Last Christmas Read Online Free
Author: Lily Greene
word even now, a year on.
Ella, overwhelmed by despair, had collapsed on the floor in a heap. She had called Libby and sobbed down the phone, trying to explain what had happened. Libby cancelled her New Year’s Eve plans and went straight to be at the side of her heart-broken best friend.
That night was the worst night of Ella’s life. She felt hopeless, rejected, cast aside. All the love she had shown Robbie, all the years they had spent building their life together, he had just thrown away in a fit of panic. How carelessly he had done it. He had left her a note, a scrap of paper that became heavier and heavier every time she read it.
Ella didn’t hear from him for weeks and those weeks turned into months. She told herself she was better off without him and convinced herself that everything she had once loved about him was irritating and repulsive.
He was too patronising. He was too argumentative. He was ostentacious. He was showy and image conscious. He was pedantic about the most annoying things, he was sexist, he was … he was everything bad in the world.
Ella heard the scratching of her CD in the player. She had been so lost in thought she hadn’t realised that the machine was stuck on the same line, repeating eerily the same refrain again and again.
Now I know what a fool I’ve been , but if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again . Chug chug chug. Now I know what a fool I’ve been , but if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again . Chug chug chug. Now I know what a fool I’ve been , but if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again .
The music blasted out truth and made her think of his kisses.
Oh his kisses. She sighed, finally submerging in the water to rinse out the shampoo that had almost set on top of her head. If he was here now, even after all the pain and heartbreak he had put her through, she knew she’d give in to his charm. She would melt at the touch of his hand. She’d be a fool again because he was so handsome, funny and sexy.
Ella sat up and wiped the water from her eyes. She moved onto the rose-infused conditioner and massaged it into her scalp while she thought about Robbie’s redeeming features and ignored the squeaky repetition of Wham!’s Christmas classic. Robbie was hilarious, successful and ambitious. He was so seductive and incomparable in the bedroom …
Ella remembered the Christmas Eve that Robbie had whisked her off to Switzerland for a skiing holiday. They had spent the week in a five star hotel and having decided it was too cold outside to ski, even when they had piled on all their clothes, they spent the week in the hotel room without any clothes …
Ella was becoming aroused just thinking about her and Robbie’s sensual holiday but she realised that she was back-tracking and forced herself to think of Robbie’s faults. She dunked her hair in the hot water in order to cool off and rinsed out the conditioner.
She had to remember how furiously and often they had argued, how uncontrollably jealous and patronising he had been. Just because he spoke five languages and was exceptionally well-read, didn’t mean he was better than everybody else.
Ella convinced herself that she was only thinking about him now because she had so many Christmas memories with him, it wasn’t because she missed him. She vowed not think of him again that evening and stood up to drain the water from her body. Ella took out the plug, squeezed the excess water from her wild curls and stepped out of the bath. She had to stop that awful song.
Chapter Three
Ella stepped out of her car onto the frozen gravel and wrapped her scarf a little tighter. She was wearing a soft black poloneck with a denim dungaree dress over the top. The dress was cut into her waist, showing off her curves and although it was short with her tanned heeled boots, she wore thick black tights to make the outfit a bit more conservative. She looked over at the Crosley’s family home. It was a
Ella, overwhelmed by despair, had collapsed on the floor in a heap. She had called Libby and sobbed down the phone, trying to explain what had happened. Libby cancelled her New Year’s Eve plans and went straight to be at the side of her heart-broken best friend.
That night was the worst night of Ella’s life. She felt hopeless, rejected, cast aside. All the love she had shown Robbie, all the years they had spent building their life together, he had just thrown away in a fit of panic. How carelessly he had done it. He had left her a note, a scrap of paper that became heavier and heavier every time she read it.
Ella didn’t hear from him for weeks and those weeks turned into months. She told herself she was better off without him and convinced herself that everything she had once loved about him was irritating and repulsive.
He was too patronising. He was too argumentative. He was ostentacious. He was showy and image conscious. He was pedantic about the most annoying things, he was sexist, he was … he was everything bad in the world.
Ella heard the scratching of her CD in the player. She had been so lost in thought she hadn’t realised that the machine was stuck on the same line, repeating eerily the same refrain again and again.
Now I know what a fool I’ve been , but if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again . Chug chug chug. Now I know what a fool I’ve been , but if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again . Chug chug chug. Now I know what a fool I’ve been , but if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again .
The music blasted out truth and made her think of his kisses.
Oh his kisses. She sighed, finally submerging in the water to rinse out the shampoo that had almost set on top of her head. If he was here now, even after all the pain and heartbreak he had put her through, she knew she’d give in to his charm. She would melt at the touch of his hand. She’d be a fool again because he was so handsome, funny and sexy.
Ella sat up and wiped the water from her eyes. She moved onto the rose-infused conditioner and massaged it into her scalp while she thought about Robbie’s redeeming features and ignored the squeaky repetition of Wham!’s Christmas classic. Robbie was hilarious, successful and ambitious. He was so seductive and incomparable in the bedroom …
Ella remembered the Christmas Eve that Robbie had whisked her off to Switzerland for a skiing holiday. They had spent the week in a five star hotel and having decided it was too cold outside to ski, even when they had piled on all their clothes, they spent the week in the hotel room without any clothes …
Ella was becoming aroused just thinking about her and Robbie’s sensual holiday but she realised that she was back-tracking and forced herself to think of Robbie’s faults. She dunked her hair in the hot water in order to cool off and rinsed out the conditioner.
She had to remember how furiously and often they had argued, how uncontrollably jealous and patronising he had been. Just because he spoke five languages and was exceptionally well-read, didn’t mean he was better than everybody else.
Ella convinced herself that she was only thinking about him now because she had so many Christmas memories with him, it wasn’t because she missed him. She vowed not think of him again that evening and stood up to drain the water from her body. Ella took out the plug, squeezed the excess water from her wild curls and stepped out of the bath. She had to stop that awful song.
Chapter Three
Ella stepped out of her car onto the frozen gravel and wrapped her scarf a little tighter. She was wearing a soft black poloneck with a denim dungaree dress over the top. The dress was cut into her waist, showing off her curves and although it was short with her tanned heeled boots, she wore thick black tights to make the outfit a bit more conservative. She looked over at the Crosley’s family home. It was a
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