Page 98 of The Naughty List Agreement

“But you believe in me. When you said all you wanted for Christmas was me … it was my wish come true.”

“You were wishing for me?” she asked, moving to straddle him.

“I didn’t realize it until that moment. I had been hoping there was some way to slow down time so I’d have more with you, but I knew that wasn’t possible. The only way we could be together would be if we were both falling for each other.”

“And we were,” she said, moving on top of him until he was hard. She shifted until the tip of his dick was at her entrance, and then she took him all the way inside of her. His hands were on her waist as she rode him. This was what he’d secretly always wanted but never believed he’d find.

Cora Quill.

They came together and then cuddled in his bed, talking about the future and the life they wanted together. Nick wanted the peace of this moment to last. The newness of their love made everything seem possible. But there were plans that had to be made.

“Not to rush you, but since you agreed to marry me, would you do it on Christmas Eve day?” he asked.

“Yes. I’ll need to start planning. I want Fliss and Hannah to be part of the ceremony.”

“Of course. Do you know where you want to be married? It can be in either realm.”

“Realms. Goodness. That’s going to take some getting used to. Is there a place that you’d like to marry? I don’t have any family to invite except Fliss and Hannah.”

Nick hadn’t thought of the ceremony. In hindsight, it was miracle he’d found Cora and fallen in love with her. His dating record and plan to just find a woman had been flawed from the beginning.

“I’d like the ceremony to be here. In the Winter Gardens. Hannah and your mortal guests would be allowed to enter for the ceremony and reception and when they leave their memories will feel like a dream, much the same as yours did after you came here with me the first time.”

“The Winter Gardens? That sounds lovely. Let’s get married here. Will Christmas Eve be too busy for you?”

“We’ll make it work. There will be people in your life that aren’t who you believed them to be.”

Cora tipped her head to the side. “Fliss? I mean, Hannah has her kids.”

“Fliss is a Thornwatch elf. She works for Pete.”

“The family business,” Cora said. “I’m going to have a little chat with Pete… I met Fliss’s cousin and they’re both being worked too hard.”

Nick would enjoy watching Cora and Pete interact.

“Buddy will have to be invited of course.”

“Most of my staff too.”

“What about your parents?”

“They have chosen to leave Hearthvale and are in retirement. They’ll age normally now as mortals,” he told her.

“Wait, how old are you?”

“132.”

“That’s a bit to take in. Why haven’t you fallen in love before this?”

“Because I hadn’t met you,” he told her. The truth of this resounded in his heart and soul. It was only now that he had Cora in his arms that he realized it. He’d been waiting for her all along.

Cora had never had any dreams of weddings or dresses, so Hannah stepped in to help. “Four days to plan a wedding is nuts,” her friend said. “But I found the perfect dress for you.”

As Hannah took it out of the garment bag, Cora immediately recognized that her friend had made the dress for her herself. “Thank you for this. I don’t know what to say…”

“No problem. I had some help.”

“I did the lace work,” Fliss informed her as she walked in carrying a wreath of flowers. The two women had discussed Fliss being a Thornwatch elf. Fliss had explained that Cora had been on a watch list for a few years. Pete tried to keep as many mortals from the Naughty List as possible and had put Fliss with Cora to keep an eye on her.