Christmas with Her Lost-and-Found Lover by Ann McIntosh

Author:Ann McIntosh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Medical
Published: 2020-08-26T18:34:03+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

ELISE AWOKE EARLY on the day before Christmas Eve, her mind too sluggish and slow to bring up the list of her daily chores the way it usually did.

She knew she should get up—there was so much to do—but lay still for a moment more, wondering why everything felt so strange. Slightly askew.

Then it came to her.

She’d had another dream about Rohan making love with her, but this time, instead of feeling bereft and frustrated, she felt happy. Satiated.

Absolutely wonderful.

Then her heart started racing, as she remembered it hadn’t been a dream. Rohan was not only alive but here in Banff, and her bed.

Or he had been in her bed.

A quick glance told her he was no longer there, and a rush of disappointment made her sigh.

When had he left? Stretching out her hand, she found the sheets were cold, so she knew he’d been gone for at least a while.

Had he slept beside her? She wished she knew.

Then she forced herself to come back down to earth and leave the fantasyland she was tempted to remain in.

It didn’t matter whether he’d slept there or not. In fact, them making love didn’t matter, either, regardless of how magical and special it had been.

She’d recognized how selfish she was being, even while reveling in his touch, and now it was time to let her common sense and parental duty take precedence.

In the cold light of morning, the only matter of importance was breaking the news to Jeevan and giving him and Rohan a chance to develop a good relationship. Well, realistically, any kind of relationship would be a start, but it was up to her to step back—from them both—to give them the leeway to bond.

Elise wasn’t naive enough to think it would be easy or happen in a flash. There’d already been one Christmas miracle; no need to be greedy and hope for another.

And there was the rest of her Christmas preparations to consider, she thought, swinging her legs out of bed with a decisive move. As she rose to her feet, she was determined that nothing would change, or be missed, of their traditional festivities, except that Rohan would be there, too.

But that realization had her suddenly plunking back down onto the bed, almost light-headed.

All those years ago, he’d promised to be back for Christmas, and hadn’t come. That first year, heartbroken, she’d locked herself away from everyone but her sister and family, unable to bear the thought of Rohan no longer being with her, or able to return.

Then Jeevan had been born, and he’d filled some of the holes left in her heart. Given her a reason to go on.

But Christmas had never been the same.

She’d forced herself to celebrate every year, to give Jeevan the kind of Christmases children dream of, but her heart was never truly in it. Not for herself anyway. Oh, she’d enjoyed them through her son’s eyes. His childish wonder had buoyed her spirits, and his laughter salved her wounded soul.

As he’d

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