Finding Christmas in Hyde Park #8: Finding Christmas Again in London

Under the London Lights

Outside so that she can avoid her good friend who has turned into a dating app and calls the only other Londoner she knows besides the bestie that got her into this mess in the first place, Emma, Axel’s daughter, and Olivia’s confidante and sounding board in all things Axel. Olivia’s date mad friend has chased her straight into the arms of solid (and truthfully, a little stolid) Axel Harrison, businessman, thrillionaire, and rather lonely single father who has promised to accompany her on her dream outings of the Christmas sites of London. Thus, saving her from going on dates with

Olivia paces outside the Notting Hill flat, phone pressed to her ear. "Emma, this is insane. Your father is a FTSE 100 CEO, and I'm taking him to a carnival. Not to mention that we’re also both over 80 years old. Ages combined!"

"Trust me," Emma's voice crackles through with amusement, "Dad needs this. He's forgotten Christmas isn't just another item on his corporate agenda."

"And you think cotton candy and roller coasters are the solution?"

"I think you're the solution," Emma says softly. "He smiles when he talks about you. Real smiles, not those boardroom ones that look like they've been approved by shareholders.He hasn’t always been a navy suit, he used to be alive, before everything. So, just keep believing, don’t give up on him.”

Arrival - 6:30 PM

The town car's tires crunch on frost-covered gravel as it pulls up to Hyde...