Sweet Cinderella (A Christmas Novella) (The Klaus Brothers Book 4) by Penny Watson

Author:Penny Watson [Watson, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penny Watson
Published: 2015-11-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Gregor was in a snit.

A big honkin’ snit.

Shirley perched on the edge of his desk—which was now covered with bowls of candy, homemade paper snowflakes, and postcards of Harry Styles—and waited for his next directive. It was clear as day that Gregor was moving onto Plan B.

She squinted her eyes. Gregor looked . . . different. A little bit mussed up. And his outfit was ridiculous. He had dark grey trousers paired with a hoodie sweatshirt that said “I CLAP FOR SEA LIONS” from the Central Park Zoo.

She coughed. “Nice sweatshirt, Klaus. That’s not your normal get-up.”

Gregor frowned. “The boys and I got matching sweatshirts at the zoo. They loved the sea lion show.”

“Nice. Pretty soon you’ll be wearing ratty blue jeans.”

Gregor shot her a look to kill. “Enough about my clothes. We need to talk. I did everything you suggested. I took Hannah and the boys to all of their favorite activities. We had an intimate date. I tried to show her that we’re compatible, but she’s fighting me.” He downed a generous gulp of Scotch. “No matter what I do or say, she’s running scared.”

“Well, you are sort of a scary guy.”

Gregor stalked over to his desk and Shirley cringed.

“Just kidding. Not really scary. More like . . . a little bit intimidating . . .”

“Enough!”

Gregor yelled it loud enough to make her jump. “Calm down. We’ll figure this out.”

“I know what I have to do. I’m just not sure how to do it.” Gregor had a gleam in his eye that made her nervous.

“What are you talking about?” She unwrapped a banana-flavored sucker and popped it into her mouth. Time for anxiety-candy-consumption.

“It’s time to seduce Hannah. She practically melts when I touch her. If I could just have one night with her, I know I could convince her that we belong together.”

“Ewwww. Yuck. I totally don’t want to hear about this part.” Shirley covered her ears. “La la la la la . . . I can’t hear you.”

Gregor ripped her hands off her ears. “Hey. I need some help.”

“Oh, no. Gross. I am not helping you with—”

Gregor rolled his eyes. “I need help with a spell. Zeit einfrieren.”

Her eyebrows shot up to her forehead. “Zeit einfrieren? Time Freeze? Why do you need that spell?”

“Hannah would never leave the boys alone for a whole night. She feels guilty enough about the gala. But if that Time Freeze really works, we wouldn’t have a problem.” Gregor planted both hands on his desk and boxed Shirley in. “Can you get it to work?”

She let out a long breath. “Yeah. I think so. It makes time freeze in the Sudenwelt, so that anything you do during the spell takes place in exactly one second of Suddie time. You could literally spend months with Hannah under the spell, and when she gets home, it will be exactly one second later in real time.” Shirley tossed the lollipop into a trash can. “It’s a pretty cool spell, actually. One time—”

“No stories, Shirley. I want this spell cast tonight.

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