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I’ve been retired too long and I’m getting ahead of myself. In my head, Avery is already mine and has access to my bank account. Anything she needs, she’ll have. Should I just tell her that now? Her not knowing she has unlimited access to my money and resources is really starting to get in the way of spending every second together.
We drive home and I get Avery settled on the couch with her laptop and a plate of food before I tell her that I have to run some errands. She hums distractedly, already getting started at work as I head for the door.
It doesn’t take me long to get back to the animal shelter and point out Saint to the adoption specialist on duty. When she learns that it’s for Avery, she grins at me. The dog has to be fixed, so it will take two days before I can pick him up and bring him home. That’s Christmas morning, which is perfect since I have no idea how to hide a puppy until then.
I swing by the mall next, hitting up the pet store to grab treats, toys, a dog bed, water and food bowls, and a bag of food that the shelter told me to buy. I load all of it into my truck and that’s when my eyes snag on the jewelry store across the parking lot.
Before I can second guess myself, I’m headed that way and looking at display case after display case of rings. My eyes lock on a certain ring and the saleslady comes over, pulling it out for me.
“It’s called a halo diamond ring,” she informs me, and I can’t help but laugh.
A halo ring for my angel.
“It’s perfect. I’ll take it,” I tell her.
She beams at me like I just made her whole Christmas and heads to the back to package it up.
NINE
Avery
Pax walksin the door right as I’m finishing cleaning up the kitchen. I quickly toss the sponge in the sink and dry off my hands, hoping he doesn’t see me in here. I know he wouldn’t want me doing any extra work, but I want to be useful. Pax has taken such good care of me, and I want to do something nice.
“Avery,” he growls from behind me.
Uh oh. Caught red-handed.
“Oh, hey,” I say casually, smiling up at my big, burly giant. I give him my best smile, the one that gets him every time.
“You cleaned.” His disapproval is evident, but there’s a playful spark in his ice-blue eyes that makes heat bloom in my lower belly.
“Just a little,” I admit, swaying closer to him. Pax cups the back of my neck, pulling me closer as he drags his lips up the side of my throat and nibbles on my earlobe.
“Are you on Santa’s naughty list?” he growls, the deep, rough sound vibrating through me and setting my nerves on fire.
“That depends,” I say breathlessly as his hands roam all over my body. His thick fingers slip underneath my shirt and trail up and down my spine. I feel his touch everywhere, and I shiver in his arms, fisting the front of his shirt.
“On what, little angel?” he rasps. Pax continues to torture me with teasing bites down my neck, followed by soft, open-mouthed kisses. The duel sensations are driving me wild, and I can’t help but buck my hips, grinding against him to find some relief.
“If you’ll be naughty with me.”
I should be embarrassed at my cheesy line, or maybe even a little intimidated since I hadn’t even kissed a guy before Pax. But there’s too much need, too much longing and lust to second guess myself.
“Fuck, my filthy angel,” he groans. Pax leans back slightly and cups my face, the tenderness in contrast to the way he’s destroying me. “What exactly are you telling me?”
“I need you,” I whisper truthfully. “All of you. I want… I want…”
“You want me to sink inside your needy little pussy?” he growls.
I whimper and nod, resting my forehead on his as I continue to wiggle in his embrace.
“You want me to fill you up with my cock? My cum? Shit, you want me to mark you so everyone knows you’re mine?”
He doesn’t give me time to respond. Pax’s lips connect with mine, as kiss after kiss keeps crashing into me like a bombardment of waves, each one stronger and more devastating than the last. I find my body responding to him in a desperate and needy way.
“More, please, I need more,” I whimper desperately.
This triggers something inside of him.
