A Cinderella Christmas Page #5

And it bears a striking resemblance

to the mystery stocking.

Come on, Candace. Don't let

your imagination run wild.

You went to the ball.

Candace, I can explain...

No need to explain.

Christmas miracles

don't need to be explained.

Wait. I'm confused.

You're happy?

I'm ecstatic.

Now we can convince

Nicholas that you were me.

What?

No, I don't think so.

Not even to have your very own

successful event planning business...

all to yourself...

free of me...

forever?

And all you have to do is

give Nicholas the little nudge

that he needs to be mine.

You want me to trick him?

Well, you already tricked him.

It was supposed to be me

in this dress and at the ball.

He invited me, not you.

He was expecting me.

And you said,

we're perfect for each other.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe he was going to marry

whoever was at that ball.

That's the spirit.

You can fill me in

on everything while I shop

for my engagement

outfit for tomorrow.

-Hey.

-Hi.

So that's how they

make those?

Yup.

This stuff smells great.

You don't want to touch that...

-Yup.

-It's covered in glue.

-Now you have glue on your hands.

-I'm sorry.

-Can you not touch anything?

-I'm sorry!

Let me get that.

Cool.

Thank you.

You've actually got a few

pieces in your hair.

- What? No.

- Would you mind if I...

Sorry.

Thank you. Silly.

Thank you for that.

Can I help?

Yes, as long as you

don't break anything.

I'll try.

I do remember you now.

-You do?

-Yeah.

Before, I remember

talking to you.

You said you worked

the ball after midnight.

Right. Yeah.

Yeah, I did.

She disappeared at midnight.

Well, I thought you ruled

me out because...

the woman has to like you.

You like me.

I can tell.

I do, do I?

Well...

you don't like me, so...

I guess we're

in the clear.

I like you.

Angie?

Nicholas, you remember

my cousin Candace, right?

Of course.

Hello, Candace.

Right. Well...

she's the woman

you've been looking for.

What do you mean?

The stocking was hers.

Search over.

I don't understand.

You told me that

you didn't go to the ball.

I was scared.

You were so intense,

I was afraid of losing your

future business with our company.

I take my work

very seriously.

That's right.

You do.

And of course, I had no idea

it was you who I'd fall...

Who I met at the ball.

So you do feel

the same way.

How could I not?

Then why did you

disappear that night?

I had to get back

to the kitchen.

A job well done is the

most valuable prize to me.

And it wasn't until later I realized I

had no idea how I was going to find you.

And once I learned

who you were,

I was nervous

to say something because...

Well, you're you.

And I'm just the owner

of several successful

small businesses

I run with my bare hands.

Grab your tissues, ladies,

Nicholas Carmichael

is officially off the market.

After a bizarre video call to the missing

party guest he wanted to make his bride,

the ultimate bachelor has finally

found his Princess Charming.

Nicholas? Are you home?

Mother, what are

you doing here?

I saw on the news

you were getting married,

and I felt for sure you were

taken hostage or something.

Well, I made a video saying that I was looking

for the woman that I wanted to marry,

but I never told anyone

that I found her.

I'm not quite sure

how that got out,

but good timing though,

because this is her.

This is Candace Carrillo.

Victoria, it's so

nice to meet you.

Please call me

Mrs. Carmichael.

And she owns

an event planning business

that threw my

Christ-Masquerade ball.

That's me.

Work, work, work.

Well, there's nothing I value more

than an entrepreneurial spirit.

Perhaps we can help you

expand down the road.

Thank you for the offer,

but I'll have to pass.

See, my underprivileged cousin

has lived with my father and I

since her parents died

when she was six.

I think it's only fair that

I share my good fortune

and let her take over

the businesses.

Really?

Well, I'm going to have

my own new family soon,

with their own

business interests.

It'd be greedy of me

to keep my own,

depriving my cousin

of a bright future.

Nicholas, darling,

may I have a word?

I'll be just a minute.

Well, don't be too happy for me.

I needn't worry about that.

Isn't this what you wanted?

I'm settling down,

I'm experiencing the grand

institution of marriage.

And making a mockery of it

with a media circus and...

Well, I won't insult

your fiance.

All I know is that after

all your big talk about

finding the one,

you couldn't let get away.

I was expecting

something different.

She is different.

-She seems...

-She's not herself right now.

It's a very unusual situation

that she's in.

Stop trying to make me happy.

Can she make you happy?

The point isn't to get married just so you

can claim your inheritance, Nicholas.

The point is to grow up!

Find someone...

who makes you see

what is truly...

truly important in life.

I just have those sketches for the

wedding reception for you to look over.

Angie, wait.

That wasn't what

you think.

You don't have to explain

yourself, Nicholas.

Really.

Candace was not at that ball.

Some poor girl is getting scammed

out of a jackpot marriage

and so is Nicholas Carmichael.

Is he? Maybe he has an ulterior

motive for getting married.

Come on, I don't think so.

He was so sincere

in that video,

and he loved your ball,

so he has taste.

Yeah, but if he's

marrying Candace,

he's clearly not the brightest

bulb in the strand, right?

I'm going to send him

an anonymous note.

No!

What, you want Candace

to get away with this?

We had a deal, remember?

I help convince Nicholas that it was her

and she gives me the business. So, yay!

Why would you be

able to convince him?

The only people

that know what happened

between him and that woman

are him and that woman.

Holy night!

You are the woman!

You went to the ball!

It was totally you!

You know, I always thought Candace

needed to walk a mile in your shoes,

Angie, but this was not

what I had in mind.

Come on, what's the big deal?

Everyone gets what they want.

Carmichael doesn't!

He's in love with you!

He's not

in love with me.

He thinks Candace is me.

So you're going to let

him ruin his life?

Look, the guy I met at the ball

was sweet and charming

and sincere.

The guy in there,

he has his own agenda.

I'm not being a pawn

in someone else's game.

Come on, guys, it's about time

I look out for myself for once.

Yeah, but Ang, when you

fall in love with someone,

looking out for one of you

is looking out for both of you.

Love?

How could I love

Nicholas Carmichael?

I'm not even sure

which him is him.

Now I know

these don't look splashy,

but they're all

one-of-a-kind pieces.

Vintage, modern,

all unique.

Which I thought

might make you happy.

Have you given further

thought to what you might want?

I don't know.

Maybe a five-carat pink diamond

with white diamond accents

and an eternity triple

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