JV woke to gentle caresses. Steve"s fingertips ran down the side of her face and along her jaw line. She smiled before opening her eyes. She loved waking up with him. Finding him already gone was always disappointing. She opened her eyes and found him watching her, his head on the other side of her pillow.
"Merry Christmas, baby," he murmured, then laid a soft kiss against her mouth.
"Merry Christmas to you, too." Her smile grew. The memory of how carefully he"d cared for her the night before warmed her and she stretched up and kissed him again. "Thanks for the bath, cowboy." She moved over him. "Now it"s my turn to take care of you." She leaned down and kissed him.
"As much as I would appreciate that, I have something I wanted to ask you?"
She sat up, her hips resting on his thighs. "
