Page 126 of All I Want For Christmas

Savannah’s eyes found the huge front windows through a doorway off the lobby. The snow was coming down even faster, making it impossible to see anything but white. It was like they were in a snow globe, and someone had just shaken the thing.

“I need to call the Monroes and let them know I won’t be there tonight,” she said.

“Yeah, I’ll call my mom too. And we should check in with people in Autre, just let them know we made it.”

“Good idea.”

They climbed the stairs to the upper level and found room eleven. Theo pushed the door open, and Savannah stepped past him into the room.

It was…beautiful.

Cozy, charming like the rest of the lodge, but beautiful. There was a huge four-poster bed with a thick, deep red comforter, and half a dozen throw pillows in cream and forest green. The curtains on the window were the same forest green and were pulled back to reveal a tall pine tree, ladened with fluffy snow and the still-swirling storm.

At the foot of the bed sat a cedar chest with a thick quilt in Christmas colors folded on top. Across from the bed was a fireplace that had possibly once been a real wood-burning fireplace but had been replaced with gas at some point. To the right of the fireplace, in the corner near the window, was a Christmas tree, glowing with white lights. Wooden apple ornaments hung from the branches and the whole thing was draped with a wide green and gold ribbon garland. The same garland hung from the mantel.

Savannah turned to Theo. “Wow.”

He grinned. “Yeah.”

“This is so pretty.”

“It really is.” He ran a hand through his hair. “I don’t know what the other farm has to offer, but this is pretty great so far.”

“Oh! I should call them.” Savannah looked for her purse for a few seconds before remembering, again, that her purse was still out in the car.

“Here.” Theo held out his phone.

“Thanks.” She took it but paused. She looked up at him. “I’m really used to traveling on my own. Checking into places on my own. Figuring things out on my own.”

“I know,” he said.

“But I like having you here with me. Just because Icando it on my own, doesn’t mean that being alone is the only, or best, way.”

Something flickered in Theo’s eyes and suddenly Savannah found herself being hauled up on tip toe by his big hands wrapped around her upper arms. His mouth met hers in a deep, full kiss.

She moaned. It had been too long since they’dreallykissed.

With the way he was holding her, she couldn’t wrap her arms around him though, so she just had to let him kiss her.

And he did. He really did.

When he finally let her go, she was breathing hard and her whole body was tingling.

“I know you can do anything, and that you’re fully competent and independent, and you don’tneedme. But the idea that you mightwantme anyway, is the biggest fucking turn-on I can think of, City Girl.”

Savannah stared up at him. “Talk about saying exactly the right thing to get me to take my clothes off for you.”

He gave her a lazy grin. “You were absolutely going to take your clothes off for me even if I hadn’t said that.”

Cocky. He was so cocky.

But he was also right.

“Well, yeah, to change into something warmer than this.” She waved a hand down her body to indicate theveryweather-inappropriate pencil skirt she’d stupidly worn just because he’d told her to.

But he called you a good girl for it…

“You’re not really worried about stayingwarmwhile we’re here are you?” Theo asked, taking a step closer.

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