Jingled by Daddies: A Secret Baby, Dad's Best Friends, Christmas, Reverse Harem Romance (Kissmass Daddies) by Ajme Williams

Author:Ajme Williams [Williams, Ajme]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

12

NOELLE

I stir awake slowly, the world coming back in soft fragments.

My body aches in that deep, bone-heavy way that comes from emotional exhaustion more than anything physical.

Beside me, Eli’s curled close, his small frame bundled in blankets, one hand tucked beneath his chin.

His chestnut curls are a wild halo across the pillow, his lips parted just slightly as he breathes. I lie there watching him for a long moment, my chest tightening with something that feels too big to contain.

Love so fierce it borders on pain.

He’s the only good thing I’ve ever done completely right.

My reason for even still being here, my anchor, the one piece of my life that’s never felt like a mistake.

I brush my fingers lightly through his hair, careful not to wake him, then ease myself out of bed.

My bare feet sink into the carpet, and I pad toward the window, wrapping my arms tight around my body.

The morning light is dim and blue, filtered through a sky swollen with snow.

Outside, the town looks like something out of a postcard—rooftops capped in white, trees bent under the weight of it. Across the street, the park in the courtyard is buried completely under.

It’s a shame it snowed so badly and out of the blue yesterday.

Every December, our town throws together a Christmas Market in the park, Eli’s favorite weekend activity. With how deep everything is buried, I doubt there will be one today.

I spot a few deep tire tracks carved into the road, proof that someone braver—or hell, stupider— than me tried driving through it.

Probably someone from the committee coming around to check how bad this side of town got hit.

But judging by how still everything is, I doubt anyone’s going to be leaving their houses today.

Aside from that, there’s no way I can drive back to Dad’s house. Which means we’ll have to wait it out or walk.

The idea of trudging through the snow again, especially after yesterday, feels impossible.

Not to mention even if I do try, I’ll be scolded by Callum again.

A dull ache throbs behind my eyes, the leftover echo of too many tears and not enough sleep.

I rub at my face, trying to push the heaviness away, but the memories creep in anyway.

I don’t remember much after Callum sitting me down on the couch. Just the blur of voices and the sound of someone locking the door sometime after.

The solid warmth beside me had lulled me to sleep, and I should have woken up on the couch.

Which means one of them must’ve carried me in here sometime last night.

I shouldn’t feel comforted by the thought of one of them tucking me into bed, but I do.

I glance back at Eli, his tiny hand still fisted in the blanket, and I remind myself what’s at stake.

Losing myself in them is only going to complicate things.

Even if I could believe the spark from years ago was still there, even if I could delude myself that their protectiveness, their desire to keep me around wasn’t something

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