Page 37 of Everything Christmas

He reclaimed her mouth as his finger slipped inside her pussy, mimicking the thrust and slow swirls of his tongue in her mouth.

She was quickly on the edge of coming when he moved above her and guided the head of his thick shaft to her entrance. She held her breath as he sank slowly into her, stretching and filling her like never before.

He stopped, eased back, and checked in. “Doing okay, baby?”

“Yes. More. Please. I ache to feel all of you.”

The next thrust was equally slow, but he didn’t stop until seated fully inside her drenched passage. Then he settled on top of her.

“Wrap me up,” he ordered right before claiming her lips.

When she wound her legs around his hips and locked her ankles behind him, she only thought he had nothing more to give. Opening up allowed him to sink deeper. He claimed her lips, smothering her bliss-filled cry.

He moved, slowly at first, every inch of him awakening long, dormant nerve endings, his body rubbing and nudging her clit each time he stroked deep. But she needed more.

“Faster, Reese. Don’t tease me.”

“I’m just trying to make it last longer than two seconds. You are very wet and incredibly tight.” Sliding one big hand beneath her, he palmed her still-tingling bottom and pulled her tighter against him. “But your Christmas wish is my command. Hold on to me while I make it come true.”

He plunged into her hard and deep, grinding against her every few strokes. And he buried his face in her neck, his open mouth licking and nibbling at her skin. She clung to him, matching his motions, expressing her pleasure with a throaty groan.

Just as she was about to come apart, he paused, but only long enough to slide a hand in between them. His thumb found her clit, circling it as he resumed his driving possession of her body, until she threw her head back, her climax within reach.

“Come, baby. I want to feel it when you shatter for me.”

Her throaty groans echoed through the shop as her body convulsed and her muscles rippled around him. With a last surge of energy, he thrust into her again and again, until he, too, found his pleasure with a husky groan of completion.

They lay there afterward, still connected and intertwined, until their labored breathing and racing hearts returned to normal and paced steadfastly together. Merry still clutched him as if she’d never let go. And Reese didn’t seem to want her to and had said as much. Specifically, he said she was his—forever. That made her sigh happily.

He immediately rolled them to their sides and propped on a forearm. “I’m too heavy.”

“No, you weren’t. That was a sigh of contentment.”

He gave her an equally serene smile. “I’ll remember for next time, because I didn’t want to move.” Suddenly, his face lit up like a child at Christmas. “I have a gift for you. Would you like it now?”

She nodded, now as eager as him. “I love presents. I could never stand the waiting for Christmas morning, but I learned to enjoy the anticipation.”

“Okay,” he teased, “if you’d rather wait...”

“You can’t change your mind. I’ll drive you crazy now that I know you’ve gotten me something.”

“I’m not changing my mind. Ever.” Fumbling with his inside-out pants, that he had kicked off sometime in the last fifteen minutes, he produced a black velvet box.

A thrill of excitement raced through her, and her breath caught in her throat.

“I know this is fast, Merry, but you have captured my heart. If you want a long engagement, that’s fine. I just want the world to know that you are mine, now and forever.” He raised the lid to reveal a stunning diamond solitaire. “Will you marry me?”

Reeling with a flood of emotions, she could only nod her assent. Tears overflowed and trailed down her cheeks, totally ruining the makeup the beautician had taken a half hour to do. But at this moment, she didn’t care. The man of her dreams wanted her forever.

Her breath came out in a shuddering release as he slipped the ring on her finger.

“Give me the words. I need to hear them.”

“I love you, Reese.”

“I love you, too, elf, but I meant different words.”

Looking up from the gorgeous ring to her fiancé’s even more gorgeous face, she wondered what he was talking about. Then it dawned on her.

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