Chapter 142: Under The Mistletoe

The Halls and their guest spent about an hour singing carols between downing glasses of eggnog and eating the treats Keeley had baked. Aaron didn't know most of the words so he had to look them up on his phone, which was both funny and sad.

She hadn't realized how terrible holidays must have been for him as a little kid that he didn't even know the words to popular Christmas songs. No wonder he was indifferent to her desire to be festive for most of their relationship—he had never been exposed to the fun things about Christmastime enough to care. It was just another day to him.

He may have all the money in the world but his life kind of sucked. Aaron wasn't able to follow his dreams—did he even have any?—or do fun things.

His parents dictated everything for him. The one time she ever witnessed him defy them was when he married her. Both of them regretted that decision fairly quickly.