Stoneview Stories: The Complete Trilogy by Lola King

Author:Lola King [King, Lola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: King & Hunter
Published: 2023-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

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JAMIE

Infinity – Jaymes Young

I knock three times on the front door and rearrange my deep red velvet skirt. I check the flowers I bought for Chris’ parents to make sure not one of them is out of place and replace my bag that’s falling off my shoulders. I’m pulling down on my tight Christmas sweater when the door opens to Jake and his smile brightens his face the second his eyes fall on me. His dimples pop out and I feel my entire self melting.

“Merry Christmas.” His voice is merely more than a whisper as his gaze rakes all over my body.

“Merry Christmas to you too,” I whisper back.

I’m just like him, full of unbelievable happiness. It feels so surreal, too good to be true. I get that sort of feeling every time I see him but today is extra special. We’re spending Christmas together. My aunt’s case has been deteriorating in the past weeks and my mom doesn’t want to leave her alone for Christmas. Our savings are running low since my mom had to take time off work to be there and my part-time pay didn’t allow me to take a plane ticket. Jake insisted on paying it, Chris joined him, but I refused to be a charity case. So, they invited me to spend Christmas day with them.

I used some of my savings to have a present delivered to my mom so she wouldn’t feel alone or guilty for not being able to come back. It’s strange spending Christmas without her. We went from a family of four to just the two of us and suddenly I’m celebrating without her.

I walk in with Jake, it’s weird to be in the main house when we usually spend all our time in the pool house.

The whole place has been decorated from floor to ceiling in a red and golden Christmas theme. The Murrays are not often in Stoneview but when they are, it shows. We leave my bag and the flowers with their maid and keep going.

“You look gorgeous,” Jake slips in my ear as we walk the dark wooden floor to what I know is their dining room.

I giggle because my sweater is sporting Olaf from Frozen, with his nose stuck in the snow and him trying to pull it out.

“Interesting sweater,” he chuckles. We stop in front of a closed door and I pull my sweater to look down at it.

“Don’t make fun of me,” I pout. “My dad gave me this one Christmas when I was little, and I’ve been wearing it every Christmas since.”

I remember begging my dad for a Frozen sweater for Christmas when the film came out. That year wasn’t exactly good financially and I cried like a spoiled brat when I didn’t get it. When the craziness of Frozen ran out he managed to get it on sale at Walmart. I would wear it everywhere. Camila and Beth were already making fun of me back then. We were just little girls, and they would mock me for having a Frozen sweater a year and a half after the hit film came out.

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