Dirty Christmas
"Pass the eggnog, Cassie? You look like you need it more than me tonight." Jake's voice cut through the chatter of our family dinner, his eyes locking onto mine with that familiar smirk.
I felt my cheeks heat up, not from the holiday lights twinkling above the dining table, but from the way he leaned back in his chair, his broad shoulders straining against his sweater. He is twenty-eight, he had filled out since college, muscles from his construction job making him look every bit the man he had become.