by Aidee Ladnier
ADULT story
ADULT story
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GENRE: Contemporary, Holiday
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BLURB:
For Ethan
and Nico, a broken millefiori ornament is more than a few shards of glass−it’s
a chance at finding love at Christmas.
Ethan Carson wants to treat his
mother to the perfect Christmas while she’s visiting over the holidays. He’s
spent all his savings on presents and bought an enormous tree that takes up
half his living room. But when he starts to trim the tree with the family
heirloom decorations, he finds her favorite ornament, the one his late father
bought on their honeymoon, is broken.
Glassblower Nico Kazan doesn’t
celebrate Christmas—unless you count trying to sell the art glass in his
gallery to holiday shoppers. When Ethan, the object of his secret crush, asks
him to recreate a broken Murano ball, he knows it will take more than his skill
and time. Can he risk his heart to give Ethan back a symbol of love and family
for Christmas?
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EXCERPT
They
exited the back of the shop. The sound of carols from a radio traveled on the
chill breeze that blew in their faces, stealing Nico’s breath. He led them down
the few blocks and one street over to the loft apartments converted from an old
factory. Juggling his box, Nico punched in the security code, and he hauled open
the door for Ethan to scoot inside the warm lobby. They took the industrial
elevator converted for tenant use to the fifth floor. Nico couldn’t take his
eyes off Ethan and his smiling face. The elevator stopped on Nico’s floor and
opened into his loft.
“This
is it. We can put the boxes there.” Nico gestured to the kitchen counter. The
contents of the box rattled as he put it down but he didn’t step back. Ethan
stood close to him; his fingers brushed Nico’s again. Nico rooted to the spot,
knowing what came next but unsure how to get to that place. It had been years
since he’d wanted someone like he wanted Ethan.
Ethan
glanced at his feet and shuffled nervously.
“I
hope I’m not reading this wrong.” Ethan’s
voice barely rose above a
whisper, still loud in the silent loft. “But I find you devastatingly
attractive, Nico Kazan.”
“I’ve…I’ve
been trying to ask you out for the last three months.” There. He finally said
it. Electricity zipped through Nico’s veins, enough to leave him tense and on
edge, but not enough to make him move after the confession.
Ethan
leaned closer. His cheek brushed against Nico’s face and he turned to it,
lining up their lips for a silken slide. Ethan groaned then, opening his mouth.
Nico licked into him, grasping Ethan’s hand and hooking his fingers over it.
Nico’s other hand rose to Ethan’s neck, to guide him closer for a deeper kiss.
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