The Queen's Impossible Boss (The Christmas Princess Swap, Book 2) by Natalie Anderson

Author:Natalie Anderson [Anderson, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2020-11-26T14:33:49+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

ALVARO PACED AROUND his apartment. She’d wanted immediate escape. She’d turned as soon as she could, trying to leave without drama, her face aflame in awkward embarrassment... But when he’d stopped her something else had emerged. Not the deeply ingrained politeness, not the ex-virginal embarrassment, but a pure, personal, simple admission.

She’d said she was ‘so much better than okay’ and then, ‘I hope you are too.’

That sweet wish for him had glued him in place—but he’d been unable to admit the same. Frankly he’d been unable to even breathe. Not before she’d already left.

She’d required no post-mortem. Apparently had no regrets either.

But that was good, wasn’t it? He’d wanted—needed—her to go, too. He too wanted nothing, no last words, to spoil the perfection of their night together. And it would be spoilt eventually if they saw each other again.

He’d spoil it. Somehow.

He knew a moment in time was all they could ever have.

But he hated how empty his home suddenly felt. How desolate and vast his bed now was. He’d loved the curling length of her hair, the creaminess of her back, the narrowness of her waist and the flare of her hips...slender but sweet and soft. Irritated, he scratched the back of his neck and headed to the shower.

The next day he went out of town on a totally unnecessary field trip to sign the deal that had been under discussion for so long. It didn’t matter that his own office was closed, he never stopped working. And the distance meant seeing her was impossible.

But that didn’t stop him thinking about her. And in the end he couldn’t resist phoning her.

‘Alvaro? What’s wrong?’

He winced. Did there have to be something wrong for him to phone? ‘I’m checking up on your Christmas spirit. Have you been ice skating yet?’

‘You should have seen me. I nailed it.’ Her laughter was literally like bells.

Too much Christmas thinking. Too much missing...

‘You’ve probably been skating since before you could walk.’

‘I did find the rink a little small and crowded for my triple axel,’ she joked.

He couldn’t stand the thought of her ice skating on her own around that damned rink. ‘And you saw the tree?’

‘It was awesome, yes.’

‘And how many lights?’

‘Lots. Really good window displays too.’

Window displays? Wow. It all sounded ridiculously sad to him. ‘What else?’

‘Are you living vicariously through my Christmas experiences?’ she teased. ‘You don’t even like Christmas.’

‘I never said that,’ he protested. ‘I said I work Christmas.’

‘You said Christmas was distant families getting drunk and miserable.’

‘You’ve seen otherwise?’

‘I’ve seen lots of family groups in restaurants. They look happy to me.’

‘You only got a glimpse. You’ve got to see them at the end.’

‘Well, I’m hardly going to stand around for hours outside, peering through the windows and watching them like some stalker.’

He grimaced at the image. Yeah, she was isolated. She shouldn’t be doing those things alone. She should have family or friends with her to enjoy it with. But she had none. The only person who knew the truth of her life right now was him.

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