i wasn't going to do a chapter on my birthday but fuck it merry christmas & happy birthday to me !
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IN WHICH... YOU INVITE HIM OVER FOR CHRISTMAS.
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I WAS KNEE-DEEP IN ORGANIZING MY MOM'S LIVING ROOM,
Christmas bins scattered all over the floor. My sisters were setting up the tree while my cousins argued over whose playlist we were putting on next. It was chaos—my kind of chaos. The kind I live for. Family yelling, the smell of mac and cheese in the oven, and Mariah Carey blasting at an unhealthy volume. The holidays in my house? Yeah, it was always a movie.
I had my phone sitting on the counter, trying to ignore it. Group chats were poppin' off, people asking me what I was bringing to this dinner or that party. I wasn't answering nobody because, honestly, I just wanted to enjoy being home. But then—of all people—Jayden decides to text me.
The second I saw his name light up my screen, I was ready to throw my phone across the room. Jayden. This man really had the audacity to hit me up like he didn't fumble the bag two years ago. Like I didn't catch him sneaking around with some groupie who didn't even have the decency to keep it low. Nah, she was posting up pictures on her story like I wasn't going to find out.
