The Billionaire’s Christmas Vows: A Jet City Billionaire Christmas Romance (13 page)

I grinned. "I can't refuse you anything."

We held the knife together and sliced a very thin slice of the cake, flipping it onto a plate.

Kay broke a piece off and held it up to feed to me. "Try it, you'll like it." She whispered, "It's tradition, Jus."

What could I do? I opened my mouth and braced for the worst. When it hit my tongue, I was pleasantly surprised. "Not bad. Dex dousing it with my best brandy helps!"

"You love it and you know it!" Kay said as I broke off a piece to feed to her.

"Oh, this is delicious." She closed her eyes, savoring it. "This is a good one, Dex! Nut farm?"

Dex beamed as he nodded. "Ha!" He pointed at Kay and then at me. "My cuz knows her fruitcake and has impeccable taste. In everything but men." He laughed. "Recently that's improved, too."

He pulled the bottle of champagne from the ice bucket I'd requested Jamie to chill for us, and popped the cork. He poured three glasses and handed us each one.

"Merry Christmas!" He raised his glass in a toast. "To happily ever afters."

We clinked glasses. Kay sliced us each another piece of fruitcake.

As we settled down in front of the simulated roaring fire for the rest of the flight, I turned to Kay. "Let it snow. Let it snow all it wants now."

She smiled at me. "Now that we've no place to go but home! Sing it for us, Jus!"

K
ayla

We had to stop in Ohio to refuel and de-ice the plane. We were delayed there several hours by the edge of the big storm, putting us into Seattle just half an hour before showtime.

The ballet closed and locked the doors once the performance began. If we missed the opening, we wouldn't be allowed in until intermission.

I dried my hair on the plane and restyled it. I touched up my makeup and swapped out my white ribbon for red and my boots for heels.

As I got ready, Jus freshened up, too. He kept nuzzling me while I tried to get ready. And I kept staring at that tiara and touching it. I couldn't believe it was real. I couldn't believe we were really married.

"We did it!" I said when we were alone in the bedroom of the plane. I was giddy with joy and relief. "We really did it! I didn't think we were going to for a while. Everything was against us. But you"—I kissed him—"you were magnificent! I was wreck."

"You were beautiful." He kissed my neck.

"Jus?" I said. "What are you going to do with that snow?"

"Dump it in your parents' yard, right by the front door just before we arrive there tonight. I paid some guys to do it for me." He kissed me again. "It's our cover story for the night. We were making a white Christmas for them."

"And we couldn't rent a snow machine?" I said. "We had to fly into a snowstorm why?"

"Because it's a whole lot more fun. Snow machines don't work fast enough to get it to really pile up. Not when the temperature is above freezing." He caught me in his arms. "And I had important business to take care of in New York."

"Did you?" I laughed again as he kissed me.

Traffic was heavy on the way to the ballet. The car dropped us off at the front door. Once again, Jus grabbed my hand and we ran for it. We made it to the inside theater doors just as they were closing.

"Wait!" Jus called out. "We're coming! Don't close yet!"

"We're beginning to make a habit out of this," I said to Jus.

He grinned as we slid in the door just in time.

"Thank goodness!" my mom said as we walked into the box and the lights dimmed. "I didn't think you were going to make it."

I didn't, either.

My mom smiled at me. "You look beautiful, Kayla! Almost like a bride."

My heart stopped for a minute. I squeezed Justin's hand. We exchanged a quick, knowing glance. I smiled back at my mother. "Thanks, Mom."

Justin's mom frowned at him. "Where were you? I was getting worried."

Jus squeezed my hand and smiled at me. "Taking care of business, Mom. Just taking care of business."

She looked at us like we were crazy. And in truth, we were both smiling like we were fools.

Jus leaned down and hugged his mom. "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, one and all!" He laughed as he smiled at me again and gave me a quick kiss. "Merry Christmas,
wife
."

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