Christmas Wishes and Kisses: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance by Davie Alexis

Author:Davie, Alexis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

12

JACK

I cursed as pain flared in my thumb. Stupid, stupid, stupid. How could I be so careless? Especially since Harlow as due here any minute. How was I supposed to prove that I was good enough for her when I couldn’t even do a simple thing like fix a roof right?

I scrambled down from the roof and quickly searched my room for a pair of gloves, managing to pull them on just as the doorbell rang. I did my best to forget about the throbbing in my thumb and went down to greet Harlow. Her nose was still slightly red from being outdoors.

Harlow hugged me and thankfully didn’t comment about the gloves, if she even noticed. Surely, it would be fine.

It was all fine… until she decided to hold my hand. I loved holding her hand and didn’t pull away. That, it turned out, was a mistake, as she squeezed, pressing right into my injured thumb, and I couldn’t stop the cry of pain that escaped my lips.

“Jack! What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” I said quickly.

“No, it’s not nothing. Why are you wearing gloves? Show me your hand.”

“It’s fine.”

“Clearly, it’s not.” Harlow tugged my glove off, and I didn’t see the point in resisting her.

She already knew something was wrong, and if I didn’t let her see, she’d probably assume it was worse than it really was.

“Oh, Jack, what happened?”

“It was nothing. Just slammed my finger with a hammer.” I felt my face going red and couldn’t quite meet Harlow’s eyes. Surely, now was the moment she was going to realize I wasn’t good enough for her. Knox and Felix were better. She’d be perfectly fine with them and without me. She—

“Jack, what’s wrong, baby?”

“Nothing’s wrong.”

“Something obviously is. You can tell me. I won’t judge.”

I exhaled. “I’m sorry, Harlow,” I whispered. “I wish I could be perfect for you, but I’m just not.”

“Whoever said you had to be perfect? I don’t want perfection from you, Jack. I want the real you, imperfections and all. Please never feel like you need to hide yourself from me.”

I took a deep, shuddering breath. “You really mean that?”

“I really do.”

It was incomprehensible to me, but I saw nothing but sincerity on Harlow’s face. She truly did want me, despite everything.

“Now, you stay here. I’m going to get the first aid kit and clean this mess up.”

Harlow left and returned with some antiseptic and bandages. I winced as she gently cleaned off the dried blood and wrapped a small compression bandage around my thumb, probably to help with the swelling.

“There you go. Promise to tell me the next time you’re hurt?”

“I promise.” The promise came more easily than I thought it would have.

Harlow kissed me. “Good.”

The day went fairly smoothly after that. We stayed in and watched a movie, all cuddling on the couch together, easily taking turns with who got to be next to Harlow.

When she left later that evening, I was smiling so broadly, my face hurt.

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