“I didn’t appreciate it at the time.”

Roth was sitting in the living room with a laptop balanced on his knee. He looked up when she came down the hallway loaded down with two large packages. He frowned. 

“What’s all that?”

“Presents.” 

“It’s not Christmas.”

She tipped her nose in the air. “It doesn’t have to be Christmas to get a present.”

She bent over to make sure she had everything and didn’t realize he moved until he gripped her hips. 

“Do I get a present?”

Considering that she’d just been thinking about his reaction to her past attempts to give him gifts, she was surprised he brought it up. She turned to face him. “You never liked presents.”

“I didn’t appreciate it at the time.”

Her eyes moved over him, taking in his appearance. He employed personal shoppers to make sure he looked the part of a tycoon. Thinking back to how insistent she’d been to send him some ties she’d come across at Macy’s for his birthday, her cheeks heated. Yes, she could imagine that her presents hadn’t been all that special. What was she supposed to get a man who could acquire a jet with the amenities he wanted within a few hours? She wasn’t a broke college student relying on her husband any longer. She had millions at her disposal, but he had billions. No comparison. She stuffed the clothes she bought him at the Copenhagen market behind some shelves and planned to donate them. 

“You’ll have to tell me what you want,” she said with a half smile to conceal her embarrassment. “I don’t want to get you something you don’t want.”

His eyes moved pensively over her face. 

“Are you sure you want to come to this?” she asked to distract him. “It could be…” She flipped her hand back and forth to express how uncomfortable and unpredictable it could be.  

“They have to get used to me,” he said and brushed her curls over her shoulder. “And so do you.”

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What do you get the man who has it all??