Coming Home For Christmas
Chapter 30

Lacey's P.O.V.

It's been a few hours since our plane took off for New York and I've been an anxious mess ever since but it's not for the reasons you're probably thinking.

Ever since I told Logan he should wait a few more hours until we're alone so that we can have s*x again, I've been feeling very on edge and my nerves have spiked.

I shouldn't have told him this because I don't think I'm ready for that just yet.

Even though the horny and lust-filled part of my mind, body and soul was screaming at me to rip his clothes off, straddle his body and ride him like a merry-go-round, the more rational and anxious part of me prevented me from doing that. If you are not reading this novel on Ebookex.com know that some paragraphs are not complete. Visit Ebookex.com to read it for free."Are you ok, love? you're unusually quiet"

"I'm fine"

I say whilst flashing my husband a smile.

My husband.

God, I don't think I'll ever get used to that.

"Are you sure?"

"When mummy's quiet, it means she's thinking"

Teddy says whilst keeping her gaze on her iPad.

Thanks for that, Teddy.

"What are you thinking about, love?"

"Nothing"

"You're not worrying about seeing your family again, are you? because I've already told you you've got no need to worry about that"

"Yes, I know I don't and no I'm not worried about my family"

I said with a smile hoping to reassure Logan that I'm ok and to get him off my back but it seemed he's more concerned about me now than he was before, so I made up a little white lie.

"I'm just terrified of flying, that's all, I don't like it"

"Why didn't you say something about this earlier?"

He asks sounding a little annoyed.

"Because I didn't want you to think I'm a baby"

I said and Logan sighed in frustration as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and kissed my temple.

"Everyone's got their fears, my love, it doesn't make you a baby to have them"

"I know"

I rested my head on his chest and closed my eyes, I would've fallen asleep in this position if my phone hadn't gone off.

I sit up and pull my phone out of my bag and some relief filled my heart when I saw it was my best friend Carmella calling me. "Hello"

"What the hell is going on, Lacey Carpenter-Wright allegedly Black?"

Damn.

I flinch and pull my phone away from my ear when I hear my friend's very angry and frantic voice coming from the other end. "Jesus Carm, do you have to scream like that?"

"I do when I'm learning s**t about my own bestie from crappy news magazines and not from the b***h herself"

"What? what are you talking about?"

I ask and she lets out a sigh before continuing.

"Do you remember my friend Richard who works for Vogue magazine?"

"Oh, you mean big d**k, Rick"

I say nonchalantly.

Logan snaps his head towards me with a glare on his face and I look at him confused, not understanding why he'd look at me like that.

"Yeah him, well he called me about an hour ago and said that some guy is trying to sell photos of Logan Black's wedding to magazines but magazines are refusing to buy them because they think they're fake and don't wanna get on Logan's bad side" "And? what's this got to do with me, Carm?"

I ask calmly hoping she doesn't know that I'm the bride..

Hopefully, if magazines are refusing to buy these pictures for fear of pissing off Logan then that means they're not even entertaining him, so Richard won't know I'm the woman Logan married.

"Well, according to Richard, you're the woman in the pictures, doll, so is there anything you wanna share with your BEST FRIEND?"

She says best friend like she's making a statement and not just saying it and I could also sense that she feels offended that I would get married without her by my side and I don't blame her.

Carmella isn't just my best friend, she's my sister who has been there for me through thick and thin, so I get why she'd be offended because if the roles were reversed then so would I.

I looked around at my little family and saw the kids were focused on their iPads while Logan was working on his laptop and I didn't miss how tight his jaw was clenched or how angrily he was typing away on his computer either. What the hell is his problem?.

I thought to myself as I got up from my seat and headed towards the plane's bathroom locking myself in there.

"Carmella..."

"Did you or did you not marry Logan Black, Lacey? it's a simple yes or no"

She interrupts me and I close my eyes and sigh.

"Yes, I did"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for about thirty seconds before I heard a loud, high-pitched squeal.

It was so high-pitched that I once again had to move my phone away from my ear because of how painful it was to my eardrums.

"I can't believe you married Logan, how did this happen, Lace? tell me everything"

"There's not really much to tell, Carm, he found out about the triplets, he came all the way to London to see us and he confessed that he loves me"

"Yeah, yeah Logan loves you, everyone knows that Lace, get to the wedding part"

Wait, what?.

"Wait, you knew Logan had feelings for me?"

