Page 137 of One More Kiss

Chapter7

One MonthLater

“I’m soproud of how far you’ve come Tink.” Dr. Fran tells me as she walks me to the waiting room of her new office.

A few days after I was released from the hospital she called me to tell me she had started her own practice. Apparently it had been in the works for a while now and she had just finalized everything and wanted to see if I wanted to be her first patient. I immediately said yes. Dr. Trent is a great doctor, but Dr. Fran understands me so much better.

Axe took me to her office the day she called so I could fill out all the paperwork. We now see each other once a week. With her help I know things are going to get better.

Axe also took me to the police station to get the restraining order on my mother. Officer Uni was there when we went and was kind enough to help us fill everything out. We went to court a week later, and I was granted a six month restraining order. Axe and I both hope that six months will be long enough for my mother to understand that I don’t want anything to do with her. This is not how families are supposed to act, but sometimes you just have to walk away, family or not.

“I still have some more to do, but I’m happy with how things are going.” Dr. Fran gives me a hug before she shakes Axe’s hand. He brings me to all my appointments, but he’s not allowed to sit in on them.

“She really is doing better. The change I see in her each day is amazing.” Axe tells her as he wraps his arms around me from behind.

After each appointment Axe takes me out to eat. It’s not that my appointments are hard, but they can be a little draining. Today we decided to go to Mario’s. We love when the little booth in the back is open. It’s very private and comfortable.

I kick off my shoes before tucking my feet under me after we sit down. Not the most adult thing to do at a restaurant, but I don’t really care. Neither one of us needs to look at the menu, we’ve eaten here so many times that we basically know it by heart.

Axe orders us a large cheese pizza and two frozen cokes. After the waiter leaves Axe takes my hand in his and just smiles at me. “Are you excited to leave tomorrow?”

“Yes, and no. I mean I’m thrilled about going to see your family, but at the same time I’m worried about what could happen here while we are gone. I know we haven’t heard from my mother since court, but that doesn’t mean she’s given up yet.”

We are going to see Axe’s parents and sister. This isn’t my first time meeting them, but it is my first meeting them as his girlfriend. When we made it official his parents called me to congratulate us. His dad told me that he’s known for years that we were meant for each other. I joked with him about how someone should have let me in on the secret. His sister wasn’t for us at first, and to be honest she still isn’t the biggest fan of me dating her brother. I think it has more to do with my mother than anything else.

When Axe’s family still lived here his sister, Kate, never got along with my mother. She would stand up to her and everyone knows my mother hates when anyone does that. Kate stopped coming over with Axe when I was in middle school. She was a senior in high school at the time. I wasn’t super close to her, but it still hurt a little.

Axe’s parents have always loved me, even when I told them about my bipolar. They were incredibly supportive and never said no when I asked to stay at their house for the weekend. Axe and I were just friends back then. There was no worries about us having sleepovers.

“My family is excited to see you again. I do need to warn you, mom is going to ask you about getting us one of those wooden wall signs that says The Benton’s, but she wants to add our first names to it.”

The waiter brings our frozen cokes and a bowl of olives with marinated cheese cubes for us to snack on. I pop an olive into my mouth and try to think about how I’m supposed to respond to what Axe just said. I’m not a Benton. Actually right now I don’t really have a last name. I never want to go back to being Ginger Washington but being just Tink isn’t going to work either.

“Stop over thinking this.” Axe says as he pulls me out of my thoughts. “One day I will make you a Benton. When that happens we can legally change your name to Tink. My parents understand why you don’t want to be Ginger Washington anymore. They very much support you on that. Mom may or may not have gotten you a few things with Tink embordered onto them.”

“Axe, that’s a lot…” He leans over and kisses me quiet.

The kiss ends with multiple mini kisses. “I know you’re not ready for that. I will never push you when I know you’re not there yet. However, that is a goal I have for us. You are my woman, my life, my heart. I will protect you, support you, and when we are alone I’ll worship you in the naughtiest ways I can.” The evil smirk on his face has me blushing.

Two weeks ago we started testing out my boundaries when it came to his tastes in the bedroom. Turns out I’m kinkier than I thought I was. I may not be a full time submissive in his world, but I don’t mind what we have done so far.

We spend the rest of dinner talking about lighter topics. It wasn’t until we were cuddling in bed that night that I opened up to him a little more.

“I do want to marry you one day. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I am scared but it’s not the fearful type of being scared. It’s more like I’m scared what the future for us is. What if my health starts going down again? What if you get fed up with me and all my problems? I know I’ve made some progress but I’m not going to be healed overnight.” I bury my head into his chest, so I don’t have to look up at him.

“Baby girl, I need you to take a few deep breaths for me.” He breathes deeps with me a few times before he continues. “Our future will be full of twists and turns. We will fight, we will disagree, and we will want to end it. However, thanks to our strong bond we will get through it all and still be standing at the end. I don’t care what happens with your health, I’m not leaving you. I’ll stand beside you until I take my last breath.”

“How do you do that?” I ask him. He gives me a confused look, so I try to explain. “How do you go from sexy primal alpha to a sweet loving gentleman?”

The growl that leaves him right before he flips me on my back sends a delicious chill through my whole body.

“Baby girl, I am always your alpha male. I’ll make your body sing every day. That’s just one of my jobs. One of my other jobs is to make sure you know how loved you are, and you my sweet girl are so very much loved.”

There was no way I could have stopped the tears from falling. He just touched the deepest part of my soul. Yes, one day I will marry this man. I will stand by his side for the rest of my life and do everything I can to make him as happy as he makes me.

The only thing I regret is not seeing what was right in front of me all along.

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