MINAH ran her hand along the Christmas tree in the spacious living room of the Moore mansion. She stood there for a moment, lost in thought.
Her birthday was approaching again, and that realization stirred up a mix of emotions.
First, her parents were no longer there to celebrate Christmas with her.
The holiday vacation she had planned in Europe never happened. She remembered how excited she had been while talking to James about it. That excitement had turned into devastation when she learned that her parents had died in an accident. From that moment on, her life had changed forever.
Second, she never expected to be spending this Christmas with Asher Moore and his family.
And above all, who would have thought that she would give Asher her gift so early? To think that they had onl
