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On a long loop of ribbon, a clump of mistletoe dangled from the ceiling. He reacted instantly

But while Mike had the honed reflexes of a fighter pilot, Merry had a head start. The cold air made his lungs seize, but he got the words out. “Don’t you want…me to…kiss you?”

She frowned. “Not with my parents pushing us together so obviously. Not with you leaving in only a week. Not when we’re both pressured by the circumstances.”

He dropped the timbre of his voice to a conspiratorial level that was only partly joking. “What are these circumstances you speak of?”

She blinked. “You don’t know?”

“Nick told me lots of things, including that you and the guy you lived with split up recently. Is that what you mean? Are you broken-hearted?”

“I’m not broken-hearted,” she whispered. “But I am…”

“Eminently kissable,” he said, and gathered her into his arms so she couldn’t run away again. He took her mouth with certainty. After a moment he deepened the kiss and dropped his hands to her waist.

Ding. A bell went off in his head. Plink. The penny dropped. Click. Pieces came together.

“Meredith.” She looked straight at him, nodding a little. “You’re pregnant.”