A Winter Wonderland by Rebecca Hunter

Author:Rebecca Hunter [Hunter, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: two-hour read, contemporary romance, HOLIDAY ROMANCE, christmas romance, holiday novella, Happily Ever After
ISBN: 9781734112702
Publisher: Rebecca Hunter
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Selena walked along the shoulder of the road, sidestepping mounds of melting snow. Late during the night, the rain had turned to beautiful, white flakes, but it wasn’t sticking, making for a slushy mess. She hoped it wasn’t an omen for what was to come because she was already having second thoughts about this plan. Buying coffee for five dollars at a café was the most ridiculous way to spend her money right now, when finances were tight. Plus, she was on deadline, which meant she shouldn’t waste precious morning hours, the hours she was most productive, on a social call. And yet, she was braving the cold to meet Jace at the Harbor Café. Like friends would.

Maybe friends was a bit of a stretch, since she was dying to do things with him that had nothing to do with friendship. But, luckily, reason had won over hormones the other night. The connection was strong between them, which meant this new-found intimacy could so easily hurt both of them. Maybe the hurt couldn’t be avoided. She was still planning to leave Sacred Harbor after the holidays, of course. But when Jace appeared on her doorstep, wet and bearing gifts, her heart had stuttered in her chest.

Was Jace the reason why she had dragged her feet this fall instead of putting the house on the market? Just a few days ago, she would have rejected that idea completely. But could she trust her reasoning around him when she had worked so hard to leave him behind? Maybe, somewhere inside, she had stayed because she needed to know if those long-buried feelings were gone for good.

And now that they’d seen each other, talked, even fallen asleep on her couch together, she couldn’t stop thinking about him. Or maybe this was just the effects of that “magical” fruitcake. In which case it should be wearing off soon, if her knowledge of magic was accurate. That knowledge came entirely from fiction, of course. Selena rolled her eyes. This whole situation was crazy.

She turned the corner of the last block and headed toward the lake, her wool scarf high on her neck, shielding her from the sharp gusts of wind. The weathered wooden building was right next to a harbor, with a deck overlooking the lake and the shoreline, so the place got a lot of business during the summer. Hopefully, right now it was empty. Hopefully, no one would recognize them. That had been a selling point when she planned this coffee date—that and the fact that Selena hadn’t been outside in two days. She pulled her scarf up further, over her mouth as she neared the water. The temperature here wasn’t so much colder than it was back in Boston, at least not so far this year, but there was a hell of a lot more space between everything, giving the wind a strong advantage. Plus, after nine years away, she had forgotten how to dress for this kind of cold, apparently.

Selena

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