Stay With Me (A Wattpad Novel) by Jessica Cunsolo

Author:Jessica Cunsolo [Cunsolo, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241460849
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Published: 2020-12-02T18:30:00+00:00

13

We’ve only been here for three days and we’re already getting sick of only eating various types of barbequed meat for lunch and dinner. Since tomorrow is Christmas Day and the guys have been so good about taking turns being grill master, Annalisa, Charlotte, and I have shooed them out of the kitchen, where we’re making our “family” dinner. Tomorrow will be a traditional, big Christmas lunch—Julian even managed to get a whole turkey from the market and googled stuffing recipes—but we’re still making a big Christmas Eve dinner.

“Quick! Someone take a picture! Anna’s voluntarily helping in the kitchen!” Julian jokes.

Annalisa responds by lobbing a wooden spoon at her boyfriend, which he easily deflects with a laugh.

The house is beautiful, but the only problem is that it’s open concept, so there are no walls dividing the kitchen and TV area. This is a problem because it’s raining outside and the guys are bored, which means annoying us is their only form of entertainment.

“Go video call your parents,” I tell them. “You all promised you’d wish them Merry Christmas on both Christmas Eve and Day.”

“We all did that already,” Julian says.

“Then go play outside or something,” Annalisa orders them as she gets another spoon, having lost hers.

Noah sits down beside Julian at the kitchen island and steals a cucumber from the salad we just finished preparing.

“It’s raining outside.” He reaches to steal another cucumber but Charlotte swats his hand away, and he gives her a kicked puppy look.

She huffs but ends up falling for it, giving him another cucumber slice before moving the salad to the counter.

“When has the rain ever stopped you from doing something?” she asks him.

He tilts his head, contemplating the question. “Well, never. But dinner’s almost ready, and my mother would have a conniption if she found out I ruined Christmas Eve dinner by showing up soaking wet.” Judy is a woman to be reckoned with.

We tell them to make themselves useful and set the table if they insist on bothering us, which they do with the utmost dedication. Eventually, we’re sitting around the table eating, and the guys are too busy stuffing their faces to annoy us any longer.

Jason looks at me, sauce all over his face. “I already knew you made good pancakes, but your pasta is amazing!”

“I’m glad you like it, Jason.” I smile at him, then laugh when Aiden throws him a napkin and tells him to try not to miss his mouth anymore.

“This cucumber salad is really great too. What dressing is this, Char?” I ask, scooping a second serving onto my plate.

“Actually, Mason mixed a bunch of stuff for the dressing and wouldn’t tell me what it was,” she tells me, and the blood drains from my face. I’ve been an expert at avoiding speaking directly to Mason since we got here.

“It’s a secret,” he replies. “My mom taught me. But maybe I’ll show you, k-bear, since you clearly like it so much.”

His mom taught him? Natalia? The sweet, innocent woman

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