He looked down at her wickedly, quirking an eyebrow. “I'll give you your Christmas present later.”
“Another present? You already gave me this house!”
“I have something else in mind.” By the hungry look in his face, she knew exactly what he meant to give her, and she shivered. Her heart started to pound. It had been so long since they'd last made love. They'd been so busy since the babies were born….
“As soon as they're asleep, you're mine,” he whispered. Reaching into the hall closet, he tossed his black cashmere coat over his T-shirt then paused at the door, looking at her. “I've always wanted to make love to a woman wearing nothing but a hundred-carat diamond necklace.”
“But I don't have—”
“You haven't seen what's under the tree,” he said mischievously, and scampered outside.
Watching her grandmother and husband and daughter throw snowballs at each other through the back window, Ellie realized she'd never been so happy. She glanced at her two sleeping babies. She'd never dreamed life could be like this. Fate had created a life far better than she'd ever imagined for herself.
Fate, and Diogo.
“I love you, too,” she whispered aloud, and as she heard the soft whistle of the wind and the warm sigh of slumbering babies, she blessed the day that her boss had first seduced her in Rio.