I Joked About Being Her Christmas Eve Boyfriend—She Asked, “Pretend or real?”

Jace Mitchell lives a quiet life on the snowy outskirts of Bend, Oregon — fixing bikes by day and spending peaceful nights listening to old Christmas tunes on his grandfather’s radio. But everything changes when his neighbor Evelyn, a woman still healing from a painful divorce, receives an invitation to the town Christmas party… where her ex-husband will appear with the woman he left her for.

Desperate not to face the night alone, she asks Jace for a favor:
pretend to be her boyfriend. Just for the evening.

But pretending leads to something real — hand-holding practice on the porch, late-night cocoa by the fire, quiet confessions, and a connection neither of them expected. What begins as a harmless act of kindness becomes a slow-burn winter romance filled with courage, vulnerability, new beginnings, and the healing magic of Christmas.

Perfect for fans of romantic audio stories, winter love tales, emotional narration, slow-burn connections, and “from pretend to real” romances.

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