Page 27 of Chasing Christmas

Luca nods. "Sure, let's take five and let Abel rest his major league arm a bit. Reset the scene, please."

Abel smiles gratefully and then murmurs his thanks to me before stalking toward Scout.

He barely makes it two steps before Kaiden's baring down on me like a freight train. "I don't like this scene," he growls for the tenth time this morning. "They're throwing shit at you."

"It's snow, Kaiden."

"I don't like it."

I shake my head, smiling at him as he holds a bottle of water toward me. "If you ever decide you're tired of teaching people stunts, you'd make a great director," I tease, taking a sip of water. "I hear that they, too, like bossing people around on sets."

He shoots me a dirty look.

"Just saying."

"Are you mine, princess?"

"You know I am," I whisper.

"Are you carrying my kid?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll be as bossy as I need to be to make sure my girls are taken care of," he growls, his eyes dark as they rove over me. "Now, say you're welcome and finish your scene before I decide to be really bossy and carry your sexy ass out of here."

"I like option B," I groan.

He takes a step toward me, intent clear in his gaze.

I quickly jump backward, knowing full well that he'll carry me out of here in a heartbeat, this scene and the shooting schedule be damned. When it comes to me, I'm quickly coming to learn that Kaiden doesn't care what anyone else has to say or what they think. All that matters to him is me.

"You want a girl?" I ask.

"Hell no. I want boys. One of you is enough to worry about, princess."

"You said your girls."

"You want a baby girl," he says in a rumbling growl, satisfaction glinting deep in his eyes. "And I don't ever tell you no, Laura."

My heart flutters, and love for this man threatening to burst out of me. I don't know what I did to deserve him, but I need to keep doing it. He's the sweetest Grinch I've ever met. I was wrong the day I met him. I thought he was difficult, but he isn't. He was guarded, hiding behind the walls he erected to keep people out. But he's not hiding anymore. He's finally living again.

"I love you," I whisper."

His lips lift into a smile, his expression soft. "Go finish your scene."

"Yes, sir." I salute and then pass him my water bottle before turning to head back toward where we're filming.

He hooks a hand into the back of my coat at the last second, pulling me back to him.

"Wha–?"

His lips come down on mine, his kiss hot and insistent. He wipes every thought from my mind, sends my body up in flames, and then releases me. "Just in case you think I've forgotten about that fucking sex scene," he growls and then walks off, leaving me gaping after him.

"Laura!" Luca calls.

I whip around to find everyone on set staring in my direction. I'm pretty sure they just saw that. I'm pretty sure Kaiden intended for them to see it. Oh, my goodness. He's a crazy man. But he'smycrazy man.

I giggle to myself and hurry forward to take my place.