Page 26 of Stalked By Santa
“But you said—”
“I said that I’m hanging up the Santa hat. Elves emeritus still have full security clearances. If anything, this will give me evenmoretime to track your movements. And it’s a damn good thing, I’ve clearly been slipping.”
“That’s what you’re attributing it to? You slipping? Not me being sneaky?”
“You’re a terrible liar, love,” I say, then kiss her before adding, “And I love that about you. If you weren’t so good, you’d never have met the requirements of the Mrs. Clause.”
At this, she pouts. “I’m notalwaysgood. I mean, I did successfully lie to youthistime.”
“True,” I say, voice thoughtful. “That was very naughty.”
She nods. “Very, very naughty. You should totally punish me.”
“But the baby—”
“Is currently the size of a jellybean. Please don’t start treating me like I’m made out of spun glass just because I’m pregnant, Nick.”
I shake my head. “If anything happened to you or the baby, I’d never forgive myself.”
“Okay, so I didn’t want to admit this, but I asked my doctor, and she said it would be fine.”
“You told your doctor that we…”
Face red, she nods.
“Now that wasverynaughty, Madelyn.”
“I know.” My wife smiles. “You’ll have to spank me, Santa.”
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