Page 25 of SEAL the Deal

A loud bark sounded and she spotted Axe running toward them with a bright red ribbon around his neck. The dog made a beeline for her, barking excitedly. She dropped to a knee and he licked her face. “Hey buddy, you smell good. Have you had a bath?”

Leonie gave him a pat. “Maria organized a groomer. He spent the morning getting pampered. OK Axe, are you going to show us the way?”

The dog let out a bark and trotted off through the park toward a thick grove of trees. The girls followed.

“Is this where we’re meeting Mike and the boys?” asked Ali as they followed a path into the woods.

“Yeah, in a few hours. There’s fun to be had before then.”

A row of ribbon tied trees lined the path as they approached a clearing. Ali let out a squeal of delight as she spotted a table laden with cakes and teapots. Around it strewn on the grass were croquet mallets, a ring toss, lawn balls and other games. A smaller table adorned with long-stemmed glasses stood next to a steel tub filled with champagne bottles.

In among the fairytale setting stood Maria in a beautiful summer dress. “Ladies, welcome to the bachelorette’s delights.”

She pressed a remote control and music filled the garden setting.

“Maria, this is beautiful,” gushed Ali as she wrapped her arms around the buxom Latino.

“We couldn’t have Leonie running the whole event. Like I said last night, someone had to bring a touch of class.”

The other women gathered around the table.

Leonie pointed to a tree of cupcakes. “Oh look, little cock cakes.”

Ali leaned closer and saw each of the hand-made cakes had an iced penis drawn on it.

“Wait till you see the lawn games,” Maria said with a chuckle.

After the ladies enjoyed the afternoon snacks their host directed them to the equipment. “Ladies, high tea in the forest isn’t complete without penis-themed games.”

Ali started off with the ring toss, and threw an oversized plastic ring at the dildo serving as a peg. She missed. “Damn it.”

Leonie stepped up for her go. “I really hope you’re better at that with Mike.”

“I generally don’t throw anything this large at Mike’s penis,” replied Ali.

Leonie giggled and tossed, missing by yards. “It’s harder than it looks.”

Ali shook her head, laughing. “This has been a fantastic few days,” she said as Maria joined them. “Thank you so much.”

“My dear girl, it’s our pleasure,” said Maria.

Leonie nodded in agreement and then gestured to where Axe was enjoying a bone. “Even the hound is having a good time.” She tossed another ring, missing again. “Screw this, I’m out.” Dropping the rings, she downed her champagne.

Ali made a throw. “I wonder how the boys are doing?”

Leonie topped up her glass. “They’ll be having a great time on the river.” She checked her watch. “Only an hour till they arrive.”

Ali tossed another ring. “I feel like we should organize some food for them.”

Leonie raised her glass. “Already done. Maria has chow and coffee ready to go.”

She tossed another ring. This time it fell directly on the rubber dildo. She jumped up and down in excitement. “I did it. I landed one.”

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Rick strained to hear TJ’s orders over the roar of the hundreds of thousands of gallons of water smashing over and around massive granite boulders. The little raft bucked and twisted as they maneuvered it with deft strokes.

Then as suddenly as the wild section of the river started, it ended and they found themselves in calm water.

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