Escape for Christmas: A Novella (The Escape Series Book 2) by Ruth Saberton

Author:Ruth Saberton [Saberton, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Notting Hill Press
Published: 2014-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

If rowing with Cal and then eating her way through the rest of her chocolate advent calendar hadn’t been miserable enough, the next two days spent circling each other and speaking with icy politeness were even worse. Cal wasn’t going to back down and Gemma, who felt that she was totally in the right, had no intention of changing her mind either.

No, as far as Gemma was concerned it was a simple choice: Cal either wanted to spend Christmas with her or he didn’t. He could dress it up any way he liked and make all the excuses under the sun. Gemma knew the truth. If he’d really wanted to spend Christmas with her then Cal would have phoned Anton Yuri and pleaded his case. Nothing was impossible. The simple and very painful truth was that Cal preferred to be with his family and at Kenniston than with her in a romantic Cornish cottage. Well, fine. He could spend Christmas with them and she would take herself somewhere else. Gemma was sick of being at the bottom of Cal’s list of priorities, and if she heard the words “under contract” one more time, she’d scream.

Since their big argument on the night of the supper party, Cal had tried hard to persuade Gemma that if she would only wait until after Christmas everything would be fine. Quite how this was going to happen he didn’t clarify, but he was adamant that things really were going to change. Gemma didn’t believe him and, after several attempts, Cal had given up trying to convince her. The sadness in his eyes broke her heart and she missed snuggling up with him and chatting together about anything and everything more than she could ever say, but Gemma knew she had to make a stand. If she didn’t then this would be the pattern for the rest of her life – and she knew that she couldn’t live like that. Feeling that you were right at the bottom of the heap all the time was not very nice.

“You’re being really unfair,” Angel had kept saying earlier on that day. She’d seemed determined to plead Cal’s case, which had started to grate with Gemma – and she’d also kept swiping icing from the bowl, which was unhygienic and even more irritating.

“Cal’s only doing this for you and him,” she’d added, licking icing from her fingers. “Mmm. Sod the diet; this is yum!”

“So he keeps saying, but he never quite manages to explain how. Take your fingers away from that bowl!” Gemma had shot back, whacking Angel’s knuckles with her wooden spoon. “Missing my birthday and cancelling Christmas is a bloody funny way to show he cares. Besides, I’ve got a bone to pick with you too, since you conveniently forgot to tell me the Souths were coming for Christmas.”

“I wanted to tell you but I knew you’d go mental,” Angel had muttered sulkily. “And I was right, wasn’t I? You’re so moody lately, Gem. It’s like you’ve got PMT on steroids.

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