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

“How do you feel?” Jian slid a hand down his back.


Jian nuzzled his neck. “Mm, you smell good. Want to get a hot chocolate or juice or something at the cafe before we go?”


Victor nodded. “Something sweet would be lovely.”


Jian kissed him, paid Aiden, and led Victor into the cafe next door. 14


Victor stared at his breakfast, not awake enough to eat yet.


“I need to head out.” Jian walked into the kitchen with his jacket on. “I have a job in Whiteport and with last night’s snow…I don’t want to be late.” He gave Victor a fleeting kiss. “I’ll see you tonight, we have a date.”


Victor smiled, a bit more alert. “Yeah? What are we doing?”


“You’ll have to wait and see.” Jian grinned. “I had to make a slight change in the schedule, but it’ll be great.”


“I’ll be here, waiting for you, at five.”


Chapter 23