A Magical New York Christmas: a Novel by Anita Hughes

Author:Anita Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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Ian poured a cup of tea and stirred in lemon and honey. Now Everett was a scholarship student at Harrow and he was a class prefect. Ian had changed his life by introducing him to books. How could anything compare with that?

But then he thought about last night with Sabrina. The way she pressed her cheek against the window of the cab so she didn’t miss the decorations on Fifth Avenue. How soft her lips had been when he kissed her; the scent of her perfume.

The door to the suite opened and Spencer stepped inside.

“I didn’t think you’d be awake.” Spencer set a shopping bag on the coffee table. “You weren’t home when I went to sleep. This morning you were snoring so loudly, it was worse than foghorns on the Thames.”

“I had too many brandy punches,” Ian admitted.

“That sounds promising.” Spencer took the silver dome off the plate and picked up a slice of bacon. “How was your date with Sabrina?”

“We saw a movie and ate pizza and then went ice-skating.”

“That’s the best you could do in New York at Christmas?” Spencer raised his eyebrow. “First Tabitha and I saw the gingerbread houses at William Poll on the Upper East Side. My favorite had Frosty the Snowman peeking through the window. Then we drank Bloody Marys at the King Cole Bar and visited the Christmas village at the St. Regis. They turn one of the ballrooms into a winter wonderland for children. We ended the evening with glasses of prosecco at a boutique hotel on West Fifty-Third Street called Baccarat.” He pointed to the shopping bag. “I bought a few things from their gift shop. My mother will love their tea towels, and I got some jams for our cook.”

Ian was about to say that the jams were probably imported from England and Braxton Hall had closets filled with tea towels. But his head pounded and he didn’t have the energy to argue.

“Sabrina and I don’t need to dine at five-star hotels and take in the sights of New York to enjoy ourselves,” he said huffily. “We’re happy watching rom-coms and drinking blue Icees.”

Spencer stopped with his fork in midair and looked at Ian.

“You took a girl to see a rom-com?”

“Sabrina suggested it,” Ian admitted. “But I had a great time.”

Spencer leaned back on the sofa and whistled.

“You have fallen for her. You never go to the movies—you think they’re a waste of time when you should be working. And I tried to get you to drink an Icee once but you said the blue dye would ruin your teeth.”

“You’re the one who said I can’t work all the time,” Ian retorted. “And the Icee wasn’t too bad. I quite enjoyed it.”

“All I’m saying is Sabrina has made an impression.” Spencer went back to eating his sausage. “What are you going to do with her tonight?”

Ian’s head throbbed and he groaned.

“I did something terrible. I don’t know if I can see her again.”

“You haven’t done anything terrible your whole life,” Spencer chuckled.

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