Wrapped with Style: Simple, Creative Ideas for Imaginative Gift Wrapping

The drink gave me the courage to start the ball rolling. Marvin was talking with all the others but when I sat down beside him he looked at me pleasantly and asked how I felt to be on the threshold of marriage. «I feel fine,» I said in a voice that was huskier than usual, «but I can hardly wait to see what you'll give me as a wedding present.» To make sure he got my point I fluttered my eyelashes at him. He nearly fell off his chair. «A present? Well now, what would you like?» «Whatever you want to give me,» I purred, «just as long as it didn't cost much money … no money, in fact. That's reasonable isn't it, Marvin?» «Not only reasonable but downright generous,» he said. The others were still talking but he had forgotten them. His eyes bored into mine and his body inclined toward me. «Perhaps you would like a sneak preview of what I've got for you.» «It's ready, then?» I asked, fluttering my eyes some more. «It's even gift-wrapped, baby,» he said and put his glass down on the table. «Come with me. I'll be back in a minute, Rona, I just have to show the bride a few pictures of our wedding ...»