Polar Opposites by Wyatt Dani

Author:Wyatt, Dani
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Dinner with her family is something else. They’re probably the best people in the world, and the love they all have for each other is obvious in the way they talk and bicker and laugh and even sing. Yes, sing. Impromptu bursts of Christmas carols I’ve only ever heard snippets of in stores or on the radio, never live and in person.

I watch Missy interacting with her family, and there’s a pang of something. Desire. Not just for her, though that’s always there, but for this. Normality. Family.

Love.

And it’s broken by the sound of my phone ringing yet again.

“Ugh, will you please just answer that? It’s obviously important.” Missy glares at me, and I’m almost overcome by the desire to kiss the frown off her lips.

“It can wait,” I say, without looking at who it is. I already know.

“Really, it’s okay if you want to step outside and take it,” her mom smiles, and it reaches up into her eyes. “Everyone has a life outside all this. It’s all about finding a balance. Work and family, family and work.”

Her words ring somewhere deep inside me, and I nod as I stand up from the table. “I’ll be just a minute,” I say, answering the call and putting the phone to my ear as I head out into the hall, and then step outside the front door.

“Where are you?” My father’s voice is hard and rushed, like he has a million other things to do.

“I’m not going to make it back tonight,” I tell him as a little shiver rocks my body. The evening air is chilly.

“No, that’s not good enough, Nikolas. I need you back here now. You remember Holbrook Anderson? I’ve just had a call, he’s working for…” My dad drones on about the client he’s just landed, how it’s a really big fish and he’s promised we can deliver results by the beginning of January. It means working over Christmas, so some of the staff will insist they absolutely cannot come in, but between me, him and Javier he’s sure we can cope if we just put in all the hours. “That damned Christmas village is nothing compared to this, I don’t know why I even sent you in the first place. Some junior could have handled—”

“There are no flights, Dad. I can’t get back.”

There’s a pause, then, “Fine, I’ll send a limousine. If I email some of the details over, you can start preparing the paperwork while you drive back.”

“I want a Christmas this year.”

He laughs. Then after a moment, adds, “You’re serious? Since when have we bothered with Christmas?”

“We haven’t. I’m bothered this year.”

“No. Nikolas, that’s not happening. We need this client. Do you realize what this means? Millions for our bottom line. We get this, you can have a fucking yacht for Christmas next year if that’s what you want. I’m sending a car. I’ll send the damn National Guard if need be. No more excuses about the weather. Where are you staying?”

The thought crosses my mind that I should do what he says.

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