The Christmas Cottage by Christine Rimmer

Author:Christine Rimmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-08-07T22:26:41+00:00

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Back at the guest cottage an hour later, Alex paced the floor.

She wanted to believe Payton, but what if Payton was wrong and Easton reacted badly when he found out about Sunday night? Alex cringed at the thought.

And that had her realizing that West deserved a heads-up.

A moment later, she remembered that she didn’t have his number.

For a good ten minutes, she vacillated—sit back and let it play out? Or find a way to let the guy know that she’d opened her big mouth?

Somehow, not having his number made the situation even worse. Really? How could she have spent two spectacular nights in bed with him and never thought to get a number?

Finally, Alex texted her aunt. I think I should warn West that Payton is telling Easton we slept together. Do you have Weston’s number?

Auntie M had an actual spiral-bound address book. And she had everybody’s number in more ways than one. The phone rang in Alex’s hand.

Alex answered with, “No, West and I did not exchange numbers.”

Auntie M asked gently, “Sweetie, do you want me to come over there?”

“Thank you and I love you, but no. What I need is to call West so he knows what’s going on.”

“Hold on.” Thirty seconds later, Auntie M rattled off the number. As Alex entered it into her phone, her aunt asked, “You sure you’re all right, Alexandra?”

“I am, yes.” Total lie. But she’d set this crap in motion and she wasn’t going to start whining about it now.

“I’m here if you need me,” said Auntie M. “Right now or anytime. Just say the word.”

“I know. And you always have been and I can’t tell you how much that means to me.” She said goodbye and called West before she could chicken out.

He didn’t pick up. No surprise. Even if he wanted to hear from her, he wouldn’t recognize the number. She should have texted.

But it had already gone to voice mail. “This is Weston. Leave a message.” She smiled like a doofus at the sound of his recorded voice and it took her a minute after the beep to start talking.

When she hung up, she tossed the phone down on the coffee table, pressed her hands to her flaming-hot cheeks and wondered what could have possessed her to imagine it would be a good idea to tell her aunt and Josie that she’d had sex with West.

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