I ask and I just knew she was rolling her eyes at me.

"Girl, everyone knew, you're the only one who didn't and it's probably because you were wasting all of your time on that horse's a*s Dylan"

I can't believe this.

"Everyone knew? even our families?"

"Mmm-hmm, do you remember several years back, it was probably about a year or two before you left when Justin and Logan got into a huge physical fight and they didn't speak to each other for months afterwards?" "Yeah"

"Well, that was because of you, I mean, it's not because of you but it is, if you know what I mean"

"I don't understand"

I say and she lets out a sigh.

"Just like yourself doll, Justin was blind to Logan's feelings for you or he knew and he chose to be in denial about it because he probably

didn't like the idea of his best friend and his one and only baby sister getting jiggy with it, na-na, na-na, na-na..." "Carmella"

I groan in annoyance as I rub my forehead in frustration.

"Sorry...anyway, Justin found out that Logan was in love with you, the pair got into it and they refused to speak to each other again for some

time afterwards...if I'm being perfectly honest with you, Lace, I highly doubt the two idiots would've ever reconciled their friendship had you not got engaged to Dylan"

"Why didn't I know about this?"

"Because we all thought you were in love with Dylan"

She said in a duh tone.

"I mean, I had an inkling that you had a thing for Logan but you never said anything even after you'd had the triplets, so I just let it be" Oh my god.

"But now you're his wifey and I've got just one question for you, Lace"

Oh no.

"And what's that?"

"Is he just as good in bed today as he was back then?"

"Carmella"

I gasped and she laughed.

"What? don't tell me you two haven't been

boyz to menning it all over the place, Lace?".

"Huh, what do you mean?"

I ask confused.

"I'll make love to you like you want me to and I'll hold you tight, baby, all through the night, I'll make love to you when you want me to and I will not let go, til you tell me to"

She sings down the phone to me and I chuckle as I bite down on my lower lip.

"Actually, Carm, we haven't...".

"Lacey Black ne Carpenter-Wright, please don't tell me you haven't allowed Logan to pound the alarm on your kitten yet?"

She interrupts me and I roll my eyes.

"Can you stop with the song references please, Carm? it's weird and no, we haven't done that yet"

I say and she gasps loudly.

"What? why?"

"I don't know...I'm nervous, I guess".

"Oh Lace, there's nothing to be nervous about"

"Isn't there?...I haven't had s*x in six whole years, Carmella and even then it was just one night of drunken s*x which I barely remember"

I groan as I look towards the door.

"Does Logan know how you feel?"

"Of course, he doesn't"

"Well, tell him goddammit"

She growls startling me.

"Talk to Logan, Lace, trust me, you'll feel a lot better if you do"

"Really?"

"Yes...look, nobody but the man himself knows if all of the stories about Logan being a promiscuous playboy are true or not but if they're not true and the last time he had s*x with a woman was with you then maybe he can relate...maybe he's nervous as well" "I guess"

I said whilst biting the inside of my lip nervously...

"Go and talk to your husband, Lacey"

"Ok, fine"

"Good girl and make sure you give me all of the juicy details after he's cleaned out your closet, ok"

"Carmella, I swear to god"

I growl and she chuckles.

First Will Smith then Boyz To Men and Nicki Minaj and now she's referencing Eminem to describe my s*x life with Logan.

"It was the last one, I promise"

Yeah, I bet it is..

If I know my best friend like I do then I know she's got a whole list of song references just waiting to be invited into the conversation.

"So, what's going on now? are you guys gonna stay in London or are you coming back to New York?"

Carmella asks and I let out a breath.

"I'm coming home, Carm, I'm coming back to New York"

I say and silence once again befell us for a few seconds, only this time there was no dramatic high-pitched squeal, there was only my best friend's serious voice on the other end.

"You know I've got your back, right?...no matter what, we've always got each other, Lace"

Carmella said and it made me tear up because she's the one who has always been there and she's gonna continue to be there for me just like I will with her until the day we both die. "Yeah, I know...I'm so lucky to have a friend like you, Carm"

"Ditto doll, now go and talk to your man and just remember what the queen said"

"What did the queen say?"

I ask thinking she meant the late queen of England but I was wrong.

"Hop on top, I wanna ride..."

"Bye"

I quickly ended the call because there was no way I was gonna let her reference another song, especially not that one.

Don't get me wrong, I love me some Cardi but my god, that song is just insane.