All I Want for Christmas by Jennifer Gracen

Author:Jennifer Gracen [Gracen, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, christmas romance
Goodreads: 23433938
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group
Published: 2014-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Cassandra entered her apartment late in the afternoon. It was empty, as it often was; her roommate basically slept there, and that was it. She dropped her filled tote bags by the small desk in the corner of the living room with a satisfied grunt. Her school work was finished for the semester, and she was thrilled. She wasn’t planning to return to her office until after the new year. She had more writing to do—publish or perish, as the saying went—but she was giving herself off until the twenty-seventh. She needed a break. Time to let herself enjoy the holidays in full and recharge her mental batteries.

The past two weeks had gone by in a blur. Between final exams and seeing Sean again, Cassandra had felt as if her head was spinning. All the activity sometimes even made her feel disorientated and dizzy. Whose whirlwind life was she living? She’d been flat and dull for years. She hadn’t realized just how much she’d shut down inside until Sean had come back into her life, all blazing color and passion and heart. She felt so . . . alive.

He was wooing her with everything he had, as he’d promised. And she was letting him. He took her out all over the city, for lunches, dinners, drinks, long walks. They went to a movie, they saw his friend’s band play a show at Webster Hall, and they went to the Met for a whole Sunday. Slowly, cautiously, they were getting to know each other anew.

And while she still fought the doubts, she had to give him credit: he was being patient, persistent, and giving it his all. She recognized that. She knew he wasn’t taking it lightly, this second chance to be in her life. If his words and actions were true indicators, he wanted to stick around. She found herself wanting to believe him. She found herself falling for him all over again, and she was fighting that with all her might. After all, she’d believed in him before, and look where that had gotten her.

This Friday night, there was the faculty holiday party. She’d go, of course, having to show face at the English Department’s annual gathering. It would be nice, a pleasant evening at the Explorers’ Club this year . . . but her mouth twisted as she remembered Oliver Pottson’s words from this morning: “So looking forward to seeing you all dressed up for the party.” She found him smarmy and pretentious. Sometimes the way he looked at her, or things he said, actually made her skin crawl.

Maybe . . . maybe Sean would go with her to the party? As she flopped onto the couch, she thought about asking him.

As if on cue, her phone pinged with a text. It was Sean. Still on for tonight, right? Meet you here at the bar at 7:00?

She smiled and typed back immediately, Yes. Just got home. Going to take a shower and change. See you then.

Splendid, he texted.

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