Chapter Twenty-Two

“Oh Alicia I’m so sorry. I was so pissed at Jameson that I didn’t even think to send a plate home with them for you. Of course you can join us for dinner tonight and I’ll send you home with a plate to make up for the other night.” She smiles and we finish our shopping together then head back to Jameson’s house.
We both sit in the kitchen and talk while I put up my groceries and start cooking. Thankfully I don’t have to wait for anything to defrost since I was cooking some of the chicken breasts that I just bought. Tonight I am making broccoli and cheese stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in bacon with loaded mashed potatoes and a salad. I’ve put a bottle of white wine in the freezer to chill while we wait for the meal to cook. I send Jameson a text message telling him to make sure the guys shower and change before coming over tonight. Alicia tells me that she’s going to go home and put her groceries away and she’ll be back. We hug and I tell her that I’ll see her later. After she leaves I head to the bathroom and strip then get into the shower.
“Mmm this feels so good. I need to relax.” I let the warm water work out the knots in my neck and shoulders. When my shoulders start to feel better, I turn around to grab my body wash and wash cloth and scream. Standing behind me in the shower is Jameson and he’s smiling at me.
“You almost gave me a heart attack Jameson.” He frowns when he sees me shaking and grabs me holding me close.
“Aww doll I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you. I actually thought you heard me.”
“It’s okay baby. I guess I’m just a little on edge after the grocery store thing.” He frowns and lifts my chin up to look me dead in the eyes. When he sees the red mark on my face I see his eyes change color. They look almost black now and I can see the anger all over his face.
“Renee, what the hell happened to your face? Who did this to you?” Oh shit he’s using my name. He never uses my name unless he’s serious. We don’t lie to each other so that’s out of the question.
“Umm baby it’s really nothing. I’m okay. The slap didn’t even hurt. It looks worse than it really is, baby.” The look he gives me lets me know that no matter what I say, it is very serious to him.
“I’m only going to ask you one more time then I’m going to start investigating and find out on my own what happened. Now, what happened to your face?” I sigh and begin telling him what happened.
“Now you know everything. Alicia got there before I could hit her and then she ended up slapping her. It was settled. You’re all upset for nothing baby.”
“I am not upset for nothing. Someone assaulted you and I wasn’t there.”
“Baby, even if you were there you couldn’t have done anything. You can’t hit a woman. If you were there, I would have knocked her out and we would be at the city jail right now waiting for me to be bailed out instead of home safe and about to have a delicious dinner.”
“You’re right doll. I just don’t like the idea of someone hitting my woman.”
“Oh I’m your woman huh.” I say playfully pulling him closer to me.
“You’re damn right. That ass belongs to me and nobody else.” He smacks me on the ass and I wince a little.
“Ow. I’m still a little sore baby.” He smiles at me and tells me that he’ll give me a massage later. I reach up on my tiptoes and kiss his cheek and he bends down and kisses me on the lips slipping his tongue in while pushing me up against the wall. He kisses down my neck while pinning my hands against the wall above my head. I moan as he makes his way down my chest and sucks on each nipple then moves back up to my neck. My breathing is heavy as I try to speak.
“Baby my other hickies haven’t healed yet and you’re adding more.”
“I don’t really hear a complaint in there, so what’s your point?” He goes back to kissing and sucking on my neck and for a second, I can’t remember what my point was at all. Actually, I had no point.
“I don’t really have a point but baby we do need to hurry and wash because we have guests coming and I need to check the food.” I moan as he grinds into me before pulling back and we smile at each other.
“Doll, why did you invite them for dinner anyway? I wanted it to just be us tonight especially now.”
“Well I felt bad for how I talked to them earlier and when I talked to Alicia in the store I felt bad for not thinking of her the other night. We can make it a quick dinner and then you’ll have me all to yourself for the rest of the night. I promise.”
The dinner turned out perfect and we all laughed and got to know each other a lot better. I love his friends. They are so full of energy and just some of the greatest people you’d ever want to meet. Ethan is the most outgoing of the group and Micah is the most reserved but when he talks, you want to listen. He’s very smart. They all are really smart and funny and I loved spending time with them, but my loving boyfriend kept giving me looks that said ’get them out of here now’ and all I could do was laugh. I didn’t want the night to end so I never made any moves to get rid of them.
While we talked and drank wine, not too much since I knew they had to drive home, I managed to bake his cookies which he adamantly protested against sharing with his friends. I promised them that I’d make them all some goodies one day.
Once everyone left and we all promised to get together again soon, I was lifted off my feet and brought to the bedroom, stripped of my clothes, and laid on the bed. I was too shocked to actually do anything about what was happening. I watched as he stripped and then climbed on top of me and thrust inside of me kissing my lips and down to my neck basically finishing what he started in the shower. I moaned louder and louder the faster and deeper he thrusted inside of me. I moved my hips matching his rhythm and getting more turned on by the grunting noises he was making but when he whispered my name in my ear I completely came undone screaming his name as I came hard followed by his own release.
We both laid there, him on top of me, until we got our breathing under control then he rolled off of me and grabbed the lavender oil and told me to roll onto my stomach. I did as I was told and he began to massage from my neck down to my legs then turned me over after getting out all of the knots and massaged my front side. When he got to my feet he massaged them both and I was falling asleep enjoying his touch. I managed to stay awake long enough to give him a massage as well and when I was done, we laid in each other’s arms and I kissed him gently on the lips and told him that I loved him before drifting off to sleep.
CHAPTER TEN

“Mmm baby that feels good but I should get up and make us some breakfast. We can’t stay in bed all day. You have therapy and I need to find a place to stay.” He’s nibbling on my ear and rubbing my thigh as we lay in bed.
“I don’t want to go today. I’ll go next time.” He kisses down my neck and I moan a little as he moves back up to my lips and kisses me gently.
“You have to go to therapy baby. I really need to find somewhere to live before the end of the week, so I must get up.” I roll away from him and start to get up but he pulls me back down and pulls me close to him.
“I’ll go to therapy but there’s something I want to talk to you about.”
“Okay this sounds serious. What is it baby?”
“I want you to stay with me. I mean live here with me. I have plenty of room for your things. We can put your bedroom stuff in the spare room and you can either put your living room and kitchen stuff in storage or sell them. You could give them to your assistant. I’m sure she needs some things for her new place.”
“Baby do you mean that? You actually want me to live with you?”
“Yes. I’ve been trying to figure out how to ask you for a couple of days now. Would you at least consider it? I really want you to live with me.”
“I would love to live with you baby but it is a big decision though so are you sure this is what you want to do?”
“I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. Doll please say yes.” I pretend to think about it for a second before answering him.
“Yes baby, I will live with you.” He pulls me on top of him and kisses me while squeezing my ass. I giggle and then climb off of him and grab my robe.
“Doll where are you going? I wasn’t finished loving you.” He pouts and I laugh.
“I’m going to make us some breakfast and then I’m going to get some work done while you get ready to go to therapy. You can love me more tonight.”
“Alright.”
“We need to talk about something else too but that can wait until tonight I think.”