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Friend or Mistlefoe by Ariella Zoelle
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Chapter 3: Mingo Nevins
“So, what do you say, Mingo?” Marley’s expression turned playful, which I had never seen before. It leveled him up by at least eleven hotness points, which was mega unfair. He caressed my cheek as he looked deep into my eyes. “Do you want to jingle all the way?”
Oh, that absolute bastard. He had figured out my weakness for Christmas wordplay from what had pushed me to kiss him originally and masterfully used it against me. I didn’t know whether to throw him out of bed or start stripping, so I kissed him again to make him quit talking and making my life difficult.
It surprised me when he took off his cardigan and cast it aside, followed by the Henley underneath it. Seeing my enemy shirtless and on top of me didn’t seem real. But when he reached for the button of his pants, I had to stop him.
“I’m not doing a damn thing with you while our friends are in the living room taking bets on if we’re fucking.” Carmine and Alain surely had a pool going by now.
Marley cupped his hand over his arousal, making mine twitch in the confines of my jeans. “If you think I’m going out there like this, you’re more nuts than a nutcracker can crack.”
I tackled him to the bed, straddling myself over him to pin him down. My body betrayed me by rocking my hardness against his. “No, you don’t get to be good at Christmas jokes!”
Once again, I had made a major miscalculation when he took advantage of our new position to pull my hoodie off. “Why not?”
My stupid mouth said the first thought that popped into my head. “Because you’re supposed to be a grinch!”
He laughed, a genuine sound of amusement that warmed me up inside like chestnuts roasting by the fireplace. “How do you figure? Between the two of us, you’re the one with resting grinch face.”
I couldn’t hold in the laugh that bubbled out of me. “Me? Mr. Christmas himself? Please. Nobody outdoes me in the holiday spirit department.”
“Tell that to your face. You always have a grinchy scowl whenever I see you.” For once, his teasing lacked its normal hard edge.
“Yeah, because you’re around.” I huffed in annoyance. “Stop using Christmas against me!”
“Why? Does it make me too irresistible?” He gave me a dazzling smile that did unforgivable things to my stupid heart.
No, I refused to be charmed by him! The man was a menace. “Quit doing whatever the hell you’re trying to do! It won’t work!”
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that.” His blue eyes had a hypnotic effect on me as he reached up and guided me down closer to him. “Congratulations.”
The sudden topic switch threw me. “On what?”
“You’ve officially moved off my naughty or nice list to the top of my to-do list. And right now, you’re the number one thing I need to do.”
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Ariella Zoelle adores steamy, funny, swoony romances where couples are allowed to just be happy. She writes low angst stories full of heat, humor, and heart. But sometimes she’s in the mood for something with a bit more angst and drama. If you are too, check out her A.F. Zoelle books.
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