Lily (A Next Generation Carter Brother Novel Book 7) by Lisa Helen Gray

Author:Lisa Helen Gray [Gray, Lisa Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-06T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Jaxon

The car runs idly as I wait for it to heat up. The snow is heavier, the air chillier, and instead of being inside with the love of my life, I’m freezing my balls off to get my brother.

Reid has a lot to answer for. I know he doesn’t do this shit intentionally, but he needs to start making better life choices and stop fucking around. We’ve outgrown the days when we go out on benders constantly. Most of us just want a quiet drink at the pub, then to go home for food and sleep. And honestly, for myself, all I want to do when I finish work is get back to Lily. I feel like more and more lately, I don’t get to spend any quality time with her. It needs to change, and for that to happen, the others need to get their act together and stop relying on me to clean up their messes.

Mum is furious. She prides herself on spending time with family and Christmas means a lot to her. It meant a lot to my dad that we were all together, and she’s made sure every year that we are. It’s also good for the twins, since they were so young when our dad died. It’s why she’s livid right now. It’s the first year we’ve all been separated.

Reid really has a lot to fucking answer for.

My fingers tighten around the leather steering wheel as I grit my teeth. The frost has finally gone down, and I can leave, but I can’t do it.

I can’t put the car into gear and drive away.

Even as I place my hand on the parking brake and grip it, I can’t release it.

Because Lily’s inside, only a few metres away from the car.

Leaving her feels like a betrayal. I could see her worry and concern for Reid when I explained the situation. I could hear her words came from honesty because she has the purest of hearts. She cares about my family. My brother. And she meant it when she told me to go.

Then why do I feel like this?

It still feels like a betrayal. A betrayal because I know how much this day means to her, and I’ve left anyway.

I’m being pulled from two directions, and yet my heart, and head, are telling me to stay with her, to tease her about the magic of Christmas and how it’s a farce just so she can keep trying to prove me wrong. ‘Cause I’ll do anything to see that light in her eyes while she does.

The only thing magical about Christmas is her, and one day, she’ll open her eyes, look in a mirror and see that for herself.

“Fucking hell, Reid,” I growl to the empty car.

I can’t leave her. I can’t do it.

I switch off the engine just as my phone rings again. I sigh, answering it. “Yeah?”

“Bro, I’ve managed to Facetime him. He really does look like shit. And sounds it. He’s pale and sweaty and vomited whilst on the phone.

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