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She shakes her head, her hands coming down to slap on my chest. “That’s not what I meant, and you know it!”
“Oh, I definitely knew that.” My hands tighten on her hips, grin growing mischievous as I buck into her again and grind her against me. “But this just sounded like it would be fun.”
“Gods above, what are you doing, Jack?” Cypian’s voice echoes over the area and I let my head fall back.
“Busted,” I whisper to Belle, sending her into a peel of laughter as I sit up.
Cypian makes it over to us and helps Belle to her feet, leaving me to stand up on my own.
“It’s okay, Cy,” Belle assures him. “It’s actually my fault that we ended up in that position. Jack just used it to his advantage, and I was a willing participant, I promise.”
Cypian’s eyes narrow as he glares at me, but he’s all smiles when he turns back to our girl. “What do you mean it was your fault?”
“Something snagged on my ankle when I got out of the car, and I went careening into Jack. Took us both to the ground and everything.” Belle shrugs, looking back to where she’d been standing before we hit the floor. Her head tilts, a frown overtaking her pretty features. “How the hell did a vine end up there?”
Following her line of sight, and sure enough, there’s a long vine lying atop the snow there. Something definitely isn’t right. “That’s definitely odd. Let’s head inside so we can get you warm, yeah?”
“That sounds great!” Belle allows Cypian to lead her inside, though he pauses long enough to glance at me over his shoulder. We’ve known one another long enough for me to practically read his thoughts. He’s worried.
I nod, acknowledging his worry, but I don’t think it’s as serious as he’s worrying it is. I’m fairly certain this is her magic trying to manifest. We just need to figure out why it hasn’t when it should have years ago.
Still mulling it over in my head, I follow Belle and Cypian into the kitchen.
Belle lights up as she glances around the room, her eyes moving from ingredient to ingredient set out on the counter before she turns back to me. “Are you baking cookies?”
“We—as in the three of us—are, Doll. I enjoy baking so I thought it would be a good thing for us to do.” I glance over at Cypian for a moment before focusing back on our girl. “I invited Cy to join us. I hope that’s okay.”
“Of course it’s okay. I’m sure the two of you are used to doing things together, and I don’t want to take away from your relationship with one another.” Her smile now is shy.
Cypian wraps his arms around her from behind. “I promise you’re doing no such thing.”
Belle leans into his embrace, and not wanting to be left out, I wrap my arms around both of them. We stand there for a few moments, and I allow myself to think about how this could be what the rest of our lives look like. I could be content with that. No, more than content. I would be the happiest man alive.
Stepping back, I clear my throat. “We should probably get started on these. Cy, will you order us dinner while I grab the recipes? I’ve got three different types of cookies for us to make so we’ll each mix one up. Then while they’re baking, I figured we could eat in front of the fire—maybe even put on one of those holiday movies you love so much?”
“Really?” Belle squeals, clapping her hands. Once more I’m struck by how adorable she is. I love that we’re the ones who are giving her the Christmas she’s obviously dying to have.
“Of course, Pretty Girl. Anything for you. I’ve told you that before, and I still mean it.” Cypian kisses the side of her head before pulling out his phone and ordering us dinner.
Thirty minutes later, when the food arrives, we’ve just put in our first trays of cookies. We’re all a mess—as is the kitchen—but I’ve never seen Belle happier. I duck out to grab dinner, telling them to meet me in the front room after they clean themselves up.
After paying for the food and grabbing plates, I head for the front room to find them already sitting on the nest Cypian and I built before I picked Belle up. They’re sipping on what has to be hot chocolate based on the smell, and I spy a third cup waiting for me. There’s already a movie queued up on the screen. I can’t wipe the smile off my face as I sit beside them. The movie starts as we eat and there isn’t much talking.
I can tell that Belle and Cypian are wrapped up in the movie, but I can’t seem to stop watching the two of them. They don’t even hear the timer go off for the cookies so I jump up to take care of them. Thank goodness for having multiple ovens because they’re all done and all I have to do is transfer them to the cooling racks.
Making my way back into the front room, I find that Cypian and Belle might not have been as wrapped up in the movie as I thought seeing as they’re currently wrapped around one another. I move as quietly as I can, circling them so I can drop to the blankets at Belle’s back. I’m not sure if they hear me or not, but they don’t break their kiss. I press against Belle’s back and she startles, telling me she definitely hadn’t heard me.
“I thought we were watching a movie,” I say, running my nose along her neck.
Cypian chuckles. “We were, but then you got up and I found Belle much more interesting.”
“Now that you’ve had a kiss, I think it’s only fair if I get one too.” I turn Belle’s head until I can crush her lips with mine.
I groan at the first taste of her, turning rabid at the first tentative flick of her tongue against mine. I drag my hands through her hair and pull her closer so I can devour her.
“You can’t hog her, Jack.” Cypian tuts at me quietly, and I reluctantly release her. “Belle, I’m sure you’ve figured out that we’reveryinterested in you, but we don’t want to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. You’re in charge here. But I think it might be best to set some limits on what you want to happen now before we get carried away.”
Belle’s face is flushed as she glances between the two of us. “No sex,” she finally murmurs.
