Free Santa' Wayward Elf by Paige Tyler

the rest of the night
kissing him under the mistletoe, but since she knew that probably wouldn’t be
very appropriate considering they weren’t alone, she nodded instead.
    Although she “oohed” and “aahed” along with everyone else at
the snow falling outside, Sosie couldn’t think about anything but the kiss she
and Derek had shared under the mistletoe. She’d never been kissed so thoroughly
or so expertly before. It had been enough to curl her elfin booties. Not to
mention leave her wanting more.
    Trouble was, she wasn’t sure how to go about letting Derek
know she wanted more. Figgy, she wouldn’t even know how to let an elf guy know.
Where she came from, it was the guys who made the first move. And the second.
She sipped her eggnog, giving Derek covert looks beneath her lashes from across
the room as she tried to come up with something. Unfortunately, nothing came to
mind.
    “So,” Tracee said, sidling up to Sosie with a mischievous
look on her face. “Is Derek a good kisser?”
    Sosie felt her face color. “A very good kisser.”
    The redhead exchanged looks with Linda, who grinned. “That
was absolutely brilliant of you to lure him under the mistletoe. I only wish
I’d thought of it. My guess is he won’t be sleeping on the couch tonight, not
after a kiss like that.”
    Sosie worried her lower lip with her teeth as she considered
Linda’s words. “You think so?”
    “Only if you give him a not-so-subtle hint,” Tracee said.
“Derek is definitely into you, but he’s too much of a gentleman to make a move
unless you give him the okay.”
    “How do I do that?” Sosie asked.
    The other woman grinned. “Wait here. I’ll be right back.”
    Confused, Sosie watched as Tracee walked over to the doorway
where the mistletoe was hanging. Reaching up, the woman removed it from the
hook it was on, then came back over and handed it to Sosie.
    She frowned. “What am I supposed to do with this?”
    “Put it anywhere you want Derek to kiss you, of course,”
Tracee said, giving her a wink.
    Sosie blushed as she suddenly imagined all the delicious
places she wanted Derek to kiss her. She eyed the mistletoe skeptically. “Are
you sure that’ll work?”
    Tracee shrugged. “It worked for you before.”
    Sosie supposed the redhead was right. Even though she hadn’t
purposely lured Derek under the mistletoe as Linda seemed to think, it had
gotten him to kiss her. She would have to be more creative. Bold, too. Which
was something she’d never been with guys. But she could be if it got Derek into
bed with her. Thinking of what his hard, naked body would feel like against
hers was enough to make her moan, and she had to bite her lip as one erotic
image after another flashed through her head.
    By the time the party wound down a few hours later, Sosie
was more aroused from her fantasies than she’d ever been in her life. She was
an elf in lust and nothing was going stop her from getting Derek into bed with
her tonight. She didn’t care how much of a gentleman he was, there was no way he
was sleeping on the couch again. In fact, if she had her way, he wasn’t going
to be sleeping at all.
    After they got back up to his apartment, however, her
confidence faltered. But then she thought of the frustrated night she’d have
her if she didn’t proposition Derek, and how much she would regret it when she
left.
    Taking a deep breath, she turned to face him. “I had a great
time at the party. It was very nice of you to invite me.”
    He grinned. “I’m glad you came. I had a good time, too.”
    Sosie nibbled on her lower lip. Okay, it’s now or not at
all. Time to be a bold elf. She looked up at him. “You know, I feel awful about
putting you out of your bed again. I was thinking maybe you might want to sleep
with me tonight.”
    He studied her in silence, his dark eyes unreadable. Sosie
held her breath as she waited for him to say something. What if Tracee and
Linda had been wrong? What if Derek wasn’t as