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You fall in love so easy, Henny had reminded h school when I threwShe’d picked me up off the paveuys who didn’t even deserve my attention And you love jerks You just do They’re like catnip to you

Ethan didn’t seem to be a jerk, but sometimes jerks hid behind science teacher clothes

After the car warmed up a little, I put it in Reverse and headed back toward the inn It was a straight shot through the cute don that was all decked out for Christmas There was a little square that was all sectioned off, and again, it looked sofilmed

I wanted to stop and poke around in the stores Henny needed a gift and I wasn’t done shopping for mom, either, and my Secret Santa was Heidi fro for her here

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I’d packed so But a girl never traveled anywhere without a costus They weren’t warm but they went down to my ankles With my cowboy boot and a red sweatshirt crop top that slipped off ured I’d do as the front desk girl at the Kringle Inn

I parked at the far edge of the lot and Ethan parked beside ot out “I need to make one call and then I’ll come in and introduce you to my sister and Paul, and my brother if he’s around”

“No problem,” I said

“Do you want to wait—”

“And freezehypother lot, only to walk through the front door where the twofor me

“There you are!” Chelsea said Her hair was cotails The center part was so sharp you could slice bread with it

“We aiting for you,” Ben said He had a pair of black sweatpants on and a long baggy black tee-shirt But as I got closer to him, I realized he always had a tiny bit of mascara on

Well, Ben, go on with your glamorous self

“Okay,” I said “First thing, Baby Girl needs a walk and I need to see what kind of sewing supplies I can find—”

“I have supplies,” Ben said and lifted a canvas tote bag I peeked inside and saw all kinds of fabric and a wrist pin cushion and shears and a tape measure

“Ben, you are an absolute wonder,” I said “Give Baby Girl a walk and we’ll meet in that little room over there” I pointed at the room off the lobby

They ran out the door with Baby Girl juot nipple hard-ons Ran back into the office and started a pot of coffee in the ancient coffee uests and the front desk girl Front desk girls deserved espresso coffees