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He pulls his winter hat off and runs his hand through his messy brown hair. I’m staring at him, but only getting quick glimpses of his face from the side… I need to see if his face is as gorgeous as the rest of him…
“Harmony!” Mom shouts, yanking me out of my fixated stupor. “The dog!”
I gasp when I realize what I’m doing. I’m holding the piping bag over Lucy and it’s leaking all over the poor dog’s head.
Her tongue is whipping around, desperately trying to reach the icing that I dripped all over her head and snout.
“Sorry!” I say as I practically throw the piping bag on the table.
My cheeks burn as my eyes dart back to August.
Our eyes meet and an excited little thrill ripples through my body.
Those light brown eyes… They’restunning.
He’s staring at me with such intensity as Mom rushes over with a roll of paper towels. She yanks off a wad and starts wrestling with the dog, trying to wipe the icing off her face.
I kneel down to help her, but my eyes keep darting over to my new stepbrother. He never takes his intense brown eyes off me, staring at me like he might never look away.
Lucy finally breaks free and runs upstairs to lick the icing off her head in peace.
“Fine,” my mother says with a huff as she watches the dog escape around the corner. “Eat it for all I care.”
She tosses the paper towels onto the table and then her whole face lights up when she sees the tree standing up straight.
“Oh, wow,” she says with a big smile. “It looks wonderful, August!”
August nods in agreement while keeping his heated eyes locked on me. “She is stunning. The most beautiful I’ve ever seen.”
I swallow hard as my cheeks burn.
Mom suddenly remembers that I’m here. “Oh, August! This is my daughter and your new stepsister, Harmony. Harmony this is your new stepbrother, August.”
I can feel my heart pounding throughout my body as he slowly approaches like a tiger about to devour me whole.
“Hello,” I say, sticking my hand out for him to shake. I realize I have white icing on my finger, so I bring it to my lips and suck it off.
He inhales long and hard as he watches my mouth. He licks his lips. My nipples harden. God, he’s so fucking hot.
I stick my trembling hand back out and he grins. “Families don’t shake hands,” he says in a deep sexy voice that has me all tingly and woozy. “Families hug.”
Suddenly, I’m being pulled into his big warm muscular body and those strong hard arms are being wrapped around me. I get all lightheaded in the best possible way as I breathe in his intoxicating scent—musky aftershave mixed with the fresh pine smell of a Christmas tree. If it was a cologne it would be called XXX-Mas.
“Oh, isn’t this nice?” Mom says, fawning over us. She tilts her head as she watches us with watery eyes. “I just love it when families come together.”
If she knew the dirty depraved thoughts running through my mind right now, she wouldn’t be all emotional like this. She’d be horrified. She’d think I was a sexual deviant for lusting over my stepbrother.
“Hold that hug,” she says as she starts looking everywhere for her phone. “I want to take a picture. Brandon, have you seen my phone?”
Brandon finally gets up from where he’s been messing around with the tree stand and helps her look.
“Take your time,” August says as he holds me.
My heart is pounding so hard, I’m sure he can feel it.
Mom returns with the phone, takes a few awkward pictures, and then I pull away with my cheeks on fire.
“It’s nice to meet you, August,” I say shyly.
