Page 3 of All I Want For Christmas

“Caleb didn’t like that at all,” Ashley commented.

Lexi shrugged, but smiled, almost mischievously. “Really? He was watching?”

Ashley laughed. “Are you ever within fifty feet of him that he’snotwatching you?”

Lexi’s smile dropped and she sighed. “Yeah,onlywatching.”

Ashley sighed. “I need more liquor if we’re going to have this conversation again.”

“Nope. No conversation. This is a party. In fact, I need to open my gift.” She held up the little box Santa had given her.

“Oh, yes,” Ashley said with a grin. “You do.”

Lexi shook the box and something inside clanked. She looked suspicious. “Okay.”

“Hang on, though. Caleb’s on his way over. Shocker,” Ashley said.

Actually all of the men of the group came to gather around the Santa chair. Corey and Austin stood back a bit, but Caleb moved in to stand beside Lexi, and Gabe wrapped his arms around Addison from behind.

“Did you get your gift from Santa yet?” he asked.

“Not yet. I have to sit on his lap, you know,” Addison responded.

“Nah, I’m sure he’d just give you?—”

“Oh, I’m sitting on his lap,” Addison said. She looked over her shoulder at her husband and grinned as Gabe gave a low growl. “Areyougoing to sit on his lap?”

Gabe lifted an eyebrow. “Uh, no. I’m good.”

“But you won’t getyourpresent if you don’t.”

He narrowed his eyes. “What do you know aboutmypresent from Santa?”

She laughed. “I’m guessing I know as much about yours and you do about mine.”

“Logan asked you for ideas?” Gabe asked.

Addison nodded. “I think he got input from someone close to each of us.”

“Hmm.” Gabe gave Addison a hot look. “Maybe I will sit on the guy’s lap. I need to see this now.”

“Yeah? And I definitely want whatever you suggested?”

“Definitely,” Gabe told her.

And Lindsey felt that little stab of jealousy that jabbed her every once in a while. She was happy for Gabe and Addison, but the way they looked at each other was the way that every person wanted to be looked at by another person at some point in their life.

It was the way Matt looked at her. When he was here.

“Oh, wow, okay, Santa,” Lexi said, as she pulled her gift from the box.

She held it up for everyone to see. A pair of handcuffs lined in red velvet with white fur around the edges dangled from her fingertip.

Chapter

Two

Lindsey instantly looked at Caleb. His scowl had definitely deepened.