Chapter Five
“So, what do you want for Christmas?” Caiden asked her. “Besides me, that is.”
They laid in his bed, snuggling under a heavy quilt, her leg draped across his as she held him. Susanna toyed with the tiny blond curls in the middle of his chest as she thought over her answer. It was a question he had been asking her since Halloween and one about which he was relentless. The problem was, she didn’t know what she wanted other than a way out of the mess she had made for herself. She knew Anne was right. Dating both roommates would blow up in her face. It was a bomb ticking down the last moments of her happiness. Yet, her escape wasn’t a gift Caiden could give her. She would have to figure that out for herself.
“I don’t know what I want,” she said. “I mean, since I already have yo
