Take Me Home for Christmas

<p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>She invented Mr. Right...just in time for the holidays.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Every tangled web starts with one tiny white lie. The kind you spin when you're desperate.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>One day I Mia D'Angelo third-year pediatric resident was telling my mom that I'd finally met the perfect guy. Gushing about how amazing he was. And how happy I was. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>It was all true. Until my perfect guy Dr. Braxton Hughes turned out to be my co-worker and my only competitor for a spot in the best practice in town...and then suddenly I was dumped...again. But I kept going with the stories to get her through a very tough time.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>My mom's health crisis ended and just when I thought things had settled down my family wanted to meet my wonderful boyfriend for Christmas.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>So I asked</span><em style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)> (</em><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>okay</span><em style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)> begged) </em><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>just about every male I knew under forty except of course for Brax. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Brax is an amazing pediatrician but he would never fit the bill as a boyfriend. Maybe in looks. And charm. And his big heart. The problem is that he's the biggest commitment-phobe this side of the Mississippi. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>He's the kind of guy I would definitely </span><em style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>never</em><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)> take home for Christmas. There'd be no kissin' under the mistletoe no canoodling under the tree-because my heart could not survive falling for him again.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>My car is packed and I'm down to no one when magically there he is duffle in hand melt-me smile on his face. </span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Oh joy.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Keeping it professional is going to be a whole lot harder than I thought. Especially when he charms my parents my whole family and even my dog.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>And Dr. Wrong...well he's suddenly looking awfully right.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>