Christmas in Harmony Harbor by Debbie Mason

Author:Debbie Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Caine stood at the kitchen sink, running the water before filling his glass. He could use a shot of whiskey, but a search of Evie’s cupboards proved futile. He glanced at Bruiser. The cat was acting weird. Weird in that he wasn’t comatose in a puddle of sunshine. He stood staring at something behind Caine.

Feck it. Caine turned around. There was nothing there. Well, there hadn’t been until Theia walked into the kitchen. “I should have known she’d call you. How long have the two of you been planning this? Don’t even try to deny you had something to do with that angel wish.” He turned back to the sink.

“I didn’t. Actually, that’s not completely true,” Theia admitted.

“I knew it,” Caine said, relieved that he’d been right and his best friend and Evie had cooked this up because he didn’t want to consider the other option.

“Don’t get ahead of yourself. I had nothing to do with the wish the little girl gave you. It’s just that it’s uncannily similar to what I suggested.”

Caine pointed his empty glass at her. “Aha, there it is. Admit it. You were talking to Evie about it on the phone seconds before the little girl handed me the angel. Somehow Evie got the message to the child’s mother.”

“Good try, but no. Last night at book club, when Evie was stressing about coming up with a second angel assignment for you, I suggested that you help bring the holiday spirit to the manor.”

“And why the bloody hell would you suggest that?” He waved his hand. “Never mind. I know the answer already. You want me to lose.”

She scrunched up her nose. “Yes and no.”

“You can’t have it both ways.”

“I know the office tower’s important to you, and you’ve put a lot of time and money into it, so no, I wouldn’t want you to give up on that. But I don’t want Evie to lose either. And she’s got so much more to lose than you do, Caine.”

“I know she does.” He set the glass on the sink. The situation was untenable, and he’d made it ten times worse. He never should have gotten close to Evie.

“You have to tell her, Caine. You owe her the truth.”

He turned to frown at Theia. “The truth about what?”

“About who you really are. It’s important she hears it from you. I made the mistake of not telling Marco, and I nearly lost him. I don’t want you to risk that with Evie. You guys—”

“Theia, I don’t know what Evie’s told you, but there’s no us. It was only the one night. I was upset, and she had one too many…Ouch. What was that for?” he said, rubbing the arm she’d punched.

“You slept with Evie?!”

“Uh. Yes. What were you talking about if not that?”

“The lights! You had her house decorated for the parade. I’ve been around you long enough to know that you don’t do things like that for women who don’t mean something to you. And you’ve spent more time with her than half the women you’ve dated combined.

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