Page 19 of Never In My Wildest Dreams

This is bad. This is so bad.

If he has a wife, kids…and I’m sharing a bed with him? No way. “Are you married? Do you have kids? Because if you were my husband, and I found out you’d slept in the same bed with another woman?—”

“Whoa. Slow down. I’m not married.”

“Well, you didn’t come here to spend Christmas alone, did you?”

“Yeah, actually. I did. My mom and her boyfriend are traveling, and there’s no other family.”

“What about a girlfriend?”

“I’ve never seen a vagina before, remember? How can there be a girlfriend?”

“Plenty of couples don’t have sex before marriage.”

“Hellcat, there’s no one, okay? And I agree with you. If I had a wife or girlfriend, I wouldn’t share a bed.”

She eased back down, covering herself with the duvet. “Even if it meant dying of hypothermia?”

“I said I wouldn’t share a bed. I didn’t say which one of us would be on the couch.”

She laughed. “‘Heads-up, hon. There’s a dead body on the couch. But the good news? I didn’t share a bed with her.’”

“Trust me, my wife would rather hide a dead body than know I slept with another woman.”

“Your imaginary wife’s a jealous one, huh?”

“You have no idea.”

She grinned in the darkness like a fool. “Well, at least you got snowed in on vacation.”

“I’m not on vacation.”

“But Christmas is the day after tomorrow. Everyone’s off.”

“My job doesn’t work like that.”

What does he do for a living?It was killing her not to know, but she didn’t want to open that door, so she let it go. “Are you going to get into trouble?”

“Yes. I was supposed to close a deal today. My boss said if I didn’t do it, I’d be fired.” He sounded bitter.

“And there’s no Wi-Fi, so you can’t tell him about the snowstorm.”

“He won’t care. He won’t understand me going anywhere before getting the contract signed.”

“This is awful. I’m so sorry. I guess you didn’t check the weather before you came out here?”

“Sure, I did.” He paused. “Right after I buckled in on the plane.”

“So, what’re you going to do?”

“There’s nothing I can do. Getting all worked up won’t give me Wi-Fi.”

“That’s a good attitude.” In the dark, she felt bolder than she might’ve if they’d been face-to-face. “If your boss hadn’t threatened to fire you, who would you be spending Christmas with?”

“Probably my boss.”

“Not your mom? You don’t spend it as a family?”

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