One Holiday Wish by Willow Winters

Author:Willow Winters [Winters, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0BS42Z55V
Goodreads: 88565113
Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

CARLA

“Everyone!” Lauren’s screaming through her house with a shit-eating grin that won’t budge. The thud, thud, thud of her pattering down the steps as quickly as she can is far faster than mine because of these heels.

“Lauren!” I scream her name and add, “Don’t you dare!” as I bend down on the third step to grab my heels so I can catch her barefoot before she can go shouting to everyone what she just saw. I have half a mind to throw them at her as she lands on the bottom step.

“Guys!” Lauren squeals as she rounds the corner, leaving me in a view of only her hand. My chest is heaving in air by the time I catch up to her in the small living room crowded with James and four more friends for years and years. Friends who have been my family and know every detail of my life. Including the bits about Michael. The very large bits that have made up most of my life since the tenth grade.

All of their eyes are on me, I can feel them burning into me as I hold up a heel at Lauren, ready to tell her to shut it just as she announces, “He totally gave it to her already!”

Gave it to her. My mouth drops just like the shoe in my hand. How could she? Betrayal rips through me like I’ve never experienced in my life and instantly tears prick my eyes. Were they betting on how long it would take before I fell back into bed with him? Fuck. That hurts more than anything ever has. Embarrassment doesn’t even register. It just hurts.

“Lauren, I didn’t ask yet!” Michael’s voice booms down the stair case. I barely notice the thumps pounding down the steps and coming up behind me.

“Fuck,” Lauren covers her mouth before closing the distance between us and grabbing my shoulders. “That sounded so wrong. I thought you two were up there because he asked you. I’m so sorry. Don’t take those words like the way they sounded.

“You really put your foot in your mouth,” James laughs at Lauren, no sense at all

“I thought he asked her!” Lauren raises her voice and directs her guilt on James who shakes his head comically. “You’re a mess,” he jokes and my friends in the room chuckle. Everyone still jovial as if nothing’s wrong in the least.

“Ask me what?” I breathe the words and turn around to face Michael, his soft blue eyes piercing me like they always do.

“Oh my God he’s going to do it now,” I hear Lauren’s words rush out of her mouth as she steps away, giving us room and letting everyone else see the two of us.

My heart beats fast, my body heats and my lungs stay perfectly still, refusing to let me breathe as Michael takes my hand with one of his, running the rough pad of his thumb over my wrist and reaches into his pocket to pull out a small black velvet box.

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