see if it's true or not." Jakob pointed at the ceiling in the corner and looked up at his uncle. "There's enough mistletoe up there for you to try and see if it works."
"Good thinking, Jakob." Katie picked up the shopping basket and turned Jakob toward the shelves. "Come on, I'll help you pick out some stuff while Lance and your uncle conduct their experiment."
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The Mistletoe Phenomenon
by Serena Yates
Chapter Two
MAGNUS CARSTENS was stunned. He'd been out of his depth regularly in the last eight months, trying to cope with the changes in his life. Numbers and logic had always been his forte; glaciers were as close to a passion as he was comfortable with. The sudden responsibility for raising an eight-year old boy who'd so recently lost his parents had added emotions to his life and he wasn't sure how to cope with them.
But this current situation was ludicrous. Yes, he was attracted to the lean but strong store employee—Lance—who looked up at him with deep brown eyes. He was maybe five feet ten, had olive skin, and straight dark brown hair. His face was almost pretty, with high cheekbones, a narrow nose, and a strong chin. His lips looked very tempting. Magnus really wanted to kiss him.
Lance was not only the complete opposite of Magnus's usual tall and muscular physical type, he had a very different emotional disposition too. He'd had no issue relating to Jakob and seemed to have intuitively known what the boy needed.
Jakob had responded to that like he'd never responded to Magnus in all the time they'd spent together.
"We don't have to do this." Lance looked down and Magnus missed the warmth of his brown eyes. Huh? What was that all about?
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The Mistletoe Phenomenon
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"You don't want to run the experiment?" Of course Lance wouldn't. Magnus hadn't even sent any signals that he was interested.
"I'm not a science project." Lance looked up, pain in his eyes. "I'm a human being."
"I know. I'm sorry. I don't know how to do this." Magnus ducked his head.
"Do what? Kiss? Treat me like I have feelings?" Lance shrugged.
"I do want to kiss you. I don't know why." Magnus sighed.
"As for the feelings, I know you have them. I do as well. I just don't know what to do with them."
"What to do with them?" Lance suddenly grinned. "That's easy. You follow them."
"Follow them?" Magnus shook his head. "I've never done that before. My father taught me to put facts and logic first.
My mother lived to regret sacrificing her career for love. So it looks to me like emotions are likely to mess up everything."
"You are not your parents. It might be totally different for you." Lance took his hand and a jolt went through him as if he'd touched a live wire. "Come on, let's find out."
Before he knew what was happening he was standing in the corner Jakob had pointed at, the bunch of mistletoe overhead looking like a small forest. Lance slid his arms up around Magnus's neck and leaned in, lips temptingly parted.
Oh, what the hell. He put his arms around the other man and bent down.
Brushing Lance's lips with his, he moved them back and forth until Lance sighed and opened up. He slid his tongue 11
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along the full red lips as heat pooled low in his belly. Giving in to the need to explore, he slipped his tongue all the way inside. Soft, warm, and sweet, the kiss quickly deepened when Lance's tongue moved hesitantly to play with his. Back and forth they chased each other until the need for air made him stop.
"Wow." Lance stepped back, eyes shining.
"Uhm." He was glad for the distance or Lance would have noticed how hard he was. From a kiss! Was there something to this mistletoe legend after all? If so, it was a phenomenon worth closer study.
"Yeah." Lance smiled. "So, what did you think?"
"Think?" When exactly would he have had time to think?
"Yes, think. You've never kissed anyone under mistletoe, right?" Lance grinned. "So, was it
"Good thinking, Jakob." Katie picked up the shopping basket and turned Jakob toward the shelves. "Come on, I'll help you pick out some stuff while Lance and your uncle conduct their experiment."
[Back to Table of Contents]
9
The Mistletoe Phenomenon
by Serena Yates
Chapter Two
MAGNUS CARSTENS was stunned. He'd been out of his depth regularly in the last eight months, trying to cope with the changes in his life. Numbers and logic had always been his forte; glaciers were as close to a passion as he was comfortable with. The sudden responsibility for raising an eight-year old boy who'd so recently lost his parents had added emotions to his life and he wasn't sure how to cope with them.
But this current situation was ludicrous. Yes, he was attracted to the lean but strong store employee—Lance—who looked up at him with deep brown eyes. He was maybe five feet ten, had olive skin, and straight dark brown hair. His face was almost pretty, with high cheekbones, a narrow nose, and a strong chin. His lips looked very tempting. Magnus really wanted to kiss him.
Lance was not only the complete opposite of Magnus's usual tall and muscular physical type, he had a very different emotional disposition too. He'd had no issue relating to Jakob and seemed to have intuitively known what the boy needed.
Jakob had responded to that like he'd never responded to Magnus in all the time they'd spent together.
"We don't have to do this." Lance looked down and Magnus missed the warmth of his brown eyes. Huh? What was that all about?
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The Mistletoe Phenomenon
by Serena Yates
"You don't want to run the experiment?" Of course Lance wouldn't. Magnus hadn't even sent any signals that he was interested.
"I'm not a science project." Lance looked up, pain in his eyes. "I'm a human being."
"I know. I'm sorry. I don't know how to do this." Magnus ducked his head.
"Do what? Kiss? Treat me like I have feelings?" Lance shrugged.
"I do want to kiss you. I don't know why." Magnus sighed.
"As for the feelings, I know you have them. I do as well. I just don't know what to do with them."
"What to do with them?" Lance suddenly grinned. "That's easy. You follow them."
"Follow them?" Magnus shook his head. "I've never done that before. My father taught me to put facts and logic first.
My mother lived to regret sacrificing her career for love. So it looks to me like emotions are likely to mess up everything."
"You are not your parents. It might be totally different for you." Lance took his hand and a jolt went through him as if he'd touched a live wire. "Come on, let's find out."
Before he knew what was happening he was standing in the corner Jakob had pointed at, the bunch of mistletoe overhead looking like a small forest. Lance slid his arms up around Magnus's neck and leaned in, lips temptingly parted.
Oh, what the hell. He put his arms around the other man and bent down.
Brushing Lance's lips with his, he moved them back and forth until Lance sighed and opened up. He slid his tongue 11
The Mistletoe Phenomenon
by Serena Yates
along the full red lips as heat pooled low in his belly. Giving in to the need to explore, he slipped his tongue all the way inside. Soft, warm, and sweet, the kiss quickly deepened when Lance's tongue moved hesitantly to play with his. Back and forth they chased each other until the need for air made him stop.
"Wow." Lance stepped back, eyes shining.
"Uhm." He was glad for the distance or Lance would have noticed how hard he was. From a kiss! Was there something to this mistletoe legend after all? If so, it was a phenomenon worth closer study.
"Yeah." Lance smiled. "So, what did you think?"
"Think?" When exactly would he have had time to think?
"Yes, think. You've never kissed anyone under mistletoe, right?" Lance grinned. "So, was it
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