✨EXCERPT: ELF-ISH by @lbdunbarwrites releasing November 1st!
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“You don’t happen to sell dates, do ya?”
“We aren’t that kind of establishment.” He smirks, narrowing those icicle eyes once more, but the corner of his mouth ticks. Twitches more like. Like he might have found something humorous in my retort.
The other thing about that smirk—a tiny dimple pops on his barely-stubbled face, like a punctuation symbol. A single quotation mark near his lip, or an apostrophe on his attempt to smile.
I chuff, the sound light and bright, knowing, of course, he didn’t sell dates at his fancy store.
“Anyway . . .” I wave my hand in the air, but Jude catches my wrist, holding it with tender strength in his chilled hand.
That cool sensation that seeped through my glove-covered hand yesterday intensifies with our skin-to-skin contact. His touch feels like the explosion of ice crystals against glass, beautiful while potentially dangerous. The effect should be chilly, but it’s more like a white-hot heat, tickling my flesh, melting me.
Whoa.
Those eyes of his narrow once more as he scans over my face. “You were serious, weren’t you?”
I mean, I was kind of serious. Not that I want a date with him, but I could still use a date for my brother’s spontaneous wedding. The engagement he sprung on the family during Thanksgiving dinner. The way he announced the wedding would take place on December twenty-third. The day before the holiday.
“It’s nothing.” I shake my head, not willing to discuss my non-existent love life with a man who wouldn’t understand lack or love.
Tugging at my wrist, Jude only tightens his grip. His larger hand is cool against my suddenly too-hot skin. “Wait—”
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