He shrugged. “You get some for me, I get some for you. Just so we have something to open on Christmas.”
My chest tightened at the sweet gesture. “Okay.” I felt my cheeks warming and glanced away from Enzo to the full carts. “I think we’re going to need a third cart.”
Enzo chuckled. “Let’s get this stuff checked out and loaded into the car, then we can come back in and do our Christmas shopping.”
For the first time since I’d stepped into my honeymoon suite, I felt a spark of excitement. I couldn’t believe a stranger I’d just met hours before cared more about my happiness than my husband had. “Sounds good.”
After loading everything into Enzo’s SUV, we went back inside with our carts. Enzo handed me a stack of the money my dad had given him. “Have fun. Get paper bags instead of the plastic ones so you can hide what’s inside and we know which bags are the Christmas ones.”
“Good idea. Meet you at the car when I’m done.”
Enzo winked at me and my stomach knotted. As he walked away, I asked, “How many presents are we getting?”
He glanced over his shoulder at me and shrugged. “Five?”
Smiling, I nodded. “Okay.”
Even though we didn’t know each other, I was looking forward to this little activity. It really brought some brightness toa bleak situation, and I was grateful to Enzo for trying to cheer me up. He didn’t owe me anything. I mean my dad was paying him, but he didn’t have to do more than protect me.
Since I didn’t know Enzo, I wasn’t sure what to get him. Socks? A tie? Cologne? What did you get the man who basically had your life in his hands?
I went to the Christmas section, hoping I wouldn’t run into Enzo. I figured he was letting me choose the Christmas decorations since I was so upset about missing the holiday. As I went down the aisles, I grabbed similar decorations that I was used to seeing around my house at Christmas time. I also grabbed wrapping paper and gift bags so that we could wrap our gifts later.
After I was satisfied that I had gotten all the decorations I needed, I went to the men’s section, hoping I would get some ideas about what to get Enzo that wasn’t lame or cliche.
I hadn’t noticed him a watch, so I thought one of those smart watches that could link to his phone might be a good gift. One down, four to go.
Given that Enzo had a cabin in the mountains, plus cleaned up crimes for the mafia, I decided to get him a fancy survival kit. It seemed like something he would like, or at least get a laugh out of.
I went to the electronics section, and decided to get him a wireless charging station that could charge the new watch I got him along with his phone and earbuds. You could never have too many chargers, in my opinion.
Then, I walked by one of the endcap displays. A smile tipped my lips and I giggled; a millennial like him would love something like this, even though I’d never seen one before.
I grabbed one of the boxes for the retro gaming system and put it in my cart. I needed just one more gift, and then I would be done.
I walked around the store aimlessly for several minutes, trying to figure out what to get Enzo for his last gift. I went back to the Christmas section since they had tons of gift sets, and hoped I could find one that wasn’t too lame.
I saw a heated massage pad that fit over a chair. Given what Enzo did for a living, I figured he probably had some stress in his life working with high-maintenance mob bosses.
Pleased with myself, I went to check out with a smile on my face.
Enzo had his SUV pulled up front by the time I walked out. The back opened up as I approached and I had to stop myself from peeking in the paper bags that were already there.
Once I loaded my bags, I hopped in the back seat and closed the door. The car was already heated and the chill from outside quickly dissipated.
I brought my eyes up to the rear view mirror, finding Enzo looking at me. “Find everything you wanted?”
I was pretty proud of myself. Grinning widely, I nodded. “Yep. I can’t wait until we exchange gifts.”
He chuckled. “Well, I’m glad you’re excited. I didn’t want to spend the next few weeks with a grinch.”
I crossed my arms over my chest and scoffed. “I have every right to be a grinch thank you very much. You’re lucky I’m not having a mental breakdown right now.”
He shrugged, then started driving, fighting laughter. “This is going to be a fun month.”
Ignoring his comment, I rolled my eyes. “How long is the drive to your cabin?”
“About two and a half hours, so get comfortable.”
