Matter of Fact by Heidi Hutchinson

Author:Heidi Hutchinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: holiday romance, rock stars, rock romance, slow burn, romance clean, rock star holiday
Publisher: Heidi Hutchinson

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“How does this always happen? I know it’s coming and yet I walk right into it.”

Miranda was talking to herself.

The boys had left.

There was no more food and all the presents had been wrapped.

But the mess…

The mess remained.

The evening had been exactly what her holiday starved heart had needed and she hadn’t known until she was in the middle if it.

The guys took turns playing their favorite Christmas albums on the house sound system and all the presents got wrapped, stories from the tour were told.

But then all at once, they’d left.

A classic Irish goodbye.

She blamed Harrison.

“Those little shits.”

Miranda jolted a little at the sound of Carl’s voice. She thought he’d left too.

“You didn’t sneak out with the others?” she asked, turning around. “Wasn’t Luke your ride?”

Suspicion tugged at her but the details didn’t stick around long enough for her to put them into place.

“They ditched me when I was in the attic getting the last box down.” Carl arched his eyebrows and indicated the green tub in his arms. “Where should I even put it?”

“Oh.” Miranda went into motion, snapping herself out of the brief daze she’d found herself in seeing Carl standing there. When had he gotten so good looking? “Just set it against the wall. I have to clean all this up before any decorations can start going up.”

Carl did that and then rested his hands on his hips as he surveyed the ribbon throwing party that had transpired.

“Doesn’t Stella usually have the tree and decorations up in November?”

“Usually, yes. But she’s been in Maine helping my cousin Sara with her new twins. They’re supposed to drive in tomorrow sometime.”

“Sara had twins. That’s so great for her.” Carl’s soft smile caught at Miranda’s heart and she almost sighed out loud.

“Yeah, it has been a long road for them. I can’t even imagine.”

Before she finished the sentence, her phone rang.

“Oh, speaking of…hey, Ma.” Miranda put the phone to her ear and ignored the rush of sensation in her chest at Carl’s smile.

Because that was uncalled for.

“I don’t want you to panic, but I’m at the ER with Sara and the babies. They have a fever and there’s no way I’m loading them into the car tomorrow.”

“Oh, wow. Is everything okay?”

“Yes, everything is fine. But I won’t be home in time to get the house ready before people start arriving next week.”

“I can do it,” Miranda volunteered without even thinking. She immediately squeezed her eyes shut, regretting the offer.

“Are you sure? That’s a huge undertaking.”

“Of course! I’ll get Harrison to help. It’ll be easy.” It was like her mouth was preprogrammed to be super agreeable without checking with her brain. This was getting worse.

“Oh that’s so great! You’re the best!”

Miranda hung up the phone and stared at the boxes against the wall for a minute. Then her gaze traveled to the mess she hadn’t even begun to clean up yet.

“You just signed yourself up for something you didn’t want to do, didn’t you?”

She looked at Carl knowing desperation was all over her face.

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