When Victor Hill bought a house with his boyfriend, Jian Kouri it was a dream come true. But now, two years later, instead of living their happily ever after, they hardly see the other awake.<br><br>With Jian out the door before Victor gets up in the morning, and asleep on the couch nearly as soon as he walks in the door, the life Victor imagined couldn’t be further from reality. They don’t talk; they don’t touch, and Victor fears he and Jian have already drifted too far apart.<br><br>The holiday season is a time for hope, but when Victor comes home to find Jian with a plan to woo him for Christmas, is it too little, too late? The dates are great, and there are filled with Christmas fun to get Victor in the right spirit for the holiday, but are they enough for the two of them to fall in love again? Or is there just too much in their relationship that needs fixing?

24 Dates

Breakfast at home. He nodded and got out of bed. A few minutes later, he strolled into the kitchen. It smelled of freshly made bread. “Have you been baking?” Had he developed some kind of superpower that made him able to move around without Victor noticing?


Jian nodded. “I cheated. I made them yesterday, and they’ve been rising overnight in the refrigerator.”


Didn’t Victor look in the refrigerator yesterday? When the heck had he made the dough? He narrowed his eyes. He’d gone grocery shopping, and when he’d come home Jian had insisted on unpacking. Sneaky


Victor sat and reached for a breakfast roll. It was warm but not scalding. Jian refilled his coffee cup, and they ate in peace. It was delicious, and Victor wished they could curl up on the sofa, watch the morning news, and continue to sip on their coffee for a few more hours.


Victor swallowed a sigh. “Yes. Thank you.”


Jian gave him a soft look. “You’ll like this. I promise.”


Chapter 9