Spiked Hot Chocolate by Rilzy Adams EPUB & PDF – eBook Details
- Author: Rilzy Adams
- Language: English
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Cosima
I ’ll be okay,” Cosima said with a small sigh before she corrected
herself. “I am okay. Don’t worry about me, and don’t even dare think
about canceling your cruise.”
“Simmy.”
Her mother’s tone was filled with enough pity and dogged determination
that Cosima couldn’t help but shake her head even though Dorothy Stratton
couldn’t see her through the phone.
“Ma.”
Cosima tried to keep her voice steady and patient, knowing that any hint
of emotion would only add to her mother’s belief that she was not okay.
She stirred a dollop of honey into her morning oatmeal before she
continued, “You and daddy planned this cruise months ago. There is
absolutely no need for you to change your plans because you want to baby
me. I’m not going to allow you to throw away something you’ve been
looking forward to when I’m fine. Breakups happen every day. I’m old
enough to pull on my big girl panties and keep it pushing.”
There was silence on the line, and for a brief moment, Cosima believed
her mother had listened to reason. She should’ve known better. Cosima
couldn’t think of a scenario where reason stood a chance against a mother’s
fear that her child was in crisis. It definitely wasn’t this one.
“Breakups may happen every day, but let’s not pretend this is an average
breakup. You and Damian were together for seven years, and the breakup
happened right before Christmas.”
Cosima licked the back of her spoon and tossed it into her farmhousestyle kitchen sink, trying to think of the best way to appease her mother. She
wanted to remind her that breakups were known for being inconvenient and
that Thanksgiving was hardly right before Christmas. However, voicing
those thoughts would probably add more fuel to her mother’s fire to argue,
and Cosima was not in the mood. She wanted to bring her oatmeal to the
tawny L-shaped couch pushed against the longest wall of her living room so
she could wrap up in the burgundy blanket she kept thrown over the back and
enjoy her breakfast while she caught up with the TV show she’d recently
become obsessed with.
“I’m pretty sure I’ll find ways to amuse myself during what you think is a
very trying time for me. There’s nothing that a Christmas sale at Sephora
won’t solve.”
“Don’t be flippant, Cosima,” her mother said. There was a firming up of
her tone that made Cosima roll her eyes heavenward. She had about five
seconds to convince her lovely, beautiful, devoted — if not a little bit
overbearing — mother that canceling the twelve-day cruise she and father
had been planning for over a year wasn’t a good idea. And even less time to
get off the phone before Dorothy suggested Cosima join her disgustingly
loved-up parents as a third wheel on the trip.
“I will be fine,” she said, trying to make her voice sound extra certain.
“I’m using the time to finish up a bunch of work I want to get done before the
new year. The only thing I plan to break for is to put up my Christmas tree,
and I’ll pop by Navaya’s on Christmas Day so I can have a homecooked
meal.”
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