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I looked down and only saw one black and red striped present, and I knew that was Cosmo’s because I recognized the wrapping paper.
Lex giggled, “Oh. my rose.” He got up, smoke covering him as he disappeared and then reappeared seconds later with a large black chest, setting it down at my feet. “I didn't want to show up the others, so I kept it by my bed.”
I gulped, looking down at the chest and envisioning a dead body . . . I just wonder who he would give me? That New York captain that gave me some flack last time? Maybe that dick that cut me off the other night when we were doing the runs?
“I bet someone a hundred bucks there’s a dead body or limb in there,” Ax whispered to Cosmo, who shook his head.
“Two hundred,” Avery called out.Lex kept a devious smile on his face but said nothing.
I reached down and picked up Cosmo’s gift. “Well, that just means that I have to save that one for last now that we have money on the line.”
Cosmo and I always gave each other things like cars, or bikes, or something extravagant but useful, so I was vastly interested in what could possibly be in this tiny box. Maybe keys to that Yamaha YZF-R1M superbike I’ve been eyeing?
I opened the lid, looked down, and gasped in surprise. I lifted my finger and ran it over a thin, white gold chain, following it downto a gorgeous five carat sized ruby in the shape of a blood drop. It was stunning. I couldn’t take my eyes off it.
“I was never able to get you gifts that . . . that I wanted to give you.” I looked up at him, his eyes on his hands, which were clenched together. “I’ve wanted to give you something like that for a long time, something that a mate would get their other half.”
My heart was beating so hard I heard it in my ears, thumping away at this heartfelt gift that I loved. That I didn't know I always wanted to get from him. It was a gift you gave a lover, not your sister.
I rose up on shaky legs, made my way over to him as I turned around and sat in his lap, turning my head to the side as I lifted the necklace. “Will you put it on me?” I didn't mean for my voice to sound soft and breathless, but I was having a hard time thinking of anything else but getting this token of our love on me, now.
He slowly took the necklace out of my fingers, circling my neck before laying a long, sweet kiss along my skin. Clasping it together, he said in a husky voice, “You outshine even the biggest jewels.”
I zoomed around in his arms, facing him as I ran both hands behind his head and pushed him up against the couch as I kissed him with years of pent up energy. It started off with just our lips, but quickly, our hands began to roam, and I was practically wrapping my legs around him as I was eating him up as fast as Icould. I wanted to show him with my body what he was doing to my soul, how happy I was that we were at the stage we were.
Feeling hungry eyes behind me, I unraveled my limbs as I dragged myself off him. “Your turn, Cosy.” I sped over to my seat before I started an orgy in the living room.
He shook his head, getting that dazed look off his face as he reached down and plucked my gift from the pile. He tore into it, giving me a puzzled look when he saw a garment box, and I nodded at him to keep going. I was holding a giggle in, excited to see what he thought of his present.
He ripped open the box and pulled out a black sweater, looking at it as he puffed out a laugh and turned it around to show everyone. There was a cartoon chimney with words that said, This Santa Loves Going Down.
“Now, that is a good Christmas sweater.” I smiled mischievously as he shook his head. I thought he was going to toss it to the side when he shucked it over his head and wore it with pride.
“At least it's accurate.” He winked at me, and my cheeks heated.Where was this little smooth devil hiding?
I looked away, fanning myself as I found Lex. “I think you need to go next.” Before any of them argued about the rules, I said, “You guys bent the rules, just let me see you all open one gift before I finish, please?”
My mates looked around at each other and shrugged, nodding to Lex to open a gift. He snatched mine out of the pile. “I'm totallycurious now to see if we got the same one or different ones.” I just smiled, drinking my cocoa to keep my mouth shut.
He pulled out a black sweater that looked the same as Cosmo’s from the back, and then fell over laughing. “Oh, my rose, you know me too well.” His laughter was contagious as I giggled, and the others barked at him to show them. Turning it around, you saw a big santa that was shaking a finger at you, the viewer, as it said, I’m always watching you, naughty girl.
Everyone either smirked or puffed out a laugh as I explained, “They’re festive and accurate.” Lex put his on immediately, listing all the reasons why his was better than Cosmo’s. I shook my head. I don't think they will ever not be competitive with me. It was something I would simply have to get over.
Lex turned sharply, crawling up to his knees as he gave me his puppy dog eyes. “It's now time for my gift, my rose. I hope you enjoy it. It took mea lotof effort.”
Everyone straightened up as he slid this black, pirate style-looking chest over to me. Curious, I leaned over and sniffed, not catching a whiff of blood, and was surprised. After Lex took back on the roles of the Devil family, blood seemed to be his new cologne . . . but I never minded. He always smelled yummy to me.
“I’m sure I will love it.”
Chapter 9
I was more thanmildly curious to see what Lex got her. After receiving what he got me in passing, I was eager to see what he would give her when he actually put thought and effort into it. Avery and Ax had their idiodic bet about it being a dead boy, which I knew it wasn't. The chest was far too small for a whole body to fill it. Unless it was a small child, and no matter how insane Lex was, he wouldn’t kill a child. It was more of a medium-size treasure chest, so what could he have possibly filled it with? Dead body parts?But what would Rayla do with that?
Rayla’s excited gaze fell on the box as she lifted the lid carefully and peeked in. The next second, she made a sound I’d never heard her make. She squealed in a high-pitched delight as shethrew the top open. Lex’s anxious face twisted up into a glowing smile as he puffed his chest at making her sound like that.
“I can’t believe you?! How did you get these! I love them!” She began digging through the chest, her whole head almost completely inside. “Ooooo! They feel so real!”
My left eye twitched, not enjoying the fact that I still didn't know the contents of that chest and why it made her so incredibly happy.What the fuck was in that chest?!
