I've tried to forget him.

He refuses to allow it.

 

Now, here we are, forced to spend the holidays together, pretending everything is as merry as ever.

 

It isn't.

 

I know this.

He knows this.

 

Everyone else? Not so much thanks to the man determined to be mine.

 

Despite all that's happened between us, he swears not everything has changed.

 

He might be right...

 

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This is a second chance holiday novella with no cliffhanger. Enjoy!