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“I need to talk to Reid alone.”
“Oh,” Gabe says. “Got it. Get lost. Unwanted. Going now. And all those other women said I can’t take orders.” He heads for the door and Reid meets me in the center of the office.
“What’s wrong?”
“You didn’t tell me your mother died on the twenty-sixth.”
“I thought I had.”
“No,” I say. “No, you didn’t but I didn’t ask. I suck.”
“You do not suck, Carrie.”
“I do. We need to move the wedding. Can we do Valentine’s Day?”
“No. We can’t do Valentine’s Day.”
“Reid—”
He cups my face. “My mother loved Christmas just like you. It feels profoundly right to marry you at Christmas.”
My chest constricts with the emotion welling there. “Reid—”
“It’s perfection,” he whispers, his thumbs stroking my cheeks. “Just like you and just like us. We’re getting married on the twenty-seventh. I’m not waiting a day longer. Now. About that office sex we haven’t had recently.”
“Last week,” I remind him.
“Like I said. About that office sex we haven’t had in way too long.” His mouth closes down on mine and I end up on the desk. I really like his desk. And I really love him.
Chapter one hundred fifteen
Reid
On Christmas Eve, I wake to our little family. I’m on my back, and Carrie is laying pretty much on top of me because I can’t move my legs. Actually, I think the cat is on my legs. Carrie is on my chest. Talk about a different holiday season from any of the rest. Well, since my mother was in charge of the holidays.
“Merry Christmas,” Carrie whispers, lifting her head to look at me, her dark hair a tousled, sexy mess. “It’s going to be a good Christmas. I’m going to make it great.”
“My mom used that say that.”
Carrie sits up. “She did?”
“She did. She wanted us to have a great holiday and she did everything in her power to ensure it happened.” I shift my legs and Kesha jumps off the bed. That’s my opening and I roll Carrie to her back and settle on top of her. “She always started the day off with something sweet, cinnamon rolls, usually, and the whole house smelled like them.”
“Oh, I love that idea. Let’s get some today so we can do that tomorrow.”
“I need my something sweet now.” I lean in to kiss her and Kesha literally jumps on the bed and shoves her face between us. We both laugh and pet her before I throw away the covers and drag Carrie’s naked, perfect self out the bed. “What are we doing?” she laughs.
My gaze rakes over her breasts, and I pick her up. “To the shower for safe sex, the kind that doesn’t include furry animals.”
“Nikki has to go out.”
“I got up at four and took her out.”
“You did? Why?”
“She had her nose in my face,” I say, crossing to the bathroom and setting her down by the shower while I turn on the water. Kesha follows us.
I quickly maneuver Carrie into the shower and shut the door. My fingers tangle in her hair and I push her into the corner. “Morning fuck. That’s the way to do Christmas Eve day.” My mouth closes down on hers, and I drag her knee to my hip.
