Hot for the Holidays (21 Holiday Short Stories): A Collection of Naughty and Nice Holiday Romances by Anthology

Author:Anthology [Anthology]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B014HO1J9K
Publisher: Indie Chicks Rock
Published: 2015-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

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"Okay, O’Rourke. Calm down. None of what you told me raises any red flags. Maybe he wants to surprise you when he finds out for sure. This bitch sounds like a busy body, and you played right into her hands today."

I nodded as I downed my fourth glass of wine. The cheese plate we shared wasn’t absorbing too much of the alcohol. The more I spoke to Jason, the weepier I became.

"I can’t remember the last time we had actual sex. Joey won’t leave us alone at night, but I feel guilty leaving him to sleep alone if he’s scared. Bella’s going on a date so she’s on her way out." I cried into my fresh mozzarella as I rehashed my upsetting home life.

Jason laughed and put his hand over mine. "She’s fourteen, and it’s a school dance. She’s not moving out tomorrow. I know Bella getting older makes you want to hang on to your baby boy a little more, but Joey sleeping between you isn’t helping anybody. Besides, you told me Lucas still paws at you every chance he gets. Pretend it’s the all-consuming, hotter than hell sexual tension of the old days."

I nodded and gnawed on a piece of bread. Yes, the sexual tension of the old days. My rekindled friendship with Lucas while I was still barely unhappily married to Marc flashed through my mind. We were inseparable, and the attraction between us grew to be a palpable force—even when it shouldn’t have been. The memory of Christmas before we were officially together was bittersweet. We were always more than friends, no matter how much we exhausted ourselves pretending otherwise.

"Merry Christmas, Lucas!" I whispered into the phone as to not wake Bella. She spiked a fever Christmas Eve and had been in bed ever since. Poor baby didn’t even get to play with any of her new toys.

"Merry Christmas, Baby Girl! Nice to hear your voice. Are you okay?"

Lucas had texted me ‘Merry Christmas’ earlier this morning, but being alone all day on Christmas was driving me nuts. How many times could I watch holiday movies on the Hallmark Channel without wanting to throw something at all the sappy happiness?

"Yeah, Bella is sick. We couldn’t go over to Marc’s mother’s house so it’s been me and my sleeping girl all day."

Lucas huffed. "You guys are alone? Where’s Marc?"

I chuckled. "Sick kids really aren’t his thing. He’s better off at his mother’s." Not that he was still there. Jeannie had called to check on her granddaughter and mentioned her son left to have a drink with his friend ‘Mel’. The dumbass left his phone laying around enough for me to see ‘Melanie’ flash across the screen quite a bit. The sad part was I didn’t feel the slightest tinge of jealousy. Calling Marc my husband was ludicrous as we sure didn’t have anything remotely close to a real marriage.

"Anyway, how’s your mom and sister? When do you head home?"

"They’re good. I head back to the city tomorrow afternoon.

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