Holiday Second Chance Romance (Clarice and Trevor) novel Chapter 45

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Morgan POV

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Something is definitely going on. Anya Claus doesn’t come to the royal castle for no reason. I saw her the minute she stepped in following the royal guard. She is definitely not what I expected the Queen of Christmas to be like. She is loud and outspoken. She is a beautiful woman, but I expected her to be sweet and soft–spoken.

Something big has to be happening. I wonder if Nick is finally ready to take over. I could kick my own a** for not realizing who he was and for f**king that ba**ard Jared. The minute Santa Claus appeared at Nick’s side in the reindeer barn, I knew I had f**ked up. Besides, there would be no reason for him to be standing by Nick’s side. They could have been brothers. I just never realized having never seen them together.

I should have known Nick was the son of Santa. Don’t get me wrong, the s*x with Jared was next level, but it was nowhere as good as with Nick. I should have realized he was special, but instead I listened to a f**king low–level elf when he spouted he was next in line.

I smile when I think about Jared having to go back and face his parents after being tossed out of Santa’s place. Impersonating a royal is a huge deal, and he was punished for his bulls*t. I’m just glad I haven’t had to deal with him since he was banished to the village. My thoughts go back to Nick. I knew the heir was always kept a secret to avoid people taking advantage of the prince of Christmas. I just never expected it to be Nick. He was always so serious. No one would ever describe him as jovial.

As soon as Anya leaves, I make my way toward Penelope’s quarters. I can’t stand the girl, but becoming her personal maid was the only way I knew someday I would get close to Nick again. He refused every attempt I made to see him. Chrissy Kringle even threatened to make me disappear if I didn’t leave Nick alone. Just another reason I know that Nick is to be the next Santa Claus. Why else would she care about Nick?

Now is my chance to see him again and beg for his forgiveness. I know he loved me. He told me every time we were together how much I meant to him. I knock on Penelope’s bedroom door twice and a few seconds later it opens. She is smiling, which is not normal for Penelope. She is normally a b**ch. In fact, she has perfected her resting b**ch face.

“Morgan, oh my God, I’ve gotten the best news today. Come in, I’m going to need your help,” she says, grabbing my arm and yanking me inside. “What’s going on, princess?” “Anya Claus has just met with my parents. They will be announcing their son officially on Christmas day to the Elven Kingdom. The entire royal family has been invited to witness the crowning of the next Santa Claus.”

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“Mom says that since Anya didn’t mention a pledging ceremony that mAME ME HER Ove will be looking for his bride. He can’t officially take over who is one of this side I cou be the next Mrs. Claus,” she squeals, bouncing on the bails of her feat As down the desire to tell her he is f**king mine. “When will you be leaving? WWW accompany you as your personal maid?” “We are supposed to be there Christmas morning. I’m not really sure about you coming with me, Morgan. Anya was pretty clear she didn’t ware the entire kingdom attending, only the royals,” she says.

“I understand, I just worry what will happen if you need me for dressing, makeup, or hair. You will need to look your best to attract the attention of the incoming Sants Olave, I’m only one person, so I can’t imagine they would really care if I was there for you!

“You’re right. I definitely will need you with me, Morgan, I will need to look super hot to make sure that the Christmas Prince ca’t take his eyes off me. It’s not like you need to be at the actual ceremony anyway. You can stay out of sight while we are there, I’m sure there will be other servants involved with the celebration, I wouldn’t want to upset my future

mother–in–law,” she says,

I ball my fists at my sides. “Of course, princess, I’ll make sure I’m ready. What can I do for you now?” “Run me a hot bath. I need to relax. The next few days are going to be stressfull she says. I move toward the bathroom when Penelope calls out to me. “Morgan, it’s good that you gave up on that dream of falling in love with the prince of Christmas because you would never be good enough. Besides, taking care of a royal is more than you could have ever dreamed possible. So just remember your place,” she says.

I turn to face her, wanting to tell her exactly what I think of her bratty ark, but I hold myself back. “I know my place princess.” I turn and head into the bathroom. I made the mistake of thinking she and I could be friends when I first started as her maid. Il quickly prepare her favorite bath with lavender oil and vanilla scrub. I smile to myself because once I see Nick again I’ll never have to wait on her b**chy a** again.

