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"You saw through me," I said and kissed her "I have a better way to divert you" I ran my hands over her body as we leaned back on the sofa, and soon, her breathing quickened and I knew she was aroused by my touch

Making love to ht and bring in the New Year than with talk about her grade

New Year's Day was very slow and enjoyable

When I woke, I let Alexa sleep and was careful not to wake her I dressed infor a run along the beach Mark, our guard for the day, got in his SUV and followedeven withIt felt ridiculous, but I had to realize that there were two possible ht want to see me dead or in pain Blaine and Eric I couldn’t take that threat lightly

The run was good, the weather cloudy but with no rain and no wind, so by the tiot back to the beach house, I had worked up a decent sweat When I ca and bacon cooking

I went into the kitchen and saw that Alexa was up, dressed in her robe and slippers, and was standing at the stove frying bacon

"You're up," I said and stood behind her, kissing her on the back of the head, giving her hips a squeeze

She craned her face around for a kiss, but I held my hand up between us "No kisses until after I shower I'll be right back"

Then, I went to our bathroom and stripped off my clothes and jumped into the shower to wash off the sweat After I brushedcasual, jeans and a sweater, I went downstairs to find Alexa had our breakfast ready

"Mmm," I said and kissed Alexa for real "S?"

"I'ry as a wolf," she said and sat down at her place on the kitchen island

We ate our brunch, and then spent the rest of the day lounging around in the living roo the crossword and sudoku, and then watching reruns of The Lord of the Rings on satellite TV By the tiht because of our big brunch, so we ordered in Chinese from a local restaurant

Alexa's parents were at a resort in Cabo,with an old friend, and John and Felicia were at her parents for a special New Year's Day dinner

"Do you wish you ith your parents tonight?”

Alexa shook her head adamantly "Not in the least" She reached over and took my hand, then leaned closer and kissed ether Next New Year's, I expect to have a big family dinner here with all our families and friends We'll have a baby and it will be family time"