One Night before Christmas

One night with a scarred stranger for a million pounds. What would you do? This Christmas I’m a modern-day Bob Cratchit struggling to keep food on the table and a roof over the head of my disabled daughter Immi. With bills piling up holiday gifts and a festive dinner are an impossible dream. Then a last-minute kitchen job at Midnight in Mayfair an exclusive London nightclub changes everything. When I help an injured dancer I catch the eye of the club's owner Te Ariki Thompson: tall Māori rich scarred and extremely intimidating. He suggests I fill in for her. I’m ready to refuse—until I realize how much it pays. After watching my performance Te Ariki offers me another five thousand pounds for a private dance. Desperation wins and I can’t resist. Then he asks me to return the next evening. Night after night I find myself dancing just for him gradually glimpsing the man beneath the scars. Then he makes an unthinkable proposal: one