Camden (The Casanova Club Book 13) by Ali Parker

Author:Ali Parker [Parker, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2019-12-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Camden

Piper shuffled in close to my side as we made our way through the ever-thickening crowd at Rockefeller Center.

People clambered against us to get front and center, but I was determined to make sure the girl at my side had the best seat in the house for the annual tree-lighting ceremony that would be taking place in T-minus one hour. She’d been brimming with excitement since I told her I was taking her here this morning.

That excitement had nearly spilled over entirely when I suggested she invite her friends and family.

Her eyes had gone as wide as I’d ever seen them, and she gasped, asking if I was serious.

Of course, I’d been serious. That would have been a cruel trick. I was genuinely interested in meeting her family and her best friend, Janie, who she said might be a bit of a handful but was a friend with the best intentions.

She sounded like Bradley.

We’d spent the afternoon wandering the city together. We’d enjoyed a late lunch so we wouldn’t be hungry and have to give up our spots immediately after the tree-lighting ceremony. After the tree was lit and we enjoyed the concert and performances, I intended to take Piper down to the skating rink.

I suspected she would like that very much.

She was dressed for the occasion in her black pea coat. It was secured tightly around her waist with a sash, and the wide lapel was popped up, framing her ruby-red wool scarf that she’d tucked under her chin and wrapped two times around her neck to keep warm. She wore a pair of fuzzy white earmuffs, and she looked cute as hell with her bright pink nose and flushed cheeks from the cold.

Winter suited her beautifully.

Then again, I suspected every season would suit Piper James. She was just one of those girls.

We arrived at the front of the crowd. Piper shouldered in close to me for warmth and craned her head back to look up at the behemoth unlit tree in the middle of the square.

It looked very out of place. A tree of this size did not belong in the middle of the city. Only when it was lit did it become one with its surroundings.

“It’s a big one this year,” Piper said.

I couldn’t say much to that. I hadn’t ever come down to Rockefeller Center during the holidays to see the tree in person. Sure, I’d seen it on TV, but there was no way to capture the size of such a thing with a camera.

“It is,” I said when she looked expectantly at me.

She buried her hands in her pockets before turning around and craning her neck to peer through the crowd. “The others should be here soon.”

“Give them time. The crowd is thick. They might be working their way toward us as we speak.”

Piper nodded and turned back toward the tree. “I’ve come here every year since I was just a girl to see this. It’s my mom’s favorite part of the holiday. She says Christmas doesn’t begin until the tree is lit.

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