The Twelve Nights of Christmas (2010)
“Evie sat in the middle of the enormous bed, those words reverberating around her head. She’d put her foot in it, but knowing that didn’t stop her wondering and asking herself endless questions.
Why didn’t he have happy memories of Christmas?
She turned her head and looked towards the double doors that lay between her and the sitting room. They remained firmly closed.
What was he doing? Had he gone to sleep in the second bedroom?
They’d driven home without speaking, Evie silenced by that one rev...ealing phrase and Rio communicating nothing. For once, his BlackBerry was silent and he’d simply stared out of the window at the snowy streets, his handsome face an expressionless mask.
But he was feeling, she knew that.
Not just feeling—hurting.
Knowing that she was risking another rejection, Evie slid off the bed and opened the doors quietly, afraid to disturb him if he was sleeping.
The huge living room was in darkness. The flames of the fire had almost flickered to nothing and all the lights had been extinguished.MoreLess
Why didn’t he have happy memories of Christmas?
She turned her head and looked towards the double doors that lay between her and the sitting room. They remained firmly closed.
What was he doing? Had he gone to sleep in the second bedroom?
They’d driven home without speaking, Evie silenced by that one rev...ealing phrase and Rio communicating nothing. For once, his BlackBerry was silent and he’d simply stared out of the window at the snowy streets, his handsome face an expressionless mask.
But he was feeling, she knew that.
Not just feeling—hurting.
Knowing that she was risking another rejection, Evie slid off the bed and opened the doors quietly, afraid to disturb him if he was sleeping.
The huge living room was in darkness. The flames of the fire had almost flickered to nothing and all the lights had been extinguished.MoreLess
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