Night Before by Dani Wyatt

Author:Dani Wyatt [Wyatt, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dani Wyatt
Published: 2017-12-15T18:30:00+00:00

C H A P T E R N I N E

Malcolm

MY DRIVER, AARON, IS as close to a friend as I’ve got. He’s worked for me going on ten years now, and he can read my moods with unnerving accuracy. So, as much as I tried to hide it, when I got in the car after my flight he knew something was wrong instantly.

Before I knew it, I was spilling more to him that I should, telling him about a girl I’d met who had suddenly disappeared from the time we talked last night until this morning. His words still echo in my head as I swipe my keycard through the electronic lock on the doors to the darkened Christmas Village.

She ghosted you, man. Chicks do that. They talk on the phone, text you and all that shit, but when it comes time to really get down to business. Poof. They gone.

My gut’s been tight since I texted her this morning and it came back undelivered. I’ve sent at least twenty more texts since then, all rejected, and called ten times, but all I get is the automated voice telling me the number is no longer in service.

I’ve been blocked, according to Aaron.

It was nearly eleven o’clock when I stopped by the security office before I headed up to the top floor of the store. But I didn’t care what time it was, nor that they were in the middle of a small Christmas celebration of their own. It’s my damned store, and I can go where I like, when I like. I had them turn off all the cameras and motion detectors up in the Village, and to make no patrols until I left.

It might sound stupid, but this is the only place I could think to come. I wanted to be close to Penny, even with the gnawing rage still eating away inside me, the knowledge that for reasons only she can know, she’s changed her mind and evaporated on me.

I can still taste our kiss as I move silently through the darkened Village. It’s dreamlike, silent. I walk through the empty gingerbread lane, remembering each and every place we spent here together. The Christmas lights are on, but no other harsh overhead lighting, and it only adds to the surreal melancholy I feel.

Then, as I round the corner through the forest of dissertated evergreens toward the café where I first touched her, my heart seizes. I feel my throat tighten and my cock fills, rising even as I doubt my ears.

I freeze in place. A single piano note echoes through the enormous space.

Then another.

Finally, that single note cascades into more, and I shake my head in disbelief as my feet carry me all on their own in the direction of the soft music.

I stop short, taking in the sight, making sure I’m not dreaming.

She’s here. Still in her elf costume, her eyes half closed as she sways. Her fingers moving over the keys so effortlessly it’s almost chilling.

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