Page 234 of The Parkers' Handsome Holiday
“That’s right you are,” he said with authority. His thrusts became faster and harder, bringing me closer and closer to release.
I reached down and ran my fingers over my clit softly. I could have played with my clit harder to make my orgasm come faster, but I was enjoying the slow sex that I was having with Cayden. We weren’t fucking tonight, or even having sex. We were making love. I had never had sex like this before. It was passionate and sensual. Cayden kept leaning down to kiss me and whisper in my ear.
“You’re so beautiful, baby” he said, kissing my neck. I ran my fingernails up and down his back as he continued to make love to me. His body began to stiffen, and I knew that he was about to explode.
“I want to come with you,” I told him. I began to rub my clit faster, feeling the orgasm build deep inside of me. Cayden picked up the pace. He was now pounding me at a furious pace and it felt great.
“Oh my God, Cayden, I’m coming,” I said. I wrapped my legs around him tighter, pulling him deeper inside of me. I could feel my pussy wrapping around his hard cock.
“I’m coming, too,” Cayden announced and tensed up. I joined him, and we made eye contact throughout our orgasms. When it was over, Cayden let out an exhausted groan as he rolled off me.
We laid quietly, listening to each other breath. Our hearts beat together, slowing as the minutes went on. Cayden leaned over and kissed me again. I could taste a mixture of myself and salt from his sweat. We didn’t speak for several minutes. Instead, our hands found each other. We didn’t need to speak. We both knew that we were in a good place.
“I needed that,” Cayden finally spoke, breaking the silence. I giggled. I had needed it, too, more than I knew. My body felt great post-orgasm. All the stress that I had been carrying around for the past several days had gone away. Cayden reached over and began to stroke my bare thigh. My body reacted by shaking gently. It was as if his touch gave me a mini-orgasm. My body was super sensitive.
“I’m so happy that you came over,” I told him. He nodded.
“I am happy that I came over as well,” he said. “Although I wanted to stay mad at you, I knew that we had to move past this. I just hope that you’ll be more honest with me in the future. We need honesty for our relationship to survive.”
“I know,” I said. “I can promise you that I will never do anything like that again. I learned my lesson. I know it will take a while for you to trust me again, but I can promise you that I won’t give you a reason to not trust me in the future. I want to work on this.”
“Me too,” Cayden said, smiling at me. “Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about Austin and Bonkers.”
I laughed.
“Did he like it?” I asked.
“He loved it,” Cayden responded. “I should have videotaped it, but I was still a bit raw from your mom’s house. He has played with that thing nonstop this weekend. I think he likes it even better than the green dinosaur, especially because you gave it to him. He kept talking about you all weekend. He wanted to know when we were going to see you again.”
“Aww,” I said. It made my heart happy that Austin had taken such a liking to me. I had heard horror stories about girlfriends not getting along with their boyfriends’ children, causing a major rift in the relationship. Some couples broke up because the girlfriends couldn’t get along with the children. I was glad that we were not in that position.
“He seems like a great little boy,” I told Cayden. “You two have a really special connection. It was so cute to see you guys interact. I hope I can see more of it in the future.”
Cayden nodded.
“Austin and I usually have a little New Years’ Eve celebration,” Cayden said. “It’s nothing glamourous, we just watch movies and drink sparkling juice. I know that he would really love it if you came by. Would that be something that you would be interested in?”
It sounded like the perfect way to ring in the New Year. I didn’t want to be with anyone but them.
“That sounds great,” I told Cayden. “I’ll bring the sparkling juice… and maybe some wine for myself.”
We laughed.
“I forgot to tell you something earlier,” Cayden said, pulling me closer. I grew a bit nervous. Was he going to bring up the Brad incident again? I had hoped not.
“What?” I asked, looking at him. He smiled softly, and I found myself beyond grateful that I had taken a chance on him.
“I love you too,” he said, leaning over and kissing my nose. “I love you, Tiffany.”
My heart burst. I had been so distraught earlier that when I told Cayden that I loved him, I hadn’t even realized that he didn’t say it back. I guess I had always known that he loved me, just as I loved him. I moved closer to him, knowing this was exactly where I was supposed to be and who I was supposed to be with.
EPILOGUE
TIFFANY
One Year Later (Christmas Eve)
“Are we ready to go?” Alice asked. We were all gathered in the foyer of her house, ready to make our voyage to the Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Austin was very excited and had been talking about it all day. After we came home from the ceremony, we were going to make homemade chocolate chip cookies for Santa before going to bed. We were all going to stay the night at Cayden’s parents’ house.
