doesnât want her present yet. Can you come back in two hours?â
âAlex?â Angie sat upright as though someone had shoved a million volts up her ass. âJenny, thatâs not funny.â
âThis cold isnât funny,â Alex replied, dragging himself, a foot of snow and two giant duffle bags through the door. âYou guys know itâs summer in Australia, right?â
â
Oh my God.
â Angie ran across the room so fast she was practically a blur and leapt into her husbandâs frosty arms. âOh my God, youâre here.â
Watching them grin at each other and swap messy kisses, I rested my head against the glass pane in the front door. That was real love â a man you were so excited to see that you didnât even glance in a mirror to check your hair or make-up before you threw yourself on him. I wanted that.
âHappy Christmas, doll,â I said as she beamed over his shoulder right into my face. âCouldnât think of anything better to get you.â
âThere isnât anything better, you sneaky cow,â she said, reaching an arm out of the AngelaâAlex melange and just managing to pat my head. âMerry Christmas. I got you shoes.â
âI want to be upset that you told me before I could open them when I just kept the biggest secret of my life for weeks,â I said, pointing at her miraculously appearing husband. âBut I do love me some shoes. Theyâre good shoes, right?â
âThereâs a gift receipt in the bottom of the box,â she added.
It had started out as a pretty shitty day but no one had died, Iâd won the Bertie Bennett account, the power was working, Iâd met the last wonderful single man in Manhattan, and Alex had arrived in one piece. Not a bad day, even by my standards.
âCome on, guys,â I said, pressing my hands and my phone against my heart. âLetâs get this Christmas started.â
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About the Author
Lindsey Kelk is an author, journalist and prolific tweeter.
Lindsey loves living in New York, expensive shoes, professional wrestling and wondering whether or not itâs time for bed. Lindsey dislikes too much frosting on a cupcake, being so far away from London, spiders and not being in bed. Lindsey is indifferent to sushi and dogs that are smaller than a cereal box.
Lindsey has written eight other novels:
I Heart New York, I Heart Hollywood
,
I Heart Paris
,
I Heart Vegas
,
I Heart London
,
I Heart Christmas
,
The Single Girlâs To-Do List
,
About a Girl
and
What A Girl Wants
, as well as another Jenny Lopez ebook-only novella,
Jenny Lopez Has a Bad Week
. You can find out lots more about her here: http://lindseykelk.com
Follow Lindsey on Twitter @LindseyKelk
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