A Barker Family Christmas by Juliana Stone Read Free Book Online

hour.”
    “Okay.”
    “No, scratch that. Minimum ninety minutes.”
    Billie stuck her tongue out. Shit. When was the last time that she and Logan had had ninety minutes all to themselves?
    “Hey, don’t forget about the…”
Lingerie
.
    But Bobbi had already hung up and with a sigh, Billie headed out for her private lessons. By three-thirty, she’d finished her power skating class and was waiting on the last few parents to pack up and leave. Her desk was filled with new coffee mugs and chocolates, as well as an impressive number of homemade Christmas Cards. Her students were amazing and she smiled as little Connor McBride waltzed by with his grandmother, Joanne.
    “Merry Christmas, Mrs. Forest,” Connor shouted.
    “I hope you’ve been a good boy,” she replied with a smile.
    “I tried really hard to be good but it didn’t always work out.” He shrugged. “My mommy says that’s all we can ask for.”
    “She’s right about that,” Billie chuckled. “See you in the New Year, Connor.”
    “So have
you
been a good girl all year?”
    Billie smiled as her sister Bobbi walked into her office.
    “What do you think?” Billie retorted, eyeing her up with interest. Her sister looked great. “Wow. You look like—“
    “Like I’ve just had the best sex of my life ever?”
    Billie nodded and smiled. “Something like that.”
    Bobbi held up a small little bag. “I hope you’ve been bad because this is only for girls on the naughty list, just saying.” Her sister pulled out a sexy red bra and the teeniest matching panties Billie had ever seen.
    “You remembered.” Billie chuckled. “I plan on being a little bit sinful and a whole lot naughty.”
    “Trust me. These won’t last long enough to see you through the naughty part of your evening. Once Logan sees your new undies, I bet he rips them off within a minute.
With his teeth
.”
    “Hmmm. At least he has undies to rip off.”
    Bobbi snorted. “You got me there.”
    “Thanks for grabbing this for me. I’ve been so swamped.”
    “No problem. Shane is on his way to get Abel, and you can leave now.”
    “Oh, but…” Billie glanced out at the stragglers. “I’ve still got a few clients inside.”
    “I’ll lock the place up. You need to go home and shower and if I know you, you’ll need to shave the places that need to be shaved. Like your legs and your—“
    Billie hugged her sister. “Got it.” She kissed her on the cheek and squeezed her once more. “Thanks for this. We really need a night to ourselves. With the wedding and Abel and the holidays, it’s just been crazy.”
    “I know,” Bobbi said softly. “Go get some sugar, okay?”
    Billie scooped up the lingerie bag. “I plan on it. Lots of sugar.”
    “Sugar is good,” Bobbi shouted as Billie practically ran from the place.
    “Yeah,” Billie said with a sly grin, heading out into the cold. “Sugar is real good.”

 
    Chapter Seven

     
    Logan Forest parked his truck near the garage and glanced up at his house. It was already dark, sunset was early these days, but hey, that didn’t mean much considering his place had enough Christmas lights to power a small city.
    They twinkled from the roof and the railing that ran around the front porch. Red. Blue. Green and yellow. The windows sported nice white ones and the junipers that lined the far drive were also lit up. As was the carriage house, his garage. Hell, even the mailbox was lit up.
    There was a massive inflatable reindeer on the front lawn, its nose glowing neon red, as well as a snow globe and, he glanced back up to the roof, yep, there was Santa staring back at him. As if that wasn’t bad enough, you could see them a mile away on account of the 100watt spotlights pointed in their direction.
    He shook his head, and even though he’d taken a lot of ribbing from his brothers and Shane, there was a grin on his face. Who the hell would have thought that his house would turn into something that’d make the Griswald’s proud?