“Why are you doing all of this?” Sabine demanded. “Are you trying to make me fall in love with you or something?”
Both Ezra and Sabine’s eyes went wide at his response, and she could see him turning red. “Uh… or, no, no, forget I said that. Just… I’m just trying to make sure you have a good Life Day, like you deserve.”
His expression sheepish, he rubbed at the back of his neck. “And yeah, I thought that all of this might make you realize how I felt. I know, it’s stupid, but—”
Sabine cut him off by stepping forward and pressing her lips against his. For a second, Ezra froze, and she was sure this was a mistake.
But then his arm went around her waist and he kissed her back. And nothing had felt more right than this in a long, long time.
It was a while before they pulled apart, and when they did, neither spoke for a long moment. It was Sabine who finally broke the silence.
“So, just to be clear, your plan was to seduce me with Christmas cheer?”
She saw him grin. “Well, it worked, didn’t it?”