Love Under the Mistletoe by Anthology

Author:Anthology [Anthology]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cariad - an imprint of Accent Press
Published: 2014-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

‘Good morning, Dionne.’ Scott pushes away a stray lock of hair and kisses my cheek.

I blink myself fully awake, surprised to see that the sun has been up for a while yet he’s still in bed beside me.

‘Hey, shouldn’t you be working?’

‘It’s another late start for me today, which is great, because it means I get to spend more time with you.’

‘Don’t get too used to it,’ I tell him. ‘I’m only here for another day. I would have liked to stay longer, but my finances didn’t allow it.’

‘What will you do when you get home?’

‘Well, Richard and I were supposed to be away for a week, so I’m not due back at work till next Wednesday, but I may go into the store anyway. I’ve got to face everyone sooner or later, after all.’

‘Hey, it won’t be too bad. He’s the one who cheated on you, remember?’

‘I know that, but it’s going to be so weird, going to all the places we used to go, seeing all the people who I thought were my friends … I still don’t know which one of them knew enough about what Richard was doing to send me that warning note.’

‘Does it matter? Whoever it was, you can always count them as your friend, because they did you a huge favour.’

‘You’re right. And who cares about Richard anyway? This is the start of my new life and I’m not going to think about what might have been.’

‘That’s the attitude.’ Scott smiles at me, his handsome face all the encouragement I need.

‘So what about you?’ I ask. ‘What does your future have in store?’

‘I’ll be working here for another two weeks, and then it’s back to college for me.’ His face falls, as if he’d rather be anywhere than in a lecture theatre.

‘How bad can that be? It must be pretty cool to study in Hawaii.’

He props himself up on one elbow and looks at me. ‘Oh, I don’t go to school here. I’m at Cal State, in Sacramento.’

‘Really. Wow! That’s less than an hour’s drive away from me.’ I sit up, pulling the covers around my naked body. That piece of information changes everything, and for once, I’m bold enough to speak the words that are in my heart. ‘Scott, it means my leaving here doesn’t have to be the end, assuming you don’t want it to be, that is. I – I’d like to think what we have could become more than just a holiday romance. All I know is that I really want to spend time with you again, and maybe when we’re both back in California, we could – I don’t know – go see a movie, maybe have dinner together somewhere.’

‘Or, even better, you could come over to my place, I’ll order in some Chinese takeout and we could spend the whole weekend in bed.’

‘You know, I really like the sound of that.’

‘Great. It’s a date. Now, come here, gorgeous …’

As Scott begins to place a slow line of kisses down my body, I can’t prevent myself from breaking into a grin of total happiness.

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