Hello again! So, I'm sharing excerpts from many of my stories every weekday during the month of December. (Weekend are reserved for my Weekend Writing Warriors snippets.) And today's snippet is very fitting for this month. Hey,Santa takes place over the holidays. Plus, at the end of the ebook, you can find a bonus New Year's Eve story. Happy reading!
Excerpt from HEY, SANTA
An Alien for the Holidays
“You can’t be serious.” Claire mustered the dirtiest look
possible for her best friend.
Tiffany held out her hands and air-squeezed the man’s firm
rear end from a distance. “C’mon. Look at that ass.”
“Yes, but a Santa Claus? How do I know what he looks like
under that suit and beard?” Imagining removing the white hair to find a
wrinkled old man, she shuddered.
“Only one way to find out.” Smacking Claire’s butt, Tiffany
urged her forward. “Go ask him.”
She planted her feet. Thank goodness she hadn’t worn heels
for their marathon shopping trip two days before Christmas. “If you’re so
interested, why don’t you?”
Tiffany rolled her eyes, sighing. “Because I’m engaged to be
married to the love of my life. You’re the Grinch who needs to get laid.”
“I’m not a Grinch,” she snapped. Breathing deeply, she
counted backwards from ten. “I’m sorry. This is a very stressful time of year
for me.”
“I know.” Tiffany cupped her elbow. “I just want to see you
happy at Christmas again. It doesn’t have to be a miserable holiday anymore. That’s
part of the reason I dragged you with me today.”
She swallowed the lump in her throat, tears welling already. Please don’t let me turn into a blubbering
mess in the middle of the mall. While she appreciated her friend’s concern,
she coped better on her own. “I…I should go home. I can’t pretend it didn’t
happen.”
“No, but you can’t stop living, either.” Wiping the tears
with one of the many tissues she kept stuffed in her purse, Tiffany gave her a
brief smile. “You don’t need to be alone anymore. Give someone a chance for
goodness’ sake. Your parents and brother would want you to be happy. I want you to be happy.”
But happiness no longer existed in her world. Hadn’t since
she’d arrived home for the Christmas holidays four years ago. No one came to
pick her up at the airport. Instead, she’d taken a cab and been dropped off at
a smoldering pile of rubble that used to be her family home. Her parents and
younger brother had been asleep when an arsonist set fire to the attached
garage. All dead. Her family never made it out. The young punk had been caught
and sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison, but she’d lost
everything.
She bit her bottom lip to avoid crying again. Without them,
she had very little support. The only person remaining in her life who gave two
shits about her was Tiffany, and she’d be married in a few months. Moving on
with her life.
Maybe that is what I need to do. But who wanted a
damaged woman who’d dropped out of university? Surely, no one worth spending
her life with.
“Please, Claire.” Tiffany rubbed her arm. “Will you ask him
already? I saw him before he changed into the suit. He’s hot. And he has to be
patient since he works with kids. If this doesn’t work, I’ll never get on your
case again.”
“Fine,” she grumbled. A
bad date has to be better than sitting at home by myself. “This is the last
time. No more double dates or trying to set me up with a guy in any way.”
Tiffany held out her baby finger. “Pinky swear.”
After sealing the promise, Claire patted the puffy skin under
her eyes. “Is my makeup running?”
“No, you look beautiful, as always.” Grabbing her shoulders,
her friend spun her around. “Now, go get him before he’s swarmed by a bunch of
kids. And hopefully, soon he’ll fill your stocking with all kinds of Christmas
cheer.”
Her cheeks warmed. She wanted more than a night of fucking,
though that wouldn’t hurt, either. But Santa? Really? What was she supposed to
say? Hey, Santa, I saw you bending over,
and I think you have a nice ass. Want to go out sometime?
About HEY, SANTA:
She doesn’t want
a lot for Christmas…
Claire Otton dreads spending another holiday alone. When her best
friend convinces her to approach the sexy mall Santa, she takes the chance and
asks him out, hoping for so much more.
He’s waiting
under the mistletoe…
Although Andreas Castellanos blends in on Earth, he knows he will never
belong. But when the gorgeous woman he’d been staring at invites him to dinner,
he has a hard time saying no.
All they’re
asking for…
Can these two lonely
souls find magic together or will their secrets steal their chance of a happy
Christmas?
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