Legally Married✔️

Chapter 31

W I N T E R

After having lunch with Cassidy, Iris burst the front door open.

"I'm so exhausted!" She voiced out while holding a couple of boxes.

"Iris!" Cassidy called. "What are you carrying?" She gasped.

"How'd you manage to open the door?" Leonardo asked.

"Can you just help me out these down first before you interrogate me?"  Iris growled. If not that the boxes covered her face, I'm pretty sure it'd be turned to frown.

Leonardo helped her with the boxes and now looking closer, I noticed they were wrapped presents and there were exactly four boxes.

Did she go Christmas shopping?

I glanced at the almost dry for tree at the corner of the living room. I didn't get anyone gifts yet and Christmas was barely three days away.

"Now can you tell me why you kicked the front door open like a criminal?" Leonardo questioned.

"I'm pretty sure criminals don't kick doors open like that Leo." Iris rolled her eyes at Leonardo.

"Not the point." Leo blankly replied crossing his arms across his chest.

"I used a taxi and he helped me open the door but I kicked the door close with my leg." Iris sighed.

"You went Christmas shopping without me!" Cassidy hissed.

"No, these are from Thalia. I only went to pick them up." Iris explained.

"Thalia sent gifts!" Cassidy's face immediately brightened.

"She said to only open them on Christmas morning." Iris warned.

"Seems you're exhausted, Winter wanted us to decorate the tree together." Leo's expression dulled.

"Tree?" Iris's eyes lit up. "We got a tree?!" Her eyes flickered with joy.

"Yes, my mom and Winter got it." Leo gestured to me.

"You must be really tired to not have noticed the huge tree." Cassidy pointed to the tree in the corner.

"Shut up Cass, I just didn't look around." Iris barked.

"So shall we start?" Leonardo arched his eyebrows.

"Yes!"  Iris squealed and jumped up from her seat.

We all walked towards the tree and took in the plain slight.

"Wait!" Iris yelled. "I need to take a picture and also make a TikTok of this!" She announced before whipping out her iPhone 11.

She uses an eleven? But the thirteen is out now.

She took pictures of the tree before we emptied all the paper bags on the floor watching the ornaments spill to the floor.

We stayed up till evening decorating the tree, having mid conversations while Christmas carols echoed through the speakers.

This felt like the place I was supposed to be. Watching Leo and the girls laugh and make conversations while roasting each other made my heart feel lighter. I haven't had this much fun in a really long time.