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

Luisa elbowed him in the side. “Done ogling your boyfriend any time soon?”


“Never.” But he switched his focus to her. 18


Jian had been right concerning the weather. Victor had woken up to more snow and it was freaking cold. He had been shivering by the time he got to work, he had continued to freeze all day despite wearing a thick sweater—the cold blast coming from the old window in his office didn’t help—and on the walk back home again, he feared his intestines would suffer frostbite.


“It’s so fucking cold!” He kicked off his shoes as soon as he’d crossed the threshold. He’d picked his thick boots that morning, but they were uncomfortable as hell.


“Hello, darling. I didn’t hear you stomping up the stairs—or wait, yes I did.” Jian chuckled and shook his head.


Victor grimaced. “My office is so fucking cold. It should be illegal to have drafty windows.”


Victor looked at him and sighed before unzipping his jacket. “You do?”


Chapter 30