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Wine And Good Cheer

Author: Pen Seal
last update publish date: 2025-12-21 06:23:59

The living room smelled like cinnamon, pine, and freshly baked sugar.

Melody stepped back slowly, tilting her head as she examined the Christmas tree standing proudly in the corner of the room. It was tall, almost brushing the ceiling and drenched in warm fairy lights that glowed softly against the walls. Red and gold ornaments hung from every branch, some glittering, some matte, some shaped like tiny bells and snowflakes. Candy canes peeked out from between the needles, and a silver star crow
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  • The Christmas Contract    Sex Starved, And Getting Fed

    Logan didn’t realize how fast he was driving until the city lights started blurring past him. His hands were steady on the wheel, but his mind wasn’t.Not even close.Every few seconds, it drifted back to her, he left Melody's house with a boner. The way her voice softened as he massaged her feet. He wanted nothing more than to kiss her, bend her over on the sofa and fuck her so hard she'll beg him not to stop.The way the tension between them had built until it was almost unbearable was sickening. He wanted her so badly but he didn't want to cross the line. She's already made it very clear that she wasn't interested in any form of romance with anyone, especially with him.He exhaled sharply, tightening his grip on the steering wheel. “Damn it,” he muttered under his breath. He let out a quiet breath, shaking his head slightly as he slowed down, turning into his street.He just needed a hot shower and he'll be just fine. But as soon as his car approached the driveway, something felt o

  • The Christmas Contract    Just Friends

    It had been a week. Seven full days since everything fell apart in James’ living room, and for the first time in a long while, Melody felt like she could breathe again enough to get through the day without feeling like something inside her chest was collapsing.The new house helped. Since she and Tara moved into the new house, she's been happier. She's been running and taking long walks in the quiet streets consistently for four days now and it had helped her a whole lot. She wasn't always tired like she used to be. And now Tara has been very intentional about what she ate, she's been eating more vegetables and fruits than junks.She needed this new house because it was a breath of fresh air for the two of them. It was a very beautiful house and she had a little study corner. She and Tara almost started decorating the nursery but decided it was still too early.Boxes had come and gone. Furniture had been arranged, rearranged, argued over with Tara, then arranged again. The walls had

  • The Christmas Contract    Read The Room, Parrot!

    The airport was loud, James loved traveling but he hated airports. The only thing he needed now was to lock himself up in a dark room and just stay there for as long as he could.Announcements echoed faintly overhead, rolling one after the other in a calm, almost robotic voice. Suitcases dragged across polished floors. People talked, laughed, argued, and reunited.Life was moving, and somehow, he felt completely disconnected from it. James sat in one of the waiting chairs, a magazine open in his hands, though he hadn’t turned the page in the last ten minutes his eyes were on it even though he wasn't reading it.His mind kept dragging him back. Back to last night, back to her. Back to the look on Melody’s face when he told her he was leaving.His jaw tightened slightly. He didn’t have a choice. That was what he kept telling himself over and over again.Because the alternative? The alternative was admitting that maybe, just maybe he had made the wrong call. And he couldn’t afford that r

  • The Christmas Contract    Emotionally Drained

    Melody woke up feeling worse than she did before she slept last night, like her body didn’t want to return to consciousness. Her eyes fluttered open, heavy and reluctant, her head sinking deeper into the pillow for a second before reality started creeping back in. The faint light filtering through the curtains told her it was already morning.She blinked, then turned her head slightly toward the bedside table. It was 9:17 a.m.Her brows furrowed immediately.“What…?” she muttered under her breath, her voice dry. That didn’t make sense, she hadn’t slept that long in days. Like her body had completely shut down and forced her to rest whether she wanted to or not.She swallowed, her throat dry, her eyes stinging slightly as the memory settled in again like it never left. James was leaving her and their baby, she cried herself to sleep. This was a new day and she wasn't going to keep feeling sorry for herself. This was too much heart break in a space of two months and she figured maybe it

  • The Christmas Contract    Another Heartbreak

    The kiss caught her off guard for a second, Melody didn’t move. Her body went still, her mind blanking out completely as James’ lips pressed against hers soft at first, testing, like he was giving her time to pull away if she wanted to.She didn’t. Instead, her fingers curled slightly into his shirt, gripping the fabric like she needed something to anchor herself. The tension that had been sitting in her chest since last night disappeared.James pulled back just slightly, his forehead resting against hers. His hand was still wrapped around her waist.“You stress me out,” he muttered under his breath.Melody let out a soft, breathless laugh. “You stress me out too.”For a moment, they just stayed like that, close enough to feel each other’s breath, neither of them moving away. Then he kissed her again deeply this time. She responded just as intensely. She could feel him getting hard through his sweatpants.Everything about him felt familiar, his touch, his scent, the way he held her li

  • The Christmas Contract    Apology Accepted

    The moment she got into her car after leaving Tara, she sat there for a full minute, hands gripping the steering wheel, her mind running in circles. Every instinct in her wanted to delay it. Go home first, shower, and rest. Think about it properly. But she knew herself well enough to recognize what that meant.It was avoidance. And she had already done enough of that. She exhaled slowly, leaned back against the seat, then muttered under her breath, “Just go.”So she did. The drive to James’ place felt longer than usual, even though it wasn’t. Traffic was light, the roads were clear, but her thoughts made everything feel stretched, heavy. She kept replaying last night in her head, over and over again, each version worse than the last. The way he looked at her.She wished she could go back in time, she would have told him before leaving for Malibu. She wouldn't have spoken to him the way she did.last night.Her grip tightened slightly on the wheel.“That was harsh,” she admitted quietly

  • The Christmas Contract    Meeting Cynthia

    The afternoon sun sat low, pale and wintry, spreading a dull gold across the Hart family home. The smell of food still lingered faintly in the air, mixing with pine, cinnamon, and something unmistakably homey.Melody hovered near the kitchen doorway, her arms crossed, her eyes darting between her m

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  • The Christmas Contract    You're Doing Too Much

    Snow Brooke ValleyThe mountains stood tall and indifferent, blanketed in white, the streets quiet except for the soft crunch of tires against snow. The streets were almost empty, everyone was inside trying to keep warm.The more reason Claudia wasn't very pleased to be outside when she was suppose

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  • The Christmas Contract    Something Has Gone Catastrophically Wrong

    SnowBrook Valley Brandon sat in his office long after the meeting he had with Jamie, his tie loosened, his jacket draped carelessly over the back of his chair. The low hum of the air conditioner filled the room, but it did nothing to cool the heat crawling under his skin. His thoughts refused to s

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  • The Christmas Contract    Girl's Girl

    The hotel room smelled faintly of vanilla and freshly pressed linen, the kind of scent that made Melody feel like she was somewhere between a dream and real life. She stood in the middle of the suite, hands on her hips, staring at the open suitcase on the bed like it had personally offended her.“O

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