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She turns away but I reach out to yank her back to me.
I crush my lips on hers, inhaling as much of her as I can until my lungs tremble in my chest.
“Will.” She chuckles. “Come on. Now, I have to check my lipstick.”
“It’s worth it.”
She straightens her arms, locking me at length before slipping from my grasp. “Behave,” she scolds as she retreats into the bedroom. “Or else, you won’t get your gift.”
“I told you, Jove,” I say, wiping a bit of red color off the edge of my mouth. “You are my gift this year.”
“Oh, good.” She returns with her wallet in hand. “I don’t have to give you all those blowjobs, then.”
I reach into my pocket to pull out the rectangular box hidden inside. “Oh, you’ll want to after you see this.”
Her eyes fall to my extended hand and she scoffs. “And what is that now?”
“Open it.”
“Will, come on, you didn’t have to—” She snaps it open and gasps. “Holy tyrannosaurus!”
I grin at the childish glee on her face. “Does that mean you like it?”
She pulls the necklace out and the tiny, silver, dinosaur skull dangles from her fingers. “It’s so cool!” She takes a closer look, smiling wide. “And fancy!”
“May I?” I lay out my hand and she drops it into my palm. She turns around for me and raises her hair out of the way. “I saw this and instantly thought of you,” I say, laying it around her neck.
“When?” she asks.
I clasp it behind her. “About a week ago,” I answer, leaning in to kiss her neck once before she drops her hair back down. “Spin around. Let me see it.”
Jovie turns toward me and I admire the sterling replica of bones lying in the hollow of her throat. Sharp teeth and a dangerous snout. So utterly Jovie.
“And it matches my shoes,” she says, still grinning. “Double win.”
She rushes into the hallway toward the bathroom to find the nearest mirror and my mind wanders away again without the beautiful distraction owning my attention.
He said again.
It could have meant nothing. Just a quick slip of the tongue.
Or…
Jovie walks back in, heading straight toward me with bright, happy cheeks. “I love it so much, Will. Thank you.”
She lays a kiss on the edge of my mouth, bringing me right back to her. Her left hand entwines with mine and my chest tingles as I feel that ring on her finger.
“Okay,” she says. “Now, let’s get this over with.”
I swallow the urge to ask questions back down into the depths of my guts, just as I’ve done a hundred times since she came home. I promised I wouldn’t ask and I intend to keep that. Not until she starts to let me in again.
There’s that word again.
Fuck.
