Page 102 of Merry Mayhem
“Yeah. I’m so proud of her.”
Then Violet turns to us. “Andnow,Josh, you can kiss my sister the way I know you’re dying to.”
Surprise rocks through me, but I’m not an idiot. I turn to Thea, cup her face, and kiss her before she can think of a reason why I shouldn’t.
The applause and cheering gets even louder.
And Thea kisses me back.
She slides her hand to the back of my neck as I tip her back and lets mereallykiss her.
The next thing I know, I hear theboomof the confetti canon, and red, green, and white sparkly paper is raining down around us.
I pull back and grin down at Thea. “Well, there was still a stage, a mic, and confetti, even if I wasn’t the one making the big public speech.”
She laughs. “Sorry, your grand gesture was just a kiss.”
I shake my head. “As long as everyone knows you’re mine.”
She sighs happily. “Too bad we still need to build our gingerbread house.”
“I’m willing to forfeit and keep making out with you instead.”
She presses her lips together, and her cheeks get pink.
“What are you thinking?” I ask,needingto know.
“Just about all the places I’d like to smear frosting and stick candy. And I’m not talking about gingerbread.”
That’s it. The mayhem this woman is going to cause in my life isn’t over, but we’re moving locations for now.
I bend, haul her over my shoulder, stand, grab a bag of candy and a bowl of frosting, and head for the stage steps.
She’s laughing and wiggling, though not enough to actually get away. “Josh! We’ll lose!”
I grin and wave to the crowd that’s laughing and cheering for us.
“Oh, Danger, we already won this whole damned thing.”
