Chapter 72

“It’s great, isn’t it?” he enthused, hoping it would shut her up when she realized a “man of his standing” appreciated something she obviously disdained. He studied the little procession. Parrish had told him they were presents he’d bought each year for the boyfriend he’d hoped to have but never did, and since there hadn’t been a special guy in his life, he’d just continued buying them and setting them aside. These were the gifts Ran had first seen under Parrish’s tiny Christmas tree, which had been replaced by a live tree this year.