Only You: An Age-Gap, Forbidden Romance by Zoe Dod

Author:Zoe Dod [Dod, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-three

Ana

Olivia was up at the crack of dawn to decorate the Christmas tree. Ana didn’t realise Andrew had already ordered it, and they delivered the tree at seven. No lie-in that morning.

Ana dragged on some tracksuit bottoms and an old jumper. No point in snagging good clothes on branches. Ana had found that out many years ago after she ruined her new jumper. Her dad had gone mad and taken away her favourite doll as punishment. She never made the same mistake again.

Andrew had clearly anticipated his daughter’s excitement, as the boxes of ornaments were already open in the sitting room. Ana had never seen so many decorations. Andrew saw Ana’s expression and grinned, “We’ve had several colour schemes.”

“Ah ha, that explains it,” Ana said, grinning at Olivia, who was jumping from one foot to the other. “Olivia, what colour scheme should we go for this year? Any suggestions?”

Olivia dived for the red and gold box. “This looks like the colours in the Christmas movie we watched the other night. I think this would be perfect.”

Ana had to admit the red and gold decorations were stunning. They would also go beautifully with the colour scheme in the sitting room. “Great choice,” Ana said as she began removing the decorations from the box. “Lights?”

Andrew grabbed another box that he had clearly labelled lights. They all sat on the floor, untangling the tangled light string. Andrew then got the ladder. The beauty of having a large Victorian house was the high ceilings allowed for extra tall Christmas trees. The downside was you needed a ladder to decorate the top and hang the lights.

Once the lights were on, Andrew plugged them in. To make sure Olivia was safe, Andrew then helped her hang the baubles Ana passed to her. Before long, the green tree was ablaze with colour and light. All three of them collapsed on the sofa and stared at the beautiful tree. Olivia clapped her hands. “That is the prettiest tree we’ve ever done, Daddy,” Olivia said, snuggling into his side.

“I think you’re right. Now it’s time for the rest of the decorations.”

Ana nearly fainted when Andrew pulled out more boxes. “You really weren’t kidding when you said you had thousands of decorations.”

Andrew gave her a sheepish grin, making him look ten years younger. “What can I say? I’m a sucker for Christmas.”

Ana found she loved the idea that he loved Christmas and wanted to make it special, especially for Olivia.

Unable to stop herself, Ana dived into the additional boxes, finding garlands for the mantle pieces and stairs, which were quickly attached. By the time the three of them had finished, the downstairs looked like a winter wonderland.

“Movie time!” Olivia said when the last of the boxes had been packed away.

“Pardon?” Ana said to Olivia.

“It’s Christmas movie time,” Olivia explained as if it was obvious.

Ana shot Andrew a questioning glance.

“Family tradition, the tree and decorations go up, and then we watch cheesy Christmas movies for the rest of the night. You are welcome to join us,” Andrew said.

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