Vermont Christmas by Tracey Pedersen

Author:Tracey Pedersen [Pedersen, Tracey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Daring Online Adventures
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten - Cherie

“I’m not the girl I was three months ago. Funny how I thought I was so mature. From now on, I’ll make myself happy first and be sensible about heavy commitments. I’m only twenty-eight. I have loads of time to settle down and get the white picket fence—on my terms next time.”

After a light risotto dinner, we pulled the leather couch in front of the fire to get to know each other better. My words, not his. The wine has me so relaxed I could fall asleep right now in front of the cozy fire. All my extra layers are gone, and with them my inhibitions. We both have another hot chocolate and I might give in to that urge to sleep, if I didn’t think I’d wake up with my head on his shoulder. Which isn’t an unwelcome prospect for me, but he might find it awkward. A handsome guy like him, I bet he has visitors throw themselves at him all the time.

He thinks before he speaks, then says, “Don’t let it harden you. You seem nice. It’d be a shame to lose that just because some idiot couldn’t keep it in his pants.” He turns to face me, sliding his leg up on the couch between us. Our knees touch and I stare at them as he speaks. “You really sat down with him and discussed him cheating on you?”

“I really did. I was devastated the day I found out, but I've slowly come to realize we were both at fault. Sure, I didn't stray, but I definitely wasn't paying attention. I was wrapped up in my fairy tale idea of what we were, instead of our true situation.”

“You’re a better person than me. I haven't, for one second, considered that I was at fault. She slept with someone else. I was one hundred percent invested and she stomped all over our relationship.” He takes a big mouthful of chocolate, then fishes out a soft marshmallow with his finger, and I wonder if he’s really over her like he claims.

“I know what you mean. I don’t think I'm to blame, but when I packed up his stuff half of it was missing, and I never noticed. He had another apartment where they had been meeting, and he’d gradually been leaving more and more of his personal effects there. I really feel like I should have seen the change.” I shrug. “We’d drifted apart, but I was still drifting in my own little bubble.”

“How did you find out?”

“I walked in on them together in his office. Let me just say, they weren’t kissing.”

“Oh, shit. I saw text messages, but I didn’t catch them at it, unless we count the mistletoe. I bet that sucked.”

“It did. Instead of that fat white diamond I had my eye on, I got an eyeful of Greg’s secretary bouncing up and down on his… well, you get the idea. Actually, I didn’t, but she might have been bouncing if I’d waited a little longer to go into his office.

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