When You Were Mine: A Calamity Falls Small Town Christmas Romance (Mistletoe and Silver Foxes Book 2) by Erika Kelly

Author:Erika Kelly [Kelly, Erika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EK Publishing II LLC
Published: 2025-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Wait, Darby proposed?

Jessica stared at the menu, seeing nothing but a sea of letters.

Now that she thought about it, Trevor hadn’t touched his fiancée. Not once. He’d shown concern, sure, but never affection. In fact, he treated her like a friend.

Is Darby his Joel?

The thought sped through her like a bullet, shock waves splintering every molecule in her body.

Because it opened the door to possibility, and that was as terrifying as it was exhilarating.

The past two days with Trevor only confirmed the obvious. She and Joel didn’t have chemistry. She liked him. Joel was a good, decent man, but he didn’t provoke her, challenge her, excite her… His touch didn’t set her on fire.

He wasn’t Trevor.

Damn, if he hadn’t shut her out of his holiday trip, if she hadn’t had this distance, she might not have seen the weak foundation of their relationship. How many times had she reminded herself to call or text her fiancé? And still, she hadn’t done it. Neither had he. She could chalk it up to them both being busy, but the truth was…she didn’t miss him.

Of course, she was preoccupied with Trevor.

Even more so now that she understood his engagement wasn’t a love match. She had no doubt about that.

“You know what you want?” Trevor’s voice busted through her thoughts, returning her to the moment.

She tuned into the Christmas music and lively chatter and breathed in the smell of roasted meat and warm bread. “I have no idea.” She scanned the menu. “What looks good to you?”

“I’m getting the sushi festival.” He wore a beanie and scarf, thinking no one would recognize him.

And, sure, maybe they wouldn’t know it was Trevor Montgomery, the movie star, but they’d still take a second look. They’d stare. Because he was dashing. Those blue eyes set against tan skin and dark hair, that expressive mouth…

God, the way he used to kiss her. From her earlobes down to the soles of her feet, those lips had traveled every inch of her.

Rattled at the direction of her thoughts, she said, “I’d expect nothing less.” Which made no sense whatsoever.

“Oh yeah? How’s that?” he asked with a lift of an eyebrow.

“You lead a glamorous life.” She scrambled to force the words coming out of her mouth to make sense. “You go to galas, travel the world. Your life’s one big festival.” You really need to stop talking.

“I think, if you’re only looking at photos of me at the Oscars and screenings, you could get that impression.”

“But in reality?”

He nodded as if willing to give her a peek behind the curtain. “In reality, I spent thirty years away from my other half, and it was the loneliest goddamn experience you could ever imagine.”

His fervent tone, the fire in his eyes, snatched her up in his thrall.

I can imagine it because I lived it.

Knowing he did, too… She wanted more.

She wanted this window into his soul.

“I spent twenty-eight years phoning it in with my son. My child. I’m trying to make it up to him, but without the foundation, it’s hard.

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