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“Please stop that. I love it, but you're making me wet.”
He removed his lips from her neck and held her close. The thought of what he was doing to her caused him slightly harden. He turned his attentions to the snow and his semi-erection subsided. This was getting complicated, and he wasn’t sure how much longer he could hold off from making love to her.
Asking her to marry him was always at the tip of his tongue. The ring he had purchased several years ago was in the tie drawer in his closet. He didn’t want her finding it now that she was staying here. When he moved in the day before, he placed it in the back of the drawer. He wanted to ask her daily, but it needed to be right.
They ended up falling asleep and when they awoke the flakes were coming down even harder. Ava slipped out of the warmth of the covers and Xander’s arms to look down at the street. Cars were moving slowly along the avenues, but the pavements looked to be covered. She padded to the dining area to look at the terrace. The snow had drifted against the slider, and the patio furniture had become partially buried.
She pressed herself against the glass trying to eyeball the height of the snow. She felt Xander’s warmth against her back as he leaned against her, his hands at her waist.
“I want to go out and walk the streets,” he said.
Ava turned and could see a twinkle in Xander’s hazel eyes. He looked like a kid on Christmas, and she finally agreed. They dressed, and he took a suit in a garment bag and a small carry-on bag with other items.
“Why are you bringing all those things?”
“If we are going back and forth I want to leave clothing at your place just like before.”
She thought back to the suitcase in the back of her closet with his initials. He had brought all her personal items over while she was recovering in Georgia. She pushed the memory away because it was too painful. That was then; this is now.
