Twelve Secrets of Christmas: a Secret Santa story by Amelia Foster

Author:Amelia Foster [Foster, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2022-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Leah

One of the positives of working for a young enterprise like Lanza Broadcasting was that when I was hired, I wasn’t as removed from Emilio Lanza as I would have been in most companies. The man was heavily involved in every department and not as a lofty overlord, ready to drop the hammer on any peasant who got out of line, but as an involved and encouraging employer.

That didn’t do a single thing to calm the butterflies assaulting my abdomen as I stared in my closet, hating every piece of clothing, certain none of them would work for the dinner-meeting scheduled for that evening. Part of the stress was clearly from the weight of Mr. Lanza’s expectations for the special and the mantle bearing down on my shoulders to make it a success, despite the last-minute changes.

The other—and possibly bigger—concern was that this would be the first time I’d be around Mr. Lanza as his son’s…

Whatever the hell I was to Brendan. I frowned at the rainbows of material hanging in front of me as if they could give me an answer. Brendan had said more than once that he wanted a relationship, not just a hookup, but that didn’t mean he was ready to slap a label on it, and it sure as hell didn’t mean he would own up to it in front of his father.

My stomach seized as more questions trickled through my mind, so noisy and overwhelming that I nearly missed the alert on my phone signaling someone at my door. I tightened my robe and jogged down the stairs just as the person rang the bell. Another courier. I smiled and took the gift from him.

Excitement pulsed through my veins that I couldn’t remember feeling toward gifts since I was a child. I pulled the tissue paper from the decorated bag the present had arrived in and lifted the small square box from inside. I lifted the lid and laughed as I removed the comically large button that read, ‘Thirty Second Dance Party’.

I set it down on my coffee table, pushed it and was immediately greeted with an upbeat tune and pulsing light shooting from the disc in rhythm to the music. As intended, I began moving along with the sounds and a fraction of the stress that had been heavy on my mind lifted.

Just as abruptly as it had begun, everything quieted. I picked up the button and ran a finger across the top. Whoever was sending these random gifts was giving me something I’d been certain I’d lost when Aaron and I had broken up. An invisible vise tightened around my heart. Was it possible I was developing feelings for someone when I had no idea who they were?

And what the hell did that mean for Brendan and me?

My smart watch vibrated with an alarm, and I raced back upstairs. My existential love crisis would have to wait. I’d managed to waste enough time between debating on a clothing option and the

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