Once Upon a Winter: A totally perfect festive romantic comedy by Tilly Tennant

Author:Tilly Tennant [Tennant, Tilly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800192102
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2020-11-16T18:30:00+00:00

By the time they left, Gina was in love with the house. It helped that Chris had promised to hold it for as long as he could while her divorce settlement went through (she assured him it was imminent) and he had also given them a good price, though Hannah couldn’t help the burning shame that he was probably only being so generous because he thought that she was up for another date. All afternoon she had tussled with the problem of how to tell him that they weren’t, because he seemed to really like her and, perhaps, under different circumstances she would like him well enough at least to date him a few times and see where that led them. It wasn’t fair to string him along, but if she told him how things were now, Gina would probably lose all favours on the house.

‘Mitchell could probably find you a place,’ Hannah said as they sat with mugs of tea back at hers. Jess’s drink sat on the coffee table going cold, its owner out in the hallway on her phone, having practically vaulted over the back of the sofa to leave the room the moment it rang.

‘I thought his company was more into commercial properties?’

‘Well… yes… but I suppose he has contacts who have houses.’

‘You’d probably find Chris was one of them,’ Gina said, arching an eyebrow. ‘There can’t be that many property developers in these parts. Besides, I like that house.’

‘I knew it was a bad idea taking you to see it.’ Hannah reached for another chocolate biscuit.

‘You were being a good sister. I’d have done the same for you.’

‘Would you have dated someone just so I could get a house?’

‘You don’t have to. I’m sure he’d be a grownup about it.’

‘But I feel so bad.’

‘Alright, date him a couple of times and be completely hideous – he’ll soon dump you and you’ll be guilt free. Just put Mitchell off for a bit until it’s done.’

‘You have a strange and twisted logic,’ Hannah smiled.

‘While you, on the other hand, have lots of very sensible ideas… like letting a man with serious psychological issues into your bed.’

‘He’s not a whack job. He’s just got some memory problems.’

‘He’s also got baggage.’

‘Lots of people have baggage.’

‘Has he mentioned divorcing Martine?’

‘Well… not exactly… we sort of haven’t got that far.’

‘That’s what I mean: baggage.’ Gina drained her cup and handed it to Hannah.

‘Hmmmm,’ Hannah replied as she stood up. ‘Are you staying for something to eat before you head home?’

‘What’s on offer?’

‘I was thinking chips from that new place in Chapeldown.’

Gina frowned. ‘Isn’t that where Mitchell and Martine live?’

‘Just Martine now,’ Hannah corrected.

‘What if you bump into her?’

‘I doubt she’s a chippy sort of girl. Unless deep fried caviar’s also on the menu.’

‘Okay, it’s a deal. I’m sure Jess won’t complain about a nice bag of chips either.’

‘Who’s she on the phone to, anyway?’ Hannah asked. ‘She’s been ages.’

‘The new beau I expect.’

‘Must be serious the way she leapt up when her phone went.

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