The Perfect Fix (Perfect Kisses #5) - Miley Maine Page 0,26

know, you might even like it.”

I can’t argue because I don’t want to ruin Christmas, I don’t want to sound ungrateful when he’s done something nice for me, but it makes me feel all weird as the necklace hangs around my neck. It doesn’t belong to me because it’s far too good for someone like me.

Is that a metaphor for Marc? Is that a sign where things are going? Do I need to be freaking out right now? I certainly should be feeling something...

11

Marc

December 25th

“Merry Christmas!” I call out as soon as I step back into Aisha’s home. Much as I would love to spend all night with her, I do agree that we need to take things slow when it comes to Travis. I don’t want to over complicate things for him... even if I’m pretty sure he would be really happy about us being together properly. “How is everyone?”

“Good.” Aisha narrows her eyes and runs her gaze questioningly up and down me. “What have you been doing?”

“Cooking.” I beam from ear to ear. “I don’t know if you have dinner plans today, we didn’t talk about it yesterday, but I’ve cooked plenty so I’m hoping you guys will come over to eat.”

Aisha looks unsurprisingly shocked, but thankfully she nods and agrees. “Okay, sure. I haven’t actually sorted anything out. That would be awesome.”

I’m glad because I have some gifts for Travis as well and I want him to be pleasantly surprised when he sees them. I didn’t just pick up the diamond necklace when I went out shopping on my lunch break, I got all kind of toys that I’m sure a six-year-old boy would like, and I can’t wait for him to see them.

I know that Aisha always give him more than she can, so this is my way of doing that for her. Of helping her out without her even asking. I know that hasn’t worked out well in the past, but this is Christmas Day. I’m sure she will like it...

Although to be fair, I was also pretty sure she was going to like the diamond necklace as well, and that didn’t quite go down as I thought it would. She seemed a bit strained, a bit shocked like she didn’t quite know how to take it. She did let me put it on her and took the compliments as I told her how amazing it looks on her, and she still has it on this morning which I’m going to take as a good sign. She probably fells it is just a bit extravagant for her, that’s all. I need to remember that she doesn’t want me flashing the cash all the time. It doesn’t impress her as much as it has other women in the past. But that shouldn’t really surprise me as she isn’t like any other woman. In my eyes, she is so much better.

“Okay, great well I am ready when you are.” I grin some more. I must look a bit like a smiling fool, but I don’t really mind. I have no issue being a fool with Aisha. “Just come over whenever you want to.”

“We will just finish up here, then we will come over to join you. Thank you, Marc, that’s really kind of you.”

I wave goodbye as I exit Aisha’s house, with a much better feeling than I had last night. I was worried that I had ruined it with the necklace, but now she seems really happy to have it hanging around her neck. I hope she sees it as just something nice I wanted to do for her, just something that I wanted to give her. Not something loaded with meaning.

I feel a bit lonely back in my own house, a bit empty without anyone around. I have gotten so used to living by myself that quietness doesn’t normally bother me, but the more time I spend with Aisha and Travis, the more I crave the noise and the company.

It’s even harder today on Christmas Day with the smell of food infiltrating my house, remind me that I don’t actually have a family of my own to share it with. It makes me think about my father and wonder what he is doing today with his family. I’m sure he’s probably thinking about me as well, but much less so because he is surrounded by others...

“Hello?” Thankfully, before I can fall into a hole of sadness, the people that I will be spending Christmas with