The Unexpected Holiday Gift. Sophie Pembroke

known all along he was only stalling, and somewhere on the way he’d even forgotten why. But Clara hadn’t wanted to take anything from him, hadn’t wanted to make anything difficult. Really, it should have been straightforward.

      But she’d never pushed, never insisted, never kicked up a real fuss. Surely, if she’d really wanted this divorce she’d have done all that and more.

      Unless she didn’t really want it. Unless she’d been waiting for him to come after her.

      Which he was doing, right now, in a way.

      It didn’t feel like Clara, that kind of complicated long game. And to drag it out over five years seemed a little excessive. But still, logic dictated that something had to be stopping her from forcing through the divorce. And he couldn’t for the life of him think of anything else it might be.

      But working with her on his Perfect Christmas project would give him the ideal opportunity to find out.