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see how cruel you can be when you want to be.”
    “I kissed you, and I felt something. It’s been a long time since anything like that has been in my life and, yes, I lashed out,” Loki said. He braced his hands in the door frame and leaned forward until they were nose to nose. “I want to feel it again. I want share the holidays with you. No tricks, I promise. Just let me see the holidays through your eyes, Vivienne. I won’t harm you in any way.”
    She considered his face and saw no lies there and her instincts told her that she could believe him. Vivi had just been sitting on her sofa being gloomy because of him and now here he was at her door begging for a chance to spend Christmas with her.
    “Okay, it’s a deal, but we do it my way.” She stepped back so he could enter her apartment. “And it starts now.”
    “How so?” Loki stepped inside and looked around. “I like your home; it’s very warm and comforting.” He rubbed his hands together. “Let’s get this started. Shall I wait for you to get dressed and then we have a night on the town? Should I call for the limo?”
    “No, we’re going to stay in and watch classic Christmas movies in front of a warm fire with hot chocolate.” Vivi looked at him in his expensive suit. “This won’t do. You need pajamas.”
    Loki snapped his fingers and instantly he had on silk pajamas. Vivi was amazed at the instant change and laughed in delight before she shook her head. “No to Hugh Hefner.” She picked up a magazine and flipped through until she found the perfect picture. It was a man in a blue Snoopy T-shirt with matching fleece pajamas and socks. “Go for this look.”
    Loki looked horrified. “You are kidding me. This is… It’s just awful, Vivienne. Please reconsider.”
    Perfect , Vivi thought and grinned. “This is a traditional holiday event and you have to look the part, so if you don’t want to or it’s beneath you, I understand.”
    “Fine,” he grumbled. “I’m assuming this is some kind of payback.”
    Vivi stepped closer and placed her hand on his chest. “Honestly, it’s not, Loki. You asked me to share how I enjoy the holidays with you and this is part of it. I’ll even make you hot chocolate.”
    “Vivienne, I’m going to kiss you again if you don’t step away,” he warned softly.
    She took fate in her hands and stood on her tiptoes and pressed her lips against his. The kiss was gentle, but that didn’t mean it affected her any less. His soft groan told her he felt the same way. Vivienne stepped away with a sigh and in the time that they were kissing, he managed to change his clothes magically to look exactly like the picture in the magazine. Vivienne laughed out loud as she looked at the most handsome man she’d ever seen dressed in Snoopy pajamas. It didn’t take away from the man in the least, only enhanced him in her opinion.
    She went to the kitchen and made them both a large cup of hot chocolate. She added extra marshmallows into his cup and grabbed a bag of potato chips from the pantry as well. By the time she came out to the living room with the tray, Loki had pulled the blanket off the back of the sofa and sat under one side, straight and prime.
    “The point of this is to relax, slouch a little, put your feet up,” she said and placed the tray on the coffee table and handed him a cup. “Here, try this.”
    Loki took a tentative sip and then shrugged. “It’s not bad. Kind of creamy on the tongue.”
    “That’s the melted marshmallows,” Vivi explained. “And I decided we’ll be watching Frosty the Snowman .”
    Loki laughed. “My cousin Jokul hates that name. Mortals making him into a character made of snow did not make him too happy.”
    “I keep forgetting your cousin is Jack Frost,” Vivi said.
    “It’s extremely sexy that you know our real names,” he said. “But let’s watch this show now. I’ll be amused thinking of Jack as a big, chubby snow-made person.”
    She shook her head and