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“You just want to watch me work”

I shrugged “What if I do?”

We h the woods, but our boots crunched on the snow, a sound I usually loved We were both well ar as closely as I was for any sounds that ht be hu our surroundings, hand resting onwatched had vanished, but I wasn’t ready to bet my life—or worse, Devil’s—on uts to tell Devilus was Donaldson

My heart pounded with every step we took I didn’t want to die out in the woods, especially e could’ve stayed tucked in bed, nice and warm, our arms around each other Wasn’t that ere supposed to do on our honey down other people’s trees while waiting to be shot? But this was Devil and me, so I shouldn’t expect normality

Of course, if I’d told Devil as really going on with Donaldson, weto be furious

It took less tiht to find a perfect Fraser fir “How did you knohich way to go?” I asked, keeping my voice low

“I sent soate ahead of time”

I should have known he would

“When we get back, I’ll give hi unusual while he was up here I should’ve thought of that last night”

“I was ht”

Devil grinned and rubbed his ass “You sure as hell were I’”

“Glad to hear it”

He cut the tree down, and we dragged it back to the cabin The sensation of being watched never returned, and we didn’t see any signs someone had been near the cabin other than the footprints we’d found initially

When we got back, Devil opened the second of the suitcases he’d brought for himself I’d wanted to ask why he’d packed so htly afraid the suitcase was full of sex toys he planned to use on me, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to see theht of what he could co Instead, it was full of decorations and even a tree stand

“You really did co this?”

“Since before I got the ring”

“How long did you have the ring before you proposed?”

Devil sht moment”