you in the morning.”
When I emerge from Livy’s room, I find Jasper walking down the hall with an armful of presents. I back out of his way, then, once he passes, I go fetch more gifts from our closet so we can pile them all around the tree.
With every wrapped present I slide beneath the tree, I get more and more excited, imagining what Livy’s reactions will be tomorrow morning when she opens all of her gifts.
My heart is full to bursting by the time we’ve finished. Jasper is on the floor with me, his strong arms locked around my waist from behind me as we survey the tree and all the presents.
“Nice work,” he tells me, kissing the curve of my shoulder.
I lean back against him. “She’s going to be so excited.”
“She sure will.”
“A couple of those might be for you, too,” I tease, looking back at him.
Jasper smirks. “Oh yeah?”
I nod playfully. “Maybe one or two.”
He unlocks his arms from around my waist, letting one hand slide down between my legs. I inhale sharply, opening my legs wider and closing my eyes as the first stirrings of desire kindle between my thighs.
“I may have a present or two for you, too,” he murmurs, kissing my hair as he continues to play with me through my yoga pants. “If you’ve been a good girl this year.”
I open my eyes just so I can narrow them at my naughty future husband. “I’m always a good girl.”
He smiles down at me warmly as his finger pushes into me. “I know you are.”
Jasper can always make me come without removing my clothes—a special talent, that—so I shouldn’t be surprised when he slides his hand down inside the front of my pants and toys with me until I’m writhing in his arms.
We shouldn’t be doing this in the living room—there are security cameras even in our part of the house, plus anyone could come looking for laundry and walk in on us, but Jasper has a way of making me forget about those things. I’m so swept up in his touch and his words, making him filthy promises I can’t wait to keep. Being Jasper’s good girl might mean being on the traditional naughty list, but I’m perfectly okay with that.
I try to mind my volume as I cry out and melt in his arms, going so limp I’d fall flat on the floor if not for the strong, solid wall of his body behind me.
“Mm, that was nice.”
He chuckles warmly against my ear. “Now, are you ready for your early Christmas present?”
“I sure am.”
“It’s a big one.”
I smile slyly, reaching back to rub the bulge in his pants. “I can’t wait to open your big present.”
Jasper chuckles, catching my wrist and drawing it away from his cock. “Christ, that’s not your present, snowflake. I’m being serious. I want to give you your big gift tonight, that way it doesn’t overshadow Livy’s present opening tomorrow.”
“Oh.” I try summoning some of the strength back into my muscles. “That’s a good idea, actually. Should I give you yours, too?”
He shakes his head. “I can wait. I just really want to give you this one tonight. I think you’re gonna like it a whole lot.”
I smile, crossing my legs and preparing myself for a gift Jasper picked out for me. “I’m sure I will.”
Despite saying he was giving me my big gift tonight, the box he pushes over to me is small and rectangular, like the one I gave him that first year with the keychain in it.
“This is my big gift?” I ask skeptically, reaching for it.
Jasper nods, his gaze trained on the small box. He looks almost… nervous. That’s not a look I see on him very often.
More eager than I was before, I tear into the paper.
Beneath the gift wrap is a box that looks exactly like the one that came with the keychain I bought him in Stillwater. My brow furrows and I cast him a curious look, but he simply nods for me to keep going.
I remove the top of the box and sure enough, there nestled inside is the keychain I bought him in Stillwater.
“Is this a joke?” I ask, looking at his face. “You can’t regift me the present I bought you three years ago and call it a present, mister.”
Jasper smirks. “Look closer.”
My gaze darts back to the box. I pick the keychain up, and when I do, I see it’s not just the my heart is in