Christmas Surprise--His Forever Series Prequel by Lena Bourne

Author:Lena Bourne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: By the Pond Publishing

I hear the cottage door slam behind me, followed by a thud as snow crashes down off the roof. He's coming after me. I can't have that. Tears are already welling in my eyes, and I just want to go back to not caring about Mark at all.

My brother-in-law is driving down the road to the house, and I flag him down, watch Mark stop in his pursuit.

"Nicole, are you alright?" Janice's husband asks and I just nod, get in at the passenger side. Now that I'm no longer looking at Mark, the tears are retreating.

"I just went for a walk, but it's so cold outside," I manage. Yet the car windows are fogging up from all the heat I'm giving off. Thankfully, he doesn't comment on it.

I'm mostly calm by the time we reach the house, and try my hardest not to think of anything Mark related for the rest of the day.

The cousins, aunts and uncles start arriving soon after lunch, and with all the greetings, catching up and little kids running all over the house, it's hard to think about anything else anyway.

We sit down for a family dinner at four. It's a boisterous affair, with everyone talking right over each other as we pass around the dishes and catch up. By the time we’re done, I've eaten so much I can hardly breathe in the little black dress I'm wearing.

At seven thirty the guests start arriving. And each time the doorbell rings, my tension mounts. What if it's Mark?

But it never is, and I start to relax a bit by nine, after no one new comes to the door for almost half an hour. Though if I wanted to be completely honest with myself, I had hoped he'd come. It's why I wore this dress and heels. He may be a cocky bastard, but that's one of the things I liked about him. And I did ignore more than one letter and email from him over the years. So maybe I have some apologizing to do too.

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