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“I got you a gift, but it’s at home. If I knew⁠—”

“I told you, just being here with you is everything I need.”

He might say that, but I still feel bad.

“Open it,” he encourages.

My hands tremble as I carefully undo the pretty wrapping.

“I’ve never seen her open anything that delicately,” Garrett points out, but I ignore him and keep going until I reveal a jewelry box.

I glance up at Calvin before flipping it open.

“Oh my god,” I gasp, my eyes filling with tears. “I love it.”

“Let’s see,” Mom begs impatiently.

I lift it up, and she gasps as well as she stares at the necklace that has two horseshoes hooked together, one encrusted with diamonds and one plain.

“Oh, Calvin. That’s perfect,” Mom gushes.

“Will you put it on me?” I ask, plucking it from its satin cushion and handing it to him before turning around and lifting my hair.

It takes him a minute to secure it, but the second he does, my hand lifts to it.

“I love it. Thank you so much.”

He smiles at me, and I lose myself in his eyes. He’s right—having him here is the best gift I could have ever received.

68

CALVIN

“Come with me, I want to show you something,” Sienna says when I emerge from the bathroom and find her loitering outside, waiting for me.

She takes my hand in hers and begins leading me up the stairs.

“I think we’ve already given your family enough to talk about today, darlin’,” I tease. “But I’ll never say no to you, so…”

“Shut up.” She laughs. “I’m not taking you upstairs to bang your brains out.”

“That’s a real shame.”

“You’re insatiable.”

“It’s you. I can’t help it. I want you every single second of every single day.”

When she stops at a half-opened door, her cheeks are red.

I will never get bored of seeing her blush like that.

“No sex,” she warns.

“Okay,” I agree, stepping so close our chests brush. “What about fingering?” Her lips purse. “Oral?”

Her eyes roll as she shakes her head. “You’re a nightmare,” she mutters, reaching up on her toes to brush her lips against mine. “That’s all you’re getting,” she tells me before pushing the door open and walking inside.

I follow but quickly freeze. “Oh wow, this is…”