my face and I wipe my mouth. “Do I have something on my face?”
Evan shakes his head, his voice deep and husky, “No. You’re gorgeous Raegan.”
Before I can feel self-conscious or even flattered by his compliment, he abandons the scissors and paper to grip my hips and pulls me over until I’m straddling his lap. “Evan,” I breathe out before he steals any words I might have added when his hands snake into my hair and he pulls me down to him.
This kiss feels like it’s just as much of a claiming as the last one. My body melts into him as I grind down against him, feeling the evidence of his need for me against my jean covered core. I can’t remember there being a man before him who I’ve wanted more. Hell, I can barely remember any other man.
I’ve been so wrapped up in the business and then he’s just been…there. It’s so clear to me now that he was always more than a customer.
His voice is a gentle rasp, “Is this what you want, Raegan?” His hooded green eyes are dark with lust as he looks at me. “You want me?” I nod and his eyes sharpen. “Be sure, Snowflake,” I shiver in his arms at his nickname for me and he smirks, “because once we cross this line we won’t go back. You’ll be mine.”
“Will you be mine?” The question comes out breathily and without my brain engaging fully, just instinct, just need.
“Oh yes,” he breathes out. He leans into me, his lips ghosting over mine but not giving me the pressure that I crave. “What you don’t seem to realize is I’ve been yours since the moment I saw you hanging up the sign for the bakery.”
My eyes widen and I pull back just enough to look into his eyes. “You saw me that day?” My eyebrows furrow together, and I whisper, “I don’t understand.”
Evan smiles at me with a heated look in his eyes. He moves fluidly, laying me down on the blanket and hovering above me. As he peels my sweater up and over my head, taking the tank top underneath it as well, his eyes take in every inch of skin he uncovers. The open-mouthed kisses he lays over my shoulder, collarbone and down the center of my chest have me arching my body, trying to get closer to him.
“All it took was one look, Raegan, and I was yours and I knew you’d be mine,” he speaks his truth against my skin. “It might not make sense, but I know it’s true. You weren’t ready, but I can’t wait any longer.”
“I don’t want to wait,” the words slip out and I know, without a doubt, they are true even though I didn’t realize it until right now.
Evan makes quick work of undressing me the rest of the way before he stands above me and does the same for himself. I can’t help but watch him intently as his body is exposed to me. He has those V-muscles on his hips which make my mouth water.
This guy, the one who is standing above me like some angel sent down from on high, wants me? It’s almost hard to believe, but before I can get too lost in the doubt, he’s lowering himself back down to me, where I’m just as stripped as he is.
His skin against mine chases away any thoughts of the cold, the blackout, or being stuck here. I can’t think of anywhere else I’d want to be right now. When his lips meet mine, it’s not a sweet kiss; it’s rough and filled with passion.
“Last chance,” he pants against my lips, “for you to back out, Snowflake, but if we keep going then that’s it for us. We’ll be together.”
I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him down, moaning softly at the feeling of the weight of him against me. “Sounds good to me.”
Evan braces himself on one of his forearms next to my head while his other hand skims down my body, lighting me up and causing goosebumps in the wake of his touch. I don’t remember ever being this turned on before. It’s him. He does something to me I can’t describe. I don’t want him to stop.
His lips trail along my jaw and down my neck before he nips at my shoulder. I moan, “Evan, please, I need you.”
I can feel the way his lips curve into a smile against me as he continues to travel down my body slowly. Too slowly. I want him so badly. Knowing he’s been holding back and how much he’s wanted me, I don’t understand how he can have so much control right now.
I’m tempted to flip him over so I can impale myself on his length. Still, with the way he’s making my heart race and my vision blur with such simple, light attention, I’m curious what he’s up to and how much more pleasure he can give me. Will I survive it?
The way he makes me feel is bone deep, soul deep. It’s awoken something inside of me I wasn’t aware existed.
