Christmas with the Kings_The Kings of Guardian by Kris Michaels

Author:Kris Michaels [Michaels, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KMRW LLC
Published: 2018-12-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Jade made her way downstairs after unpacking for her and Nic. She could hear the hubbub of commotion in the great room. The kids were hyper after the flight. Jade made a right turn at the bottom of the stairs and headed to the kitchen. It would be quieter there. She loved her nieces and nephews, but all of them together, hyper and amped about Christmas? Well, distance was her friend right now.

Two minutes after sitting down with a cup of hot apple cider that was simmering in the crockpot on the counter, Em walked in. She shut the door and put her back against it. "Jade, what color were the bridesmaids dresses supposed to be?"

"A dark red. Why?" A horrible sick feeling dropped over her.

Em pushed the door open and checked the hallway before she scurried over to the table and pulled out a piece of lurid yellow-greenish-brown material. "What the hell happened to this tie?" Jade lifted it and winced. "Fuck, did someone puke on it?"

"No, this is the color of everything." Em hissed.

Everything? What was everything? Her sister-in-law wasn't making sense. Ember pointed to the tie and whispered, "The dresses are this color."

"Oh for fuck's sake!"

"Shhhh...."

"No, this can't be happening." Jade started pacing. "Okay, okay. We can fix this."

"Fix what?"

Her mom's question spun her on a dime. "Oh… I forgot to pack a part of Joseph's gift from Ember." She slid her panicked gaze at her sister-in-law, silently begging for help.

"Yeah, I wanted her to swing by the..." Ember glanced back at Jade.

"Jewelers! For cufflinks." Jade wanted to slap her hand over her mouth. Like Joseph used cufflinks. The man lived in jeans. She'd seen him in a suit once, and that was at her dad's funeral.

Amanda's eyebrows lifted toward the ceiling. "Oh, well that's a nice gift, dear. Were you planning on going somewhere that he'll need to wear formal attire?"

"Well, actually it was for..."

"My wedding." Dani stood in the door of the kitchen. "We've decided on a formal affair in a lovely Tuscan vineyard, and when I told Ember, she worried that Joseph wouldn't feel comfortable, so she bought him a tailor-made suit, shoes, and cufflinks for Christmas. We were going to tell you at dinner tonight. We have three dates we are looking at in June so we can crunch calendars."

"Right!" Ember twirled to Amanda.

Jade swallowed down her looming panic. She was going to fucking hug the stuffings out of Dani. The woman just saved her ass and looked casual as fuck when she did it.

Amanda cocked her head and her gaze swept from woman to woman. "Oh, well, hopefully, it doesn't ruin the surprise." She turned and grabbed the crockpot full of apple cider. "Would one of you please bring those cups in?"

Jade watched the door swing shut behind her mom and deflated. "Fuck, that was close," she whispered as she snuck to the door and peeked down the hall.

"Dani, you saved our asses!" Ember gave the woman a high five.

"It wasn't a lie.

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