Mistake Under the Mistletoe by Leah Holt

A broken heart shouldn’t beat for a criminal…

Gwen: I left so I never had to risk seeing him again.
I left because everything in this damn town reminded me of him.
I left because he chose prison over us.
He made a choice, so I made one too, I moved across the country.
But when my mother calls me home for Christmas, I was terrified I’d run into the man who broke my heart.
When we finally come face to face, I can feel him all over my body like a shiver I can’t get rid of.
I thought I was over him. . .
I never expected my heart would still beat for him.

Yuri: She thinks I gave up on us, that I asked for all of this.
What she doesn’t realize is that it wasn’t a choice, I did what I had to do.
I served my time, closing that chapter of my life.
Everyone deserves a second chance, even a criminal like me.
I’m not the bad guy she thinks I am, I’m just a man who wants his girl back.