Page 63 of Promise Yule Be Mine

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“I don’t think going after him would help. Not after I kissed him.”

“Huh? Why?” she asked.

“Because…he probably thinks the worst of me right now. He probably thinks I’d tell any lie to win him over. He needs to hear the truth…from you.”

Jenna grimaced. “What if I come with you and give you the thumbs up?”

I glared at her.

“Fine. I’ll go find him.”

She shot up and made for the door.

“Oh and Jenna,” I said before she left.

“What?”

“Can you…like make sure he likes me?”

Jenna groaned. “I think that’s pretty obvious, sweetheart. But sure. I’ll make sure.”

I watched her leave and even though I should’ve felt like a coward for not going with her or that I left her to take care of things I didn’t.

We were in this mess because of her silly, drunken idea.

A silly, drunken idea that had led Nova into my life though, so maybe it wasn’t that silly after all.

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NOVA

Of course.

Figures there wouldn’t be any flights out of this hell hole when I needed it.

I planted my ass at the lounge and hugged myself tighter, bracing for the cold night I was about to spend at the Christmas Falls airport, Reindeer Runway.

But it was fine. Anything was better than going back to that town, back to that house, the place where I’d betrayed my best friend all in the name of a kiss.

I pulled my phone out to call Rhett when I spotted someone entering the airport. It wasn’t that hard seeing as she was the only other person around.

Jenna saw me just as quickly and I wished the earth would open up and swallow me right there and then.

I tried to hide behind my jacket but it wouldn’t do.

He’d told her, hadn’t he? Why else would she be here looking as if she was ready to rain hell on me?

“There you are!” she said and stood in front of me.

“Listen, Jenna, before you say anything, I’m really, really sorry. I didn’t mean to?—”

“What?” she raised an eyebrow. “Kiss my fiancé? Was it an accident?”

I closed my eyes and braced myself for a slap, a scream, anything.

The last thing I expected was a laugh.

“Why are you laughing?” I asked, only opening one eye.

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