December at Dunes Pier: Hot Chocolate Warmed, Hearts Opened
A.G. Justice
One cup of hot chocolate.
Two lives forever changed.
Dr. Jayden Winns is used to holding everything together. As a respected OB/GYN, he spends his days delivering babies and carrying the weight of other people’s miracles and losses. But after a brutal shift under a full moon, all he wants is quiet—and the warmth of a familiar pier on a cold December night.
That’s where he meets Ethan Gossard.
Ethan is calm, kind, and working a simple hot chocolate cart on Dunes Pier. What Jayden doesn’t know is that Ethan is also a powerful CEO hiding behind a life he once loved—and a man about to face the worst night of his life when his sister is rushed into the ER in labor with quadruplets.
Thrown together by crisis, grief, and survival, Jayden and Ethan form an unbreakable bond in hospital hallways and late-night silences. What begins as comfort deepens into something neither of them expected—especially as Jayden’s own health begins to unravel, forcing him to confront vulnerability he’s spent a lifetime avoiding.
Ethan doesn’t hesitate. He stays. He holds. He loves.
From emergency rooms to oceanfront mornings, from whispered promises to shared healing, this is the story of two men who find each other when they need it most—and choose love without hesitation.
Because sometimes forever starts with a single cup of hot chocolate.
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