Julia got away from a boyfriend who picked another woman, his mother, over her. She just wants to celebrate Christmas without the stress of knowing she'll be on the back burner. However, her ex doesn't seem to get the message and won't leave her alone. Doesn't help that her hot neighbor makes her wish they weren't currently in a pandemic ...<br><br>Keith is bewitched by Julia. The attraction is strong, even more than his addiction for soda. He offers his help, hoping that Julia will lean on him. One night with her isn't enough, and Keith wants more. But then he discovers that he's going to get more than he bargained for when he finds out something Julia had kept secret ...

A Touch of Lilt

The final straw,on top of his COVID stance,had come from missing Julia’s birthday.July the fourth,not a difficult birthday to forget.And Clancy did.Somehow,he always forgot her birthday because Marguerite threw a big party to celebrate Independence Day and that was his focus.The first year Julia had come along,she got half-hearted comments about her birthday.The few family friends who weren’t mean offered her genuine birthday comments,but the family were very off-hand.It felt like Julia wasn’t even an afterthought.Julia didn’t want to go the one the year after,but Clancy begged her to.There she was given a birthday cake.A small one,made of Reese’s ice cream.Julia was allergic to peanuts.And they expected her to eat it in front of them.Julia had just commented if she did that they would have to pay for her hospital bill after she went into anaphylactic shock.They backed off on that.


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