Undone Toy by Lila Dubois

Author:Lila Dubois [Dubois, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book Boutiques
Published: 2017-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

“What are you thinking about?”

Kiara turned her head to look at Reis. He lay beside her on the floor. They’d scooted so their heads were under the branches of their small Christmas tree, which was set up on a low table to keep their puppy Turkey from knocking it over. She’d done this as a kid—looking up through the branches. The lights, ornaments, and the smell of pine made her feel like she’d stepped through a hidden door and into a magical world. When Reis had first caught her doing it, he hadn’t laughed or asked questions. Instead he’d stretched out beside her, as he was doing now.

Turkey, adopted on the day after Thanksgiving, was asleep in his bed in the corner of the living room. Instrumental Christmas music was playing softly in the background. It had to be near midnight. It was almost Christmas.

How different this Christmas Eve was than the last. She never would have guessed last year, when she spend Christmas Eve at a friend’s family’s house, a bystander to a strange family’s tradition, that she would find herself spending the holiday in a mansion on the coast with her boyfriend.

She’d been hesitant about the move—both to Santa Barbara, and into Reis’s house. She’d worried it would always be “his” house, never “theirs.” By the fifth time she’d come up to visit, she’d rearranged most of the rooms, painted all of them, and taken over half the master bedroom closet. It had been easy, delightfully, terrifyingly easy, to start thinking of this as “their” house.

Almost as easy as falling in love with him.

“Princess?” His brows were scrunched in a worried look.

She brushed her fingers over his cheek. “I love you.”

He relaxed. “I love you, too.” He looked at his watch. “One minute past midnight. Merry Christmas.”

“Merry Christmas.” She rolled onto her side, cuddling up against him.

“I want to give you your present.” Reis tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, the motion tender and familiar.

Kiara smiled and patted her neck with her fingers. “Oh what ever will it be?”

They’d been looking at collars—jewelry collars, that could be worn all the time and in any situation—since a few days after she officially moved in.

“Come on.” Reis scooted out from under the tree and helped her to her feet. He led her over to the fireplace, then urged her to kneel on the thick rug laid out before it. This rug was one of their preferred non-bedroom play areas. The mission style brass candelabras that were built into the fireplace surround made handy restraint points.

Kiara obediently knelt, keeping her posture casual, but placing her hands palm-up on her thighs.

“Close your eyes,” he said.

Kiara smiled and obeyed.

She heard him rustle around, then the sound of his footsteps. She knew when he was near—she could sense his presence, knew when he entered or left a room.

Reis took a deep breath. “Open your eyes.”

He was on one knee facing her. He was as handsome as ever, the thin sweater he wore clinging to the shoulders she loved to bite when he brought her to an earth-shattering climax.

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