Billionaire heiress Julia Wilson had come to dread Christmas. Five years ago, it was the night her world had fallen apart, the night she believed her lawyer husband had cheated on her with his secretary. The devastation had forced her into labour, and within hours, she’d not only brought her twins into the world but had also signed her divorce papers, sealing her hatred for the holiday forever. Since then, she’d buried her heartache under an ironclad business persona, forcing her employees to work overtime every Christmas to ensure no one else enjoyed the day either.
But this year, her twins would throw a wrench in her carefully crafted plans. When they found their birth certificates, they discovered the truth—she’d lied about their birth date. They weren’t New Year’s Eve babies, as she’d always told them, but were actually born on Christmas Day. Shocked and determined to connect with their estranged father, Ryan Thompson, they begged her to invite him to spend Christmas with them. Julia, refusing outright to bring him back into their lives, finally agreed to hire a Santa for one day of Christmas festivities, hoping it would quiet their pleas.
On Christmas Eve, however, a Santa appears at their doorstep. But there’s something different about him—the way he looks at her, the softness in his voice as he wishes her a Merry Christmas. And when she looks closer, she realises with a jolt who it really is: Ryan, her ex-husband, disguised as Santa. Furious, she’s ready to throw him out, but the twins intervene, clinging to his side and demanding they spend Christmas with him.
“Mom, we want to spend Christmas with Dad,” they announce in unison. “If you don’t let him stay, we’ll go live with him—and maybe forever.”
Forced to relent, Julia has no choice but to let Ryan stay, though her heart remains guarded and skeptical of his sudden return. Little does she know, her twins have a hidden plan of their own: to reunite their parents.
Now, Julia faces an unexpected holiday dilemma: can she keep her heart guarded, or will the magic of Christmas—and her children’s clever matchmaking—lead her to discover the truth of what happened that fateful night five years ago?