“Ow, hey!” She turned towards me and grimaced.
“I didn’t hit you that hard.” I raised an eyebrow and chuckled.
“Oh, she might be a little sore. She made the naughty list earlier today after you left for work.” Andy pushed his buggy ahead of us.
“You’ve been cheating on me?” I gave Holly a playful nudge.
“Not really cheating—I mean, he looked just like you.” She feigned surprise and then bit down on her lip. “Don’t worry, you’ll get to put me on the naughty list later too if you want.”
Fuck, she isn’t making it easy to stop thinking about her.
We went to the electronics section and our buggies were incredibly overloaded by the time we finished stocking up on gaming systems and the latest games. I felt like we had enough for every kid to have a few presents, plus stuff for the house. As I pushed the buggy further, I suddenly had a thought. Ms. Winters probably wouldn’t be getting anything for Christmas—at least not from the orphans. I thought back to the way she was dressed, the jewelry she wore, and the purse she was carrying. It was all fairly plain, and probably second hand. I had no idea what she would actually like, but after asking a few questions, Holly picked out a nice gift basket for her. I grabbed a gift card for the store to put in it that would at least let her do a little shopping for something nice.
“Okay, we’re definitely all set now.” Andy nodded and pushed his buggy towards the counter.
“Now I really do believe you guys are Santa Claus.” Holly giggled and gritted her teeth as she started moving her buggy forward.
We checked out and after we got to the car, Holly asked how we were going to wrap everything we bought. I groaned as the realization hit me and while a wrapping kiosk would have been nice, it would have required a lot of on-the-spot coordination. I headed back inside and grabbed some wrapping paper, tape, and a package of gift tags. When I walked back towards the SUV, I saw that Andy and Holly were tangled up in an embrace. Their lips were pressed together and there was so much steam coming from them that the windows had started to fog. My brother was definitely in over his head—just like me. It was going to be impossible to simply go home and forget about her.
“Okay, you two—get a room.” I opened the back door of the SUV.
“We were going to have one once the windows fogged up.” Andy grinned and wiped his hand across his lips.
The three of us went back to the house and decided to eat leftovers while we started the process of wrapping gifts. That would have been a terrible way for my brother and I to spend an evening, but it was a lot of fun with Holly there. We told jokes, had a couple of glasses of eggnog—which Andy decided to spike—and were laughing our asses off before everything was wrapped. With the wrapping out of the way, the teasing started, and before I knew what was happening, Holly was naked between us on the couch and our lips were devouring every inch of that gorgeous body. We were definitely headed to the bedroom. I craved her like an addict craves the sting of a needle in their veins. She was pure addiction and I didn’t care.
Who blindly falls for a woman they just met? I guess that would be me.
Holly
“I wish I could stay in bed with the two of you all day.” I reached out and ran my fingernails down Zach’s stomach.
“Why can’t you?” Zach looked over at me. “Only two days until Christmas and your parents are out of town.”
“I’m supposed to meet my friend Beth today. Her family is visiting and she needs to get out of the house.” I sighed and sat up. “We’re supposed to exchange Christmas gifts.”
“Ah.” Zach nodded. “I guess our Mom won’t get her gift until after Christmas.”
“It’s incredible that you’re skipping Christmas with your parents just to help those orphans.” I wiped a stray hair away from my eyes. “I wish my parents liked the holiday season, but I’m sure the Caribbean is a lot warmer right now.”
“There’s a balance between liking it and being fucking crazy about it.” Andy sat up and chuckled. “I’d settle for something in the middle.”
“You can spend Christmas Eve with us if you want—if I wake up next to you, it’ll be the best Christmas present ever.” Zach reached out and took my hand. “I’m sure Andy is itching to redo Christmas dinner all over again.”
“Fuck that.” Andy rolled his eyes and shook his head. “We’re having takeout for Christmas.”
“I’ll wear the suit on Christmas Eve if you cook.” Zach looked over at him and grinned.
“You’re an asshole—fine.” Andy grumbled and slid over to the side of the bed. “I guess I’m going to the fucking grocery store again.”
“I meant what I said. If your parents are out of town, you should definitely spend the night with us. Santa Claus might even pay you a visit.” Zach nudged me and winked.
“He has paid me several visits.” I rolled over to the side and nibbled Zach’s ear. “It gets better every time too.”
“If you keep that up I’m going to be late for work.” Zach gasped and reached back to grab the back of my head.
“I’m just giving you something to think about while you are at work all day—that’ll make it even better when I see you tonight.” I giggled and pulled back from his ear.
We drank coffee, ate breakfast, and then I said my temporary goodbye, but that didn’t come without a passionate make-out session with the two of them before I finally made it to my car. I was already craving them as soon as I left their house. I was definitely in over my head because there was no way I was going to be able to forget them once they were gone. I didn’t even want to think about that, even though life was going to pull us in different directions once our holiday vacation was over. I never imagined myself falling for one guy that hard, much less two. The things they did to me was criminal, but I didn’t care. I didn’t even care if lust was what brought us together initially. They were unbelievably good guys, and that was a rarity. Andy might have been rough around the edges, but underneath that bad boy exterior was a heart that deserved to be loved. Zach had struggled with love