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

“I didn’t mean to scare you.” Victor grimaced.


“You didn’t. I…why would you want my last name?”


“Because I love you.” And he loved Jian’s name.


Victor smiled at him, warmth filling his chest. “And nothing would make me happier.”


Jian widened his eyes. “Are you asking me to marry you?”


The air got stuck in Victor’s throat. “I hadn’t planned to, but…”


Jian made a sound. Victor didn’t know if it was a laugh or a sob. “I’ll marry you, Vic. Any day you want.”


“Oh…” Tears rose in his eyes and he tried to swallow around the lump in his throat. “Well, I want to. So, will you marry me?”


Jian turned off the stove and dragged him up the stairs. He didn’t say one single word, but no part of Victor’s skin was left untouched, his kisses had never been more consuming, and his eyes never left Victor’s as he devoured him, body and soul. 21


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