Page 46 of A Holly Brown Christmas
That seemed to please her. “Thank you! It’s turning into a group effort.”
“Where’d you find the decorations?” Lucas asked.
Holly took a few steps toward him. “Um…I had to reach out to the building manager and he said we had a storage unit in the basement. So I went down there and got everything, but there wasn’t a tree. I’m guessing your mom used the same decorator that she used on the house and it’s the whole tree thing all over again.”
“So there’s no tree?” Lennon asked. “There was usually something like…”
“Five,” Holly finished for him. “Five trees. I know. I’m working on it, so everything will be the same.”
Standing, Lucas moved toward her, his hands twitching with the need to touch her. “What can I do to help? We don’t need to buy a twenty-foot tree, right? Can I maybe just go to the store and buy some pre-lit trees and call it a day?”
“No, we don’t need a twenty-foot tree, but I don’t know what store you’re going to go to. We can order them online if we need to. I know exactly what they looked like and…”
“Nonsense! Lennon and I will go and pick them up over lunch, right?”
Lennon’s eyes went wide. “Um…yeah. Sure. We can do that.” He turned and smiled at Holly. “No worries.”
“You guys are awesome! Thank you!” She looked ready to come over and kiss him, but immediately changed her mind, opting to wave on her way out the door.
“Dude, what was that?”
“What was what?”
“You and Holly!” Lennon said with amusement. “The two of you were like two magnets fighting to stay away from each other!”
“Oh, um…”
But Lennon clapped him on the shoulder with a grin. “I’m not looking for specifics, so relax. I just wasn’t expecting it.”
“We’ve known each other for years, but not very well. Once we started working on the whole party thing and spending time together, something just clicked.”
“Good for you!” He quickly glanced at his watch. “Let me go grab my phone and we’ll head out to lunch. And buy some trees, I guess. Why did you volunteer us for that?”
“Because she’s taking on everything and it’s my family’s fault. If picking up a few Christmas trees will help, then it’s the least I can do.”
“That’s one way of putting it,” Lennon murmured before stepping toward the door. “I’ll meet you in the lobby in five minutes.”
“Sounds good! Thanks!”
It hadn’t been on his schedule to go out of the office for lunch today, but it wasn’t a bad thing. He was trying to prepare for his call with his sisters—which was going to happen tomorrow—and he was obsessing about it. So maybe a little Christmas tree shopping would be a good distraction.
Plus, it had been a while since he and Lennon hung out or did anything together.
“Got a minute?” Holly peeked her head back into the office.
“Sure! What’s up? Everything okay?”
Nodding, she stepped in and quietly shut the door behind her before boldly walking over and kissing him until they were both breathless.
Then she pulled back, looking pleased. “I wanted to do that earlier, just not in front of Lennon.”
When she went to move away, he tugged her back over and kissed her thoroughly. And this time, he pulled back first. “I wanted that too, but just like you, not in front of Lennon.”
“Aww…”
“Five trees, right?”
“Yup! Eight-foot ones that are pre-lit should be fine. Once I see them, I’ll order ornaments. There were a few boxes down in the storage room that had basic tree decorations in them, but I can order more online and have them here by the end of the week. But if you get the lighted ones, it saves us a ton of time and energy.”
