"When you're like me, you get to open gifts too often to get any real thrills from it any more. I like it when the person surprises me more than what's under the clothes." Hooking fingers in the waistband, he peeled them down off of her hips, leaving her panties intact for now, and pushed them past her knees to the floor. "I should have given the salesgirl money enough for a cleaning bill," he remarked as he nudged up the shirt, placing soft kisses against her belly and down her waist.