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36 — OF FRIENDSHIPS AND FRACTURES
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2026-05-30 15:15:54
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12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 38 — OF TED TALKS AND MALICE
ANAHERA Two days later, and my brother still hadn’t said a word to me. Not like I was expecting his calls or anything, but come on, that little spat didn’t justify the silent treatment. Again, it was Dom we were talking about. He wouldn’t hesitate to hold out on anyone he didn’t want to talk to. Especially after what had gone down at his place. So I kept my distance not because it was the right thing to do, I just couldn’t speak to him yet. I buried my focus into my work, obsessively trying to be sure Noel made recovery in time to begin the pre-tournament games. Speaking of Noel, the only thing we’d ever talked about since we resumed was his health and the games. I dared not venture into uncharted territory by entertaining those memories around him. Another two days passed. I’d barely gotten a message from either my best friend nor my brother, the two people whom I held very dear to my heart. “Hey,” Noel’s voice cut through the train of my thoughts as I packed my duffle bag
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 37 — OF BONDS AND REBELLION
ANAHERA On the train ride home, it was pure torture between fighting hard to swallow the guilt and rage in my throat and blinking back the tears in my eyes.Throughout my friendship with Bella, the only argument was about petty things and barely lasted minutes. I hated that Bella was right. Eleanor never said the pregnancy was my brother’s or tried to pin it on him. Reaching up, I wiped away a stray tear angrily, biting my lips to keep myself from bawling out in a place full of strangers. “Is this seat taken?” Someone asked. Quickly, I blinked away tears, shaking my head. “Just me.”They took the space beside me and thankfully, paid me no mind. My phone buzzed in my purse. For a wishful second, my mood lifted at the thought that it could be my best friend trying to apologize.Taking it out, it indeed was a message from Bella. However, she wasn’t saying the words I hoped to hear. Bella — I don’t want you to take this the wrong way but you need to do as your brother says and stay
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 36 — OF FRIENDSHIPS AND FRACTURES
ANAHERABella was more distant than ever when I got home, mind you, it’d barely been two days since I left on what would have been the cure to my exhaustion. I had a day and half to get myself back in order before resumption with Noel, so I decided to spend it with my best friend.It felt like I was slowly losing her and didn’t know how to get to her or stop her from leaving. I didn’t even know what I’d done to bring about the distance.Right now, I was on her doorstep, waiting for her to notice me. “You’re not gonna invite me in?” My voice was raised a notch higher than I wanted to. Looking up from her phone, she replied, “Oh, yeah, sure.” She opened the door wider, stepping aside for me to pass. Determined not to pay attention to that, I tried to act casual. “So, what have you been up to?”“Just work. Nothing much.” She shrugged, sitting down. “I heard what happened at the hotel…” “It’s fine. I’m safe after—”“You know that wasn’t your business to tell,” she bit out harshly.
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 35 — OF GUNSHOTS AND MISSES
ANAHERA Fingers threaded through my hair, tingling my scalp, a voice humming in the distance, my heart beating peacefully as though all was finally right in the world. There was another sound right under where my ear was; a beating heart that matched mine. It felt entirely blissful…Until a loud sound shattered the silence. I jerked awake expecting to meet a disaster, instead I found Noel staring out the window and sunlight streaming into the room. It was as though I imagined his fingers in my hair and the sound of…what was that even?The space next to me, where I thought he was laying on, was cold to the touch. He headed over to me with a frown marring his features. Something was wrong and it wasn’t my imagination.“What was that sound?” I sat up, wrapping the duvet tight around my naked body. “What sound? That was nothing, princess. You should go back to sleep.”I pulled away when he tried to reach for me. “What happened? You don’t look your usual smug, annoying self.” He si
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 34 — OF HOTEL ROOMS AND SIXTY-NINE
ANAHERA There was no measure to how much kisses Noel showered me with, and to be honest, I’d never been kissed with so much fervor by anyone. In my entire not-so-relevant dating history. He took each second of the precious time we didn’t have, exploring my mouth, tasting my lips and prolonging the ache between my thighs. And each kiss reminded me of what it would feel like to have his tongue swiping over my currently very wet folds. “Noel,” I gasped when he tilted my head back and peppered hot kisses down the column of my throat, nibbling as he went. I was a shaking mess by the time he came back up to take my mouth again. “You.” Kiss. “Anahera Kallio.” Kiss. “Are the bane of my existence.” I let a long moan slip out. “So are you, mister.”His expert fingers finally made their way to the front of my sweater before sliding under to catch my freezing nipples between the tips. My back arched into him, and our kisses turned wild with passion. With those forest eyes gleaming at me
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 33 — OF HEAT AND FLEETING IMPULSES
ANAHERAThe last time I felt like this was ages ago. The last time I felt…carefree, happy, buzzing with energy. All of a sudden, I was twelve again and on the ice rink, defying my brother by sneaking out to play with the other kids on the frozen pond a few distance away. Except this time, it was with Noel and we were playing hockey. Hard.I sent the puck sliding into the goal again. “That’s…that is foul play. You had me distracted, Hera,” Noel panted, grabbing another puck. “I can’t believe you’re this good.” I shrugged with a smile so wide my face started to hurt.“Just take your L and move on, Noel. Admit that I’m a better player than you are.” Actually, it was the second time I scored. Noel was several points ahead of me but was doing a terrific job at being humble about it.The motive alone had my heart racing for a reason which had nothing to do with the game. A while later, I collapsed on a chair in the bleachers. “That was a good game, huh?” Noel asked as he made his way
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 19 — OF TALL HANDSOME STRANGERS
ANAHERA The bass thumping all the way from inside the building to where we were parked made me nervous. Wiping sweaty palms against the very short dress Bella persuaded me to put on, I grabbed my mini purse and stepped out with her. I looked at my best friend as we walked side by side, I thought
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 18 — OF SECRETS AND PARTIES
ANAHERAThree days later and I was on the verge of pulling out my hair from its roots. “If I have to deal with that jerk for one more day, I’m going to fly down a hill. The man has absolutely refused to make my life any easy since working with him,” I moaned. I expected a response from Bella but
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 17 — OF NOEL AND FRAUD
ANAHERA“What is going on here?” I asked, approaching the couple, looking between both of them while they fixed their eyes on anywhere else that was not my face. Not even a glance. A dull thud echoed in the room behind me, breaking the tension, and their gazes shot toward me. Dominik spoke first.
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 16 — OF HUSHED THREATS AND HEAVY BREATHING
ANAHERABella stumbled into our room, face white like she’d seen a ghost, her blonde hair swinging every which way. “There’s a naked man in the house, Ana! I swear on my soul. How did he get here?”It didn’t take long before it dawned on me what she was saying.I opened my mouth to tell her I was
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