Page 14 of A Billionaire for Christmas
Levi leaned closer to her, their eyes colliding in a heated gaze. He reached out to cup her face. ‘You’re an incredibly beautiful woman. It’s very late. You’ve had almost an entire bottle of champagne, and I’d hate for this to go anywhere you’d later regret.’
There was nothing she’d regret less. Shaking her head, she searched his face, hoping for signs that he felt the same way. She saw his pupils dilating and decided that would have to do. She leaned into him and whispered against his ear. ‘Do you have a hot tub?’
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THE WORST DECISIONS OFTEN MAKE FOR THE BEST MEMORIES
Levi hesitated as though momentarily startled. He shifted in his seat. ‘A hot tub?’
‘Erm, yes, that’s right. For warmth. To warm up. That I could use,’ Molly said hastily. ‘Thatwecould use. While we wait for the gondola to start working.’
Levi jabbed at the remote. ‘I’ll turn the fire up.’
‘A hot tub would be better.’ She took a deep breath and closed her eyes briefly. Maybe she was reading the room wrong. She never was, and never would be, any good at being sexy. It just wasn’t in her nature. When she opened them, he was still looking at her.
‘You want to get in the hot tub right now?’ Levi glanced at the snow beating against the window.
Molly glugged her drink down. This was no time to play the shrinking violet. ‘Yes.’
‘Okay… if you’re absolutely sure,’ he said, getting up and backing out of the room. ‘I’ll see if it’s on.’
‘Please do.’
She’d never have another opportunity to do this. She’d been stuck in the kitchen for months. She’d not even so much as seen another human being that was remotely attractive, and here was a spectacular-looking specimen stood right in front of her, and she was all but chasing him physically from his own room. She leapt up and followed him out of the patio door, over some decking, to a hot tub. It was frothing and steaming away. It was partially sheltered from the snow falling and had the most breathtaking view across to the twinkling lights of the ski runs.
‘Wow. That view is incredibly… incredible.’
‘You should see it on a clear night when the sky is full of stars.’
Of course it is. That’s what you get when you’re a billionaire. A billion stars.
Molly felt a sudden urge to write a poem. ‘It’s magical.’
‘And you’re really sure you want to get in right now?’ Levi still seemed unconvinced. ‘You seem a bit…’
Pissed?Yes, she was. She was utterly shit-faced. But she was hiding it very well.
‘I want to get in that hot tub more than anything in the whole world.’ Molly smoothed her hair from her face, swaying slightly. ‘I love them so much.’
Levi let out a small laugh. ‘I think you are a bit too tipsy. Why don’t you come back into the lounge?’
‘Nope.’ She edged further away from the patio doors.
‘Besides, you can’t go in wearing that.’
Molly let his words sink in. Was she confident enough to suggest they strip off and go in naked?
The thoughts swirled intoxicatingly round her brain.
No. No, she wasn’t.
But she had it in her to be. She wanted to be daring and risk-taking. Molly scrambled around for a few words that would be suggestive without being too forward, but before she had a chance to collect them together, Levi spoke.
‘Just give me a second,’ he said, sounding exasperated, disappearing back through the door. He returned moments later. ‘My sister often has swimming costumes and clothes sent over just in case she pops by.’ He handed her a bathing costume with an expensive price tag, approximately a week’s wage, hanging from it. ‘There’s a bathroom through the lounge. I’ll get you some coffee.’
Maybe the chance to get him naked would come up later.
‘I’ll be right back. Don’t you dare go anywhere!’ Her sing-songy attempt at humour had red flags all over it.
