An Unexpected Guest

A Christmas reunion. A storm. A past that won’t stay buried.

He comes to his parents’ mountain cabin for a quiet Christmas alone—hoping distance and silence will dull the ache of loss.

Instead, he finds Elena.

His ex.
The woman who never quite left his thoughts.
And the last person he expected to see standing in his driveway as the snow begins to fall.

Two years ago, grief and silence tore them apart. Now she’s back—uninvited, unsettled, and running from a fight she won’t fully explain. With a storm closing in and no easy way back to town, they’re forced to share the cabin…and the memories that live inside it.

As old habits resurface and conversations grow more intimate, he begins to sense something has changed. Elena is bolder. More confident. Less willing to explain herself. And far more aware of the effect she has on him than she used to be.

This Christmas reunion is anything but simple—and once the door closes behind her, neither of them will walk away unchanged.