All I Want: A Christmas Short by Alexandria House

Author:Alexandria House [House, Alexandria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-08T18:30:00+00:00

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Navy

“That wasn’t you, baby. Don’t you know that? Don’t you know that I know that? You were sick,” Lakeland stated.

“I was fucking psychotic! I thought you were poisoning me!”

“But right now, you know I wasn’t. And no offense, but I wasn’t gonna let your short ass kill me, Navy. I might be weak for you, but I’m not weak weak.”

I rolled my eyes and backed out of his arms. “I had a weapon.”

“You pulled a fork on me, baby. A fork,” he said, with raised eyebrows.

“A serving fork!”

As we stared at each other, I could see the twinkle in his eyes. “Don’t make me laugh, Lake. This is not the time for laughing.”

With a grin, he said, “Okay. Well, consider this: it’s insulting that after all these years we’ve been together, all the years we’ve loved each other, you would shut me out when you needed my support the most. I backed off, because I could see the truth of what you were feeling. You were ashamed. You still are, but you shouldn’t be. There’s no need for you to be. I’m a damn doctor, Navy. I understand more than anyone that it’s a disease, one you inherited. You didn’t do anything to make this happen.”

“Lake—”

“But yeah, I backed off. I gave you time to settle all of this in your mind, but I’m back. It’s Christmas, your favorite holiday, and…and I’m not leaving here today until you take me back, until you’re my girl again.”

“Lakeland, I…”

“I love you, Navy.”

All I could do was stare at him.

“You still love me?” he asked.

Dropping my eyes, I softly uttered, “You know I do, Lake. My love for you is why I pushed you away, why I’ll continue to push you away.”

“You can push—” He shrugged. “But I ain’t budging. Not ever again.”

I had opened my mouth to respond when a knock on the passenger side window made me jump. Turning my head, I found myself face to face with Heidi. Lakeland let the window down, and I asked, “What’s up?”

“Dinner’s ready. Ma told me to come find you, and I need you to convince her that that damn puppy don’t need to sit at the table with us.”

I had to smile at her annoyance. “You don’t like little Bitch? I think she’s adorable.”

“Yeah, she’s cute as hell, but I ain’t breaking bread with her little furry ass. That’s some pure Caucasian shit right there.”

Through giggles, I said, “Be right there.”

Before I could exit Lake’s truck and follow Heidi, he rested a hand on my arm. “Navy—”

“I’ll think about it, Lake,” I offered.

“Will you think about this?” he asked, and then his mouth was covering mine, and the memory of how this had always felt kicked in. That, plus the fact that I hadn’t touched a man since we were together three years earlier made me grab the collar of his coat and try to pull him across the center console. In what felt like milliseconds, my hand was in his pants, his

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