Christmas with my Best Friend's Brothers: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance by Kai Lesy

Author:Kai Lesy [Lesy, Kai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

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Nathan

The smell of cinnamon and sugar seemed to permeate the very walls of the house. I could smell it all the way upstairs in my room, or maybe it was just my imagination. I knew what to expect when I walked downstairs because we had the same breakfast spread ever since I was a child. Even though it was nothing new, I still felt excitement when I stepped into the dining room and found the table filled with goodies.

A tower of cinnamon rolls was at the center, with gooey frosting dripping off of them. I remembered being a teen and how my brothers and I made crude jokes about what it looked like, but we could never resist the deliciousness and would often eat them until we couldn’t move.

It wasn’t just cinnamon rolls, however. There were waffles, or as Marie called them gaufres, with all the toppings you could ever want. Mom preferred the waffles with a little Nutella and some strawberries, which were hard to find this time of year in the French Alps, but Marie never failed to procure some for her.

Fruit of all types, most of it not native to the area, overflowed several baskets.

Orange juice, espresso, cappuccino, hot chocolate… if it was a breakfast drink or a mug of something warm, it was there and ready to be consumed.

One of our family’s charities was for hungry children, and ever since I had sat on the board of it, I realized just how much food we wasted and how many children would kill for a fraction of the food on the table. It soured my mood ever so slightly as I stood there alone, in the doorway.

The chiming of the doorbell took me by surprise since everyone was here. Jackson probably forgot his keys and was crawling back after a wild night out on the town. I shook my head and walked toward the door, calling out to Jackson and scolding him for forgetting his keys, when Jackson spoke up from the stairs. “It’s not me, man.”

“If not you then who? Are you expecting anyone?” I thought about Mom’s “friend” and my eyes went wide. Jackson seemed to think the same thing judging by the way his face fell, but I had to give him credit because he said, “Let him in. I need to apologize.”

I didn’t even bother to check who might be standing there. It could only be Charles. I swung the door open and expected to see the older man, but my heart dropped into my stomach as I recognized the blonde on the other side of the door.

Her hair was longer than before, her bob had grown out and it wasn’t as bleached blonde, more honey colored with highlights. It made her look more grown-up than the white blonde of our teenage years. Her eyes were icy blue and filled with tears.

“Nathan—” she took a step forward with her arms open to hug me.

I stepped out of reach and put a hand up to stop her.

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