“So you’re my Christmas present,” Holly said, her eyes smiling with joy.
“If you’ll have me.”
“You’re just what I asked Santa for,” she told him.
“Red suit and all?” he asked, nuzzling her cheek.
She laughed. “Red suit and all.”
And he kissed her.
Downstairs, Jake came running from the stairs with Mark glaring at him. Mark shooed him away from the back room and chased him toward where the elves were still handing out toys, having the time of their lives.
“Guys, guys!” Jake told his friends. “You’re never going to believe this, but I saw Ms. Jones kissing Santa Claus!”
Chapter 44
Merryweather
“Well, that worked out marvelously,” Merryweather said to Flora.
“I agree. I was a little worried there for a bit,” Flora told her. “But Fauna did a marvelous job.”
“Fauna did a marvelous job?” Merryweather asked, raising an eyebrow.
“And you,” Flora said, obviously appeasing her. “What will happen next for them?”
“A happily ever after,” Merryweather replied. “A happily ever after.”
“That is the best kind of magic,” Flora said with a smile. “A happily ever after with Christmas. It doesn't get better than that.”
Merryweather had to agree.