“Yeah. Just the other night, he did this thing where he went super slow, like agonizingly slow. He kept me right on the edge the whole time, but wouldn’t let me go over until I told him I loved him.”
“No way!” Savannah squealed.
Emmy clapped like a little girl, saying, “I knew that man was a freak. So hot!”
“And the man has a gift for dirty talk,” I told them excitedly. “I mean, I could get off from just his words alone!”
All of a sudden, Mickey stood from her seat and started for the door.
“Where are you going?”
She turned back to me as she shrugged her jacket on. “I suddenly need a little afternoon delight. I’m gonna surprise Ben at work.”
“Ew!” Savannah shouted. “Not in his office! I go in there. I don’t need to walk into work every day and try to figure out what all surfaces your naked ass has been on!”
“Then I’ll just have to bend over it instead then.” Mickey shot Savannah a saucy wink, causing her to gag. “See you bitches later.”
After about another hour of sharing naughty stories, the rest of the girls took off to either go back to work or go find their man and work out some suddenly very pent up frustration.
I spent the rest of the day doing exactly what I’d wanted to do. With Lizzy having finished my toes, I worked on my nails, washed my mask off, watched a few episodes of Criminal Minds and read smut while soaking in a bubble bath.
I’d put a pork roast in the slow cooker earlier that morning, so by the time I got back from picking the twins up from daycare, it was ready to be served. I’d just finished setting the table when Brett came walking through the door.
Nothing bad had happened in our relationship since saying those three little words to each other. If anything, it had become even better. Every evening he walked through the door from work, I melted at the sight of him. No matter what he was wearing, no matter if he was sweaty from work or not, I always wanted him. He showered my kids and me with so much love that it was impossible not to fall for him over and over again.
The first thing he did every evening was scoop Callie and Cameron up in big bear hugs, squeezing them until they squealed with delight. Then he’d make his way to wherever I was and plant a kiss on my lips so tender and heartfelt that my brain would fry on the spot. He made sure to ask all of us how our days were as we sat down to eat. And it had officially become Brett’s job to handle burrito duty at bedtime. I’d read the twins Goodnight Moon and give them their kisses, then Brett would wrap them up tightly before turning off the light and pulling the door to. Hardly a night passed where we weren’t all over each other like two horny teenagers sneaking around behind our parents’ backs. Unfortunately, some nights were harder than others with two kids under the same roof. But on the nights where there were no interruptions, Brett made certain to show me as well as tell me just how much I meant to him.
And I made sure I showed him the same. I love you was something that was said in his house multiple times every single day. I was living a life I was so unaccustomed to, that I sometimes had to pinch myself just to make sure it was real. Each night, I went to sleep wrapped in the arms of the man I loved, and each morning I woke up clinging to him like a second skin, so afraid I’d wake up to discover he was just a dream. I was desperate to keep him, to keep this perfect life we seemed to be building together. But in the back of my mind, I always had that niggling doubt that it would all be taken away from me in the blink of an eye, disappearing like a puff of smoke if I didn’t protect it with everything I had.
Pulling me from my musings, Brett walked over to the stove and planted a mind-numbing kiss on my lips.
“Hey, beauty. You have a good day?”
I smiled against his lips and twined my arms around his neck, basking in the feel of him pressed against me.
“I did. Had a little pampering time and the girls stopped by for a visit. It was a pretty great day. How was yours?”
“Good. A little weird, but good.”
“What made it weird?”
“Well, I stopped by Virgie May’s for lunch. Savannah was there with Emmy. They were just acting strange.”
Biting my lip to keep from laughing, I had to ask, “Yeah? How so?”
“Well, they turned bright red when I walked through the door and kept giggling like idiots. And I swear to God, I kept catching Emmy staring at my crotch. What’s up with that?” I had to fight to suppress my own giggle as I looked at his confused face. “I think Savannah even called me a super freak at one point. I swear, Jeremy and Luke have their hands full with those two.”