Page 10 of Merry Kissmas, My Billionaire

“I was inviting all of you,” I amend my earlier statement. “My family will be here too. We can have a feast– I…”I can’t imagine Christmas without you, the confession not yet slipping past my lips.

“Meandthe girls?” she sounds surprised.

“I like them. They remind me of their mother.” I kiss the top of her head. “Rudy might be edgy but she’s sensitive. Juniper is bold but has her reservations…”

Hope pulls back, blinking. “How…you can tell?” There are tears pooling in her eyes.

Have I said the wrong thing?”

“They might be twins, damn near identical too but they’re as different as they are similar to one another. I’d like to get to know them more…And you.”

“So this isn’t a snowed-in sex event?”

Is she disappointed? Does she only want this one time between us?

“No, Hope..I– I…” I’ve never stuttered in my life. “I’d like to take you to dinner. I’d like to have you in my bed several times over. I’d like you and your daughters to spend Christmas here. I’ll promise them Santa will be able to find them here.”

“You do have a chimney.” She winks with a giggle.

I haven’t the foggiest idea where she lives. Is it an apartment? A small house? Things I need…No, want to know about her.

“You’ve changed me, your presence here has thawed my heart.” It’s cheesier than I intend but she’s smiling up at me.

“You know what they say?”

I quick a brow in response, waiting for the punch line from this snappy holiday treat.

“Cold hands, big hot cock.” Her crude joke catches me off guard.

Words slip out before I can stop them, “I love you.”

The sentiment hangs out there, like mistletoe waiting for a couple to kiss under it.

Hope goes doe-eyed, blinking. “You what?”

There’s no turning back and my heart seems to grow three times its size. I puff out my chest and repeat myself, “I love you.”

She cocks her head to the side and my confidence falters until she kisses me gently. “I think you do…”

I close my eyes, waiting for her to continue. I’m shaking, I realize, vibrating with anticipation as she lets me linger in the unknown.

Her plump lips tickle my ear as she whispers. “I love you too.”

EPILOGUE

HOPE

“Rudy!Juniper! Everyone will be here soon, please hurry up!” I call up the grand staircase that they both have learned how to slide down. They’ve even encouraged Trent to do the same.

And he did.

Once.

But I’m the one who remains in control now, not Trent.

Well, most of the time. He has great control over me in the bedroom.

I am his, mind, body, and soul. There’s no denying that fact.

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