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Jess gets that, and she loves it. Jealousy is a part of what we do. Recognizing it and loving it too has been the biggest accomplishment in this marriage. We’re solid.
And we just so happen to be celebrating our one-year anniversary next weekend.I can’t wait.
Ben hugs Jess hard and gives her a kiss that takesmybreath away, and I’m not even on the receiving end. Then he cuddles Ethan a hundred times, while I give Jess some love of my own.
“Order room service,” I tell her with my lips in her soft blonde hair that smells like vanilla heaven on earth. “Take advantage of that huge Jacuzzi bathtub.”
“Oooh memories,” she purrs next to my ear and it makes my dick move.
I have to give her a little tap on the ass.
Then I say goodbye to my son before Jess straps him back into the stroller, waving at us as she makes her way back into the hotel.
Ben and I take a synchronized sigh before turning back to one another. Our eyes are wide and alit with excitement. Eagerness, for all the possibilities.
“So… what should we do?” He asks, eyes falling to my mouth. It zips a chill up my spine.
“Not what you’re thinking,” I chuckle, and he pouts. “Notyet, I mean.”
“Tell me what you want, baby,” he hums, pressing himself into me until I’m wishing our clothes would just disintegrate off our bodies, “And I’ll make it happen.”
Taking his hand in mine, I pull him with me, mainly just to get us off the street before we end up arrested for public indecency. “Let’s get a drink.”
“‘Kay…” he breathes, that rumbly voice of his doing nothing to stop me from becoming rock hard.
I have to focus.No boners in public.Though glancing at our surrounding company, I’m not sure anyone would care, or even notice.
All the restaurants and bars have rainbow flags hanging up outside, decor on the windows, their doors wide open with people mulling about. Everything is just so packed. I’ve never seen the city like this, and it’s awesome. I yank Ben into a place I’ve been to once or twice, called The Quirk. Immediately a great decision because it’s dark and cool in here, and according to the chalkboards on the walls, there are endless options for Pride-themed drinks.
Ben scoots up to the bar and I nestle in next to him, between the crowd of loud and proud people. It’s mostly guys, but there are a few females scattered amongst them. The ratio is crazy. Let’s just say there’s a lot of testosterone in the room.
“Scotch, please,” Ben starts saying to the bartender, but I hold my hand up to stop him.
“He’ll have the Penis Colada,” I grin, feeling Ben’s grimace on the side of my face. “Make it two.”
“Coming right up, sweetheart,” the bartender croons, then wanders off to make our drinks.
I’m assuming, based on the name, it’s the one with a phallic-shaped banana creation sticking out the top that everyone in here seems to be enjoying.
“Ryan,” Ben grumbles, but then his broody face is swept up into a dazzlingBen Lockwoodsmile.
“Yes, darling?” I lean up on the bar, awaiting whatever it is he needs to say.
He simply lets out a long breath laced with a little chuckle. “I fucking love you.”
His hands appear on my waist and he pulls me flush against the solid wall of his chest, making it so easy for me to drape my arms around his wide shoulders and play with his dirty blonde hair at the nape of his neck.
“Love was never like this before you,” I murmur over his lips, then I kiss him.
I kiss him because he’s my husband, and I love him unlike anything I could possibly comprehend. The most awakening shock to my system was falling in love with Ben.
And I’ll never look back.
Ben kisses me back hard, with the part of him that’s never been shy about showing me affection in public. He kisses me exactly the same way when we’re in the middle of a crowded room that he does when we’re alone. Like helovesme. Like he, too, can’t believe he hasme.
It’s mesmerizing.
“I want you so bad right now, baby,” he whispers, tone spritzed with that rare Ben vulnerability that makes him like a zillion times sexier. His curious fingers slink around to my front, tracing the muscles beneath my tank top. “I wanna lick you everywhere.”
