Page 13 of Forever His This Christmas

“Your ex-boyfriend works for your parents?”

“Yup, he’s one of the ski instructors during the season and then during the offseason he helps organize the summer events. It’s not nearly as crowded as wintertime, but they do pretty well.”

“Anything else I should know?” he asked as the front door of the house opened and he saw a tall man and woman walk out.

“Don’t let them know the truth or else I will kill you,” she said with a sweetness that he knew hid the truth in the statement. She wasn’t about to let him push her into something, so he’d have to figure out how to convince her that it was her idea.

“So should I get out and get your door?”

“Not while we’re here,” she said kissing him before getting out and moving to the back of the car. Corey felt the packed snowed under his boots as he got out and met her, seeing the shake in her head when he reached for her largest bag.

“Not getting the door is one thing but this I do or else I will tell them the whole story of who I am,” he stated trading the lighter ones for hers.

Lisa felt the smile inside her and was secretly happy about it. She liked doing things herself but something as small as him carrying her suitcase wasn’t a topic that she would argue over. She moved to his side as they headed across the yard towardsher parents, and she braced herself for the overabundance of hugs from them as they drug them inside.

“Good lord Lisa, you look like one of those starving waifs,” her mother chided when she took off her coat.

“I have plenty of curves, don’t I Corey?” she said shooting him a look that was full of mischief already.

“You have them in all the right places,” he agreed letting his gaze linger on the exposed expanse of her cleavage.

“Would you care to introduce us?” her father stated obviously uncomfortable, and she laughed knowing by the end of this trip her parents wouldn’t begin to invite them back.

“Right…this is Corey, my boyfriend I suppose is the term you’d prefer I use,” she said to her parents. “Corey, my parents Elaine and Edward Branson.”

“Nice to meet you,” Corey replied as he settled his hand onto her hip.

“And you,” her father said though she knew it was a lie.

“How long have you and Lisa been together?” her mother questioned as her dad helped him with the bags.

“It’s been what…almost six weeks now?” she said as he looked around her room.

“It has,” he agreed. “Best six weeks of my life, beautiful.”

“They would be with me, wouldn’t they?” she teased him, moving into his arms and leaning into his body.

“Well, dinner will be in about an hour. I’m sure you all will want to get freshened up,” her mother said as they left, and she couldn’t stop the laugh in her chest from coming out.

“You certainly start early, don’t you?” he asked lifting her into his arms as he moved over to the bed letting her straddle his lap as he sat down.

“I do, they’ll be begging us to leave by the end of the week.”

“I doubt that.”

“You haven’t seen anything yet,” she grinned pushing her sweater over her head.

“You’re a little devil, aren’t you?” he questioned as his hands slid up and down her bare skin.

“You know it,” she assured him pushing his own shirt off his shoulders letting it hit the floor as she heard the footsteps sound down the hallway. “Round two in five, four, three, two…”

“Lisa…whoa!” she heard from her brother’s lips as she half turned towards the door. “Good god you’re not here ten minutes and already at it?”

“Do you mind Ashton? This does happen to bemyroom,” she said as Corey’s hand lingered on her skin.

“You haven’t changed at all, have you? You still don’t care about anyone else but yourself,” he said before shutting the door behind him as he moved back down the hall.

Corey turned her over onto her back shaking his head. “How’d you know he’d be coming up here?”

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