Alexia POV

“Sweetheart, I can feel how nervous you are, I can be the one to ask her if your worried she will be upset. I think you are worrying about nothing. Clarice isn’t going to be angry at you She herself has said several times she doesn’t expect us to disown our son, Thomas says

“She might be after the sh*t show of two days ago. I wish we had talked to him first. I also don’t want her to think that we are turning our back on her. I can’t lose her, Thomas.” He pulls me into his arms and squeezes me to him. “Clarice would never think that. She will listen to what we have to say. If she refuses to sit with him, then we will accept her answer. We won’t make her ever think his happiness is more important than hers,” he says.

“I know this is all his fault. I just don’t want him to give up on himself, Thomas. He will have a

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baby soon and he needs to be the best father possible for our grandbaby After he called last night, I believe he really took what we said to heart Alexia” he says. “I do too. I hate that he is hurting, but my hope is that he will be a better man after all this is settled” “Come on, Lexy. Let’s go talk to Clarice before we get ready to head to the airport, he says.

“Thomas, I want to move here,” I blurt out before we even start to move. He turns to look at me and a wide smile spreads across his face. “I was going to suggest the same thing. I mean we will need to get used to the drastic change in weather, but it’s a small price to be close to our daughter and grandbaby. We can buy a three–bedroom house so we have room for our first and future grandbabies. I’ll have to return to California to check on things at the firm, but after our discussion with Trevor, I feel comfortable putting him in charge of the day–to–day operations,” he says.

“What if he wants to move closer to the baby? What will you do with the firm?” He smiles again before squeezing my hand. “Then I’ll make Bruce partner. Everything will work out my love. We aren’t going to miss out on watching our grandchildren grow up,” he says. I practically launch myself at him. He grips my hips and lowers his mouth to mine. God, I love this man. A throat clearing and a giggle have us pulling apart.

I swear my cheeks must be red as a beet when I turn to see Clarice and Nick smiling at the two of us. “We didn’t realize you were busy. We thought you could join us for breakfast before you leave,” Clarice says with a smirk. A few minutes later, we are sitting in the same dining room we used with her parents two nights ago. I was so glad to see that Clarice would have not only us but her own parents back in her life. I really like Evie and I can see us becoming good friends.

“Clarice, I don’t want to upset you before we leave, and I want you to know we don’t want to pressure you in any way.” She looks at me clearly confused. “We had a long talk with Trevor. I believe he has realized just how badly he has screwed up.” “I’m not taking him back,” she blurts out and I chuckle. “Of course not, Clarice. We don’t expect you too.” Her shoulders relax. “Trevor would like a chance to speak to you again, but not about you forgiving him.”

“What the hell does he want to talk about,” Nick asks. Clarice puts her hand on his forearm and Nick looks at her. His features soften before he looks back at me. “I’m sorry I shouldn’t have snapped at you,” he says. I reach across the table and pat Nick’s hand. “Nick, I promise you that we have made it clear that Clarice has moved on. We love her, and we can see how happy she is right now. This is purely to discuss how the three of you move forward.”

Clarice smiles at me and I move my hand to hers. “Thomas and I will be moving here before the baby is born. I hope the two of you won’t mind us being underfoot, but we want to be close to you and the baby.” Tears flow down her cheeks and I reach up to wipe them away. “What about the firm,” she asks, looking at Thomas. “You don’t worry about that. You concentrate on taking care of our grandbaby and being happy. Alexia will let you know

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exactly when we will be back. Maybe Nick can refer us to a local real estate agent. We need at least three bedrooms for our grandbabies,” Thomas says.

“We may not be your parents, Nick, but you are part of our family now. We will be Nana and Papa to any babies you and Clarice have together” Clarice stands and rounds the table. I stand, and she pulls me in for a hug. “Thank you mom. You can tell Trevor I’ll sit with him as long as he knows Nick will be part of the conversation. Also, I don’t want that b**ch anywhere near me so he can leave her wherever they are staying,” she says.

“Sweetheart, they didn’t come together that day. In fact, my son finally pulled his head out of his a** and realized how the conniving b**ch f**ked him over. It’s a hard lesson but one he has no choice but to face the consequences of it. Now let’s have breakfast. I want to get home, so Thomas can get everything situated so we can get back.” I have a feeling I’m going to love living here after spending most of my life in California. Especially getting to be a

Nana.