Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 239

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Happpy Holidays everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful time with your

family. For those that find the holidays hard sending you love. I’ve spent some time

on these holiday chapters and thought it fitting to release them as they come in

real time.

Be blessed,

Lilly xo

Briar

Christmas morning

I woke up to Cricket’s shrill voice. “Santa came!”

After tucking her in last night we all piled the wrapped gifts under the tree. I was

groggy as Carter kissed up my neck. I opened my eyes and he peered down at me,

equally haggard.

“Coffee,” I demanded. He grinned at me and I shucked off the covers and threw on a

cropped tee that said. ‘I made the naughty list,‘ and a pair of black leggings. I

gathered the mess of my hair into a poney and we made our way downstairs.

Cricket greeted me excitedly.

“Santa came! He found me even though we moved!”

“Of course he did,” I assured her. I turned to the kitchen. “And he left quite the

mess,” I said, rolling my eyes pretending to be perturbed. Carrots with chunks taken

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out, and cookie crumbs everywhere and an ungodly amount of glitter. I’d regret

that later. Right now the magic of Christmas bubbled out of Cricket and it was

infectious, I was going to ride that high with her. This would be the last Christmas

morning where she was the only kid who would have my attention. Carter started

coffee as she dragged Misty and me to the couch where Beck grogily sat upon the

afghan still in his lap.

“Ya know there’s this perfectly good bed upstairs,” I told him while he rubbed out a

crick in his neck.

“I like to sleep near the door,” he grumbled sleepily. I wasn’t naive to the ratsnest

of Misty’s hair or the scent Beck all over Misty. They had found the time and place

at some point once everyone else went to bed to mess around. I was happy for

them, I just hoped it was something that would stick. Something told me they both

had an issue with commitment from their pasts, the age difference was new for

Misty but Beck’s maturity would do her some good, not to mention cricket was

clearly taken with him.

“Best get started on that stocking Lil Miss,” I said plopping down next to Misty who

was between me and Beck. They shared a look and I averted my eyes, giving them

privacy while I focused on Cricket. She dumped the stocking, finding a few dollar

bills and endless amounts of candy. Misty gave me a sideways look that said I’d pay

later for that. I chose to ignore it. Carter brought us all coffee and sat on the arm of

the couch next to me. Tucker jumping up in my lap as Cricket dove under the tree.

They had left behind a lot of stuff, things that were comforts within their home. I

sheets, framed photos of pictures I had downloaded since I could finally revive

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