My Christmas Carol: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance (A Man Who Knows Who He Wants Book 220) by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Carol

It should have registered earlier, but who would have thought?

Lucian Kellerman is the sole heir to the Kellerman retail empire. Left to him alone by his grandfather, I think. But I always thought he was I don’t know adopted…

Anyway, he’s like one of those urban legends. People you hear about but never see in the news and definitely wouldn’t expect to see dressed up as Santa at a cheesy retail mall.

I hadn’t recognized him because he’s rarely photographed, a veritable recluse.

I always imagined him to be some middle-aged eccentric who talked to plants, riding horses all day, or whatever it is these types of people do.

He leads me back downstairs to his waiting car. The cold air snaps me awake some, and I nuzzle into him out of reflex and need.

But I still don’t understand. Not a hundred percent.

“My Grandfather was Jeremiah Kellerman, lived to be a hundred and eight and I was his only living kin,” he starts to explain after we start the drive.

The drive home.

“I have no memory of my own folks, only know I was all alone in the world until the old man took me in, at his age even back then, he needed an heir to his fortune. I was sent from a wet nurse to boarding school and then to college, and only ever met the man a handful of times.”

He pauses, not in deep thought, but checking I’m listening.

I haven’t said a word since we got in the car.

“Go on,” I tell him, making a face. “I’m listening… but it’s just all so…”

“Unbelievable,” he agrees.

“I know, imagine being twelve or maybe thirteen, told you’re the next in line to a squillion dollar fortune. And in the next breath, being warned not to fuck it up,” he laughs. A real laugh and I can’t help but join him.

It’s the first time I’ve heard Lucian really laugh.

“And every year you dress up as Santa and buy apartments for complete strangers?” I ask, not meaning to sound ungrateful.

He shrugs. “And a whole lot more, Carol. There’s so much money, and I only need so much to live on, you’ve seen my place. It’s nice but it’s all paid for. Everything has about two hundred years of money behind it, even the store chain.”

He’s not boasting, I can tell. In a way, Lucian seems about as amazed as I am by the whole thing. It’s as though he’s never told anyone his life story.

“I’ve never told anyone, not really,” he admits, echoing the thought, checking that the privacy screen is up in the car.

“Is it a car, or do we call it a limo?” I ask, having two thoughts at once.

“I just say ‘car.’ Limo is so… I dunno…”

“Stupid?” I suggest, but he only shrugs again, squeezing me closer as he keeps talking.

“So when I was dressed up today, it was supposed to be yesterday as well but Old Bill filled in because I had a meeting...well I was supposed to have a meeting. Then

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