Christmas at the Castle (12 page)

Charlie grimaced. ‘Over my dead body. Have you any idea how corny that was?'

‘You liked it though, didn't you?' Gervase teased as he took her coat.

‘Possibly … but I think I preferred the bit about liking me wearing nothing but bin bags!'

‘Charlotte Davies! I didn't think you were that kind of girl.'

‘Didn't you?' Charlie fluttered her eyelashes at him. ‘Come on, let's go and find you some onion gravy.'

Epilogue

Tuesday December 8
^th

Kit ran a hand over Crathes' pink wall affectionately before engulfing Charlie in a bear hug. ‘I can't believe it's time to go already.'

Gervase picked up the last piece of Kit's luggage and passed it to Phil to load into the boot of their hire car. ‘Where's the first spot on your mini tour then?'

‘We thought we'd do a few distilleries. If I don't take some proper Scottish whisky back for Rob, my partner at the bookshop, then I'll get a seriously hard time.'

‘The first stop though,' Kit said as she gave Cameron a hug, ‘is Craigievar. I have to see what Disney fell in love with!'

Alice nodded approvingly. ‘You were unbelievable, Kit. Thank you so much for coming.'

Unsure if she should hug Kit goodbye or not, the writer made Alice's decision for her, embracing the blonde as she said, ‘I wouldn't have missed a second of it.'

Cameron and Gervase laughed. ‘Not even the double romantic comedy of errors?'

‘Hey, I'm all about the happy endings!'

‘Oh, that reminds me!' Charlie plunged a hand into her massive handbag and produced a present, ‘This is for you from all of us. Happy Christmas, Kit.'

As Phil shook hands with the men and kissed goodbye to the women, Kit ripped the paper off her very apt present.

Laughing as she revealed her very own magic wand, Kit waved it through the car's open window, calling, ‘Have a Happy Christmas at the castle,' as Phil drove them towards their next Scottish adventure, which he was sure would involve a great many colossal cups of coffee …

The End

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