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“No, I just want soet out of bed toyou’re supposed to do?”

My eyes widened “You want to make cookies?”

Joe toyed with the white poave me a seductive smile “I want to make cookies with you”

Warainst him “I love you”

“I love you too, and I want to make you happy Don’t you know that by noould be just as happy if ere on an island in the Caribbean or in a hut in the desert I just want to be with you”

“I’ht here and all yours”

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Epilogue

We spent the next two days at the cabin, only getting dressed to go sledding and play in the snow We stayed in bed or on the couch by the fire lorious We ordered pizza, ood, and demolished most of the food Devil had had delivered We needed plenty of fuel because, even for us, I think we set a record for orgasht-hour period

The rest of our days in Vers Devil had planned like ice skating, participating in a gingerbread house contest, and attending the Christmas festival in the park, which included a photo booth where we took pics in Santa hats that I worried Devil would have framed

When it was time for us to head back to Boston, Devil said he had oneslash Christmas present

“Christmas isn’t for another week”

“It can’t wait that long”

I couldn’t argue with his enthusiasm I was sure whatever he’d done ay tooto be Devil had wokenfor a lot of the drive I woke to Devil gently shaking my shoulder and realized ere already in Boston, but it was clear eren’t headed to the Marchesis’ North End house

“Where are we going?”

“So you kno I kidnapped you and made you come on this trip?”

I huffed “Of course I do”

“And you kno you told h-handed”

“Oh God What have you done?”

“I did this before we left on the trip, so technically it was before you said that”

“Did you think I actually believed you were going to stop?”