What Mistletoe Is For (Blushing Books 12 Days of Christmas 2) Read online

  "Okay, baby, you can look now," he said with excitement.

  Casey had covered her eyes with her gloved hands halfway up the road but dropped them now. She'd known he was taking them somewhere special for Christmas and had packed for the next couple of days, but Presto had wanted it to be a surprise.

  Through the SUV's windshield, she saw the cabin, nestled there in the woods. Colorful Christmas lights were strung along the porch railing to welcome them.

  "Oh, baby, I love it!" she shouted, jumping in her seat.

  "Wait till you see the inside!" he enthused and threw open the driver's side door. "This place is a little home-away-from-home."

  "Looks like it. Oh, Preston, I love it."

  The only thing that would be missing were the families. He had figured that since they'd gotten together with his family and hers for Thanksgiving, they could celebrate not only their first Christmas as husband and wife, but also the one-year anniversary of their having been reunited.

  "We'll come back for the suitcases, baby," he told her and guided her away from the SUV's cargo area. "Come with me first. You know I can't help it—I'm an old-fashioned guy."

  She gazed quizzically up at him, but understood when they reached the porch. As soon as he'd gotten the cabin's door unlocked and open, Preston swept her up in his arms and carried his bride of four months over the threshold.

  "I'm so glad you are old-fashioned, babe. And a romantic." She added a peck on the lips.

  No sooner had he set Casey down onto her feet that she gasped in delight. He'd had the opportunity to steal away to the cabin, since it wasn't more than an hour and a half's drive away from home, to prepare it for their visit.

  In the corner of the great room, he had set up and trimmed a tree—not quite as big or fancily decorated as the one in their home, but still in the spirit of the season. Beneath it were two gifts he had bought for her, and she had brought the gifts she'd bought for him on the ride there.

  Waiting on the kitchen island was a box of Christmas-themed cookies and a dish filled with chocolate kisses, her favorite candy, wrapped in red, green, and silver. A bottle of their favorite champagne was set in a wine bucket, waiting for ice to chill it and to have its cork popped.

  The cabin truly was a home-away-from-home, with a modern kitchen that had recently been remodeled and cozy furniture in the great room.

  "There's a Jacuzzi in the bedroom," he let her know.

  "Oh, this place is awesome!" He had to laugh at the youthful, bubbly woman he adored. "I'm going to be so spoiled!"

  "Hey, I aim to please. And this cabin? It's ours."

  Casey turned to him, clutching her necklace. "This place—this place is ours?"

  "Yeah, baby. I bought it a while back. I would've told you sooner, but ever since you mentioned how much you'd love to have a cabin up in the woods, I've been wanting to surprise you."

  "Oh, Preston—you are amazing."

  Wrapping an arm around her waist, he drew her close to the breakfast nook table. "Time for a kiss. See?"

  She looked up and giggled. Hanging from the Tiffany lamp suspended from the ceiling was a sprig of mistletoe. Without pause, she accepted his kiss.

  "A kiss or a spanking?" The sparkle in her eyes flashed with sheer mischief. "Because in our house, I hear mistletoe does double duty."

  "You'd better believe it does. Let's make sure you don't get too spoiled, young lady. Here's a little taste of what you'll get if I have to take you in hand..."

  "Noooo!"

  The lady protested, but also laughed while being upturned over his knee. Preston found the table, with the chairs he had pulled out, to be so nicely convenient. Or rather, the mistletoe placed over them was convenient.

  Though he pulled her tight leggings down to bare her bottom—and that, alone, was fun, considering the seat of the leggings didn't give easily over her chubby rear end—that spanking was all in fun.

  The one a couple of weeks ago when she'd again forgotten to charge her phone, had been to teach his absent-minded wife a lesson. Certainly, he understood when she was busy and things were hectic at the hospital, but there had been no such excuse that time. She had delayed in returning home and he'd been worried about her, learning later she'd had a flat tire and had to borrow the mechanic's office phone to call Preston to pick her up.

  That had earned her a sound spanking, both with his hand and her own hairbrush, which had surely had handier than Storm's.

  As he told her plainly while he was turning her bottom red, paraphrasing that old saying, "Better to be safe than spanked."

  Now Preston brought his hand down, hard enough to sting and make her yelp, but then he followed each smack with a thorough, caressing rub of her cheeks.

  His beautiful, smart and sexy wife looked back at him over her shoulder. She was grinning sassily at him.

  "That's it! I'm gonna make sure I stay out of this kitchen," she promised. "And away from that mistletoe. That stuff is dangerous!"

  Chuckling, Preston helped her up and then sat her in his lap, kissing her again.

  "Oh, honey, then you're in a lot of trouble!" He winked at her.

  "Why's that?"

  "Well, I wanted to make sure you were on your best behavior. So I took the liberty of hanging mistletoe up... in every. Single. Room."

  Her mouth dropped open and she groaned, "Ohhhh, every single room?"

  "Yep." Shrugging, Preston kissed her again. "Hey—'tis the season!"

  Kira Barcelo

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