Page 124 of All I Want For Christmas

“Fuck. Are you okay?” Theo asked.

She realized her eyes were shut. She opened them and became aware of one of Theo’s hands braced over her chest. She gave a little laugh. Her hand came up to cover his and she looked over at him. “Yes. I’m okay. Are you?”

“Yeah.”

She took a few deep breaths. Then said, “Fuck.”

Theo looked out the side window. “Yeah. This is…fuck.”

Savannah put the car in reverse and pressed the accelerator. The tires spun. She tried drive but there wasn’t really anywhere to go.

“I think we’re stuck.”

Theo nodded. “We’re stuck.”

The house was still at least fifty yards away.

“Let me see if I can push us out.”

Theo opened his car door, and snow swirled inside. “Dammit,” he muttered, but he got out, slamming the door behind him.

Savannah watched in the rearview mirror as he waded through the snow, checking out the rear of the car, then the front. He pushed against the back, and the car wiggled, but he came back, yanked his door open, and slid inside.

His hair and beard already had snow sticking to them and Savannah reached up to the brush it away. “We’re walking right?” she asked.

“I think so.” His gaze dropped to her bare legs. “Right now, I’m a little sorry I’m so into your pencil skirts and you’re such a good girl.” He looked up with a little grin. “But only a little.”

In a snap, Savannah’s body responded to his deep voice sayinggood girl.Damn, she was in so much trouble with him. She shook her head. “Dammit, this issonot the time to get all sexy with me.”

“How am I getting sexy?”

“The good girl thing.”

A grin stretched his mouth. “Yeah?”

“Shut up.” She sighed and looked up toward the house, then down at her shoes. “I have jeans and boots in my suitcase. If you get it for me, I can change before we trek up there.”

“Nah.” He reached over, shut off the car, grabbed her wrist, and opened his car door again. He tugged on her arm, and she slid over the middle console into his seat as he got out.

“What are you doing?”

“I’ll come back down and get the bags,” he said, reaching into the car and scooping her up.

“You’recarrying me?” she asked, blinking against the snowflakes attacking her face. The cold wind hit her bare legs and she shivered, but Theo was already striding toward the house.

“Good thing I’m a big, strong, rugged outdoorsy guy, huh?” he asked.

She looked up. He was grinning.

“You’re havingfun,” she accused.

“Now that we’re safe, I am,” he said with a nod. He looked around. “I’ve never seen snow like this in real life. Only in movies and stuff. This is amazing.” He kicked a foot through the snow in front of them and a white cloud billowed up in front of them.

Savannah laughed even as her teeth started chattering. She couldn’t deny that this was unusual and…okay, fun. In a way. A weird way. The driving was a zero out of five stars, for sure, but now, seeing the huge flakes floating down from the sky, it was pretty magical.

And seeing the amazement on Theo’s face wasveryfun.

Being held against his wide chest, his biceps bulging, as hecarried herthrough the snow also didn’t hurt the “magical winter wonderland” feelings either.

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