A ball of nerves was expanding in my chest as I reentered Ace’s room, his final present firmly in my hands.

Ace was waiting for me exactly where I’d left him, sitting on the edge of his bed, only he was wearing jeans now.

His upper half was still bare…

I thought the pants would make things less distracting for me but I was wrong. He looked even better! Like a sexy farmer or cowboy who’d just come back from working the fields.

“You keep looking at me like that, and we’re not going to get around to opening up your little present,” Ace growled.

Maybe that wouldn’t be the...