A Very Selwick Christmas (11 page)

It was enough to make one wonder.

“Shall we toast?” Colin suggested, lifting his glass and smiling at me. He smiled with his eyes as well as his lips. No matter what else was going on, what it was he wouldn"t tell me, that smile, at least, was honest.

“Yes,” I said. I lifted my wine glass in the air and looked him square in the eye. “To January.”

“To January,” Colin echoed. Our glasses clinked in mid-air, our eyes locked above them. My mysterious boyfriend was going to have more than a little bit of explaining to do. In January.

It was shaping up to be a very interesting New Year.