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

Victor glanced at the watch. “It’s only a quarter past four.”


She grinned and hissed, “Come on. Let’s escape.”


“No, I can’t go forty-five minutes early.”


A laugh bubbled out of her. “No, I guess you can’t. I finish at two on Fridays, but I had some things I wanted to get fixed before the weekend, so I stayed a little longer. Sometimes I hate being a teacher, the work never ends.”


She met his gaze and nodded. “Yeah, I guess it’s about the same for you.”


He shrugged. Their jobs differed a lot, but they were both never-ending. “Any big plans for the weekend?”


“No, not really. Hey, you want to grab a pizza on Tuesday? Jonas and I were talking about it earlier.”


“Sure, let me check with Jian so he hasn’t made any plans.” He had been making a lot of plans lately.


“Absolutely.” She bounced on the balls of her feet. “Have a lovely weekend, Victor. I’ll see you Monday.”


Chapter 16