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She heard him opening drawers and then he came out with something in his hand. It was a black velvet box, the one she had found in Saratoga.
He opened the box and got down on one knee.
“Marry me.”
She sat up and threw her legs over the bed staring at the ring.
“No. You’re doing this because they can’t forbid us to have contact if we are married. What happened to take it slow? Doing this you’re going from A to Z in five weeks. We barely know each other. Do you realize we have been apart for longer than we have been together?”
He closed the box and grabbed her hand, placing it in her palm.
“Do you want someone else? Can you see yourself married to someone other than me?”
“No, but…”
“But, nothing.”
The stayed silent glaring at each other. She opened the box and looked at the dazzling two carat ring. Xander had great taste.
“When did you get this ring?”
“Almost five years ago. I was going to ask you to marry me after your brother’s reception. I bought it before I went to Georgia. It was always my intention to marry you.”
Ava thought back to the wedding when she noticed he kept touching his pocket. She wondered what he had in it that was so important. She slipped the ring out of the box and put it on her finger. It fit perfectly, and it glinted in the candlelight. She kept looking at it as Xander kneeled before her with a big grin on his face. It faded when she removed the ring and placed it back in the box.
“I’ll marry you, but we need to be together longer before I’ll wear this. I love you, but we have things that we need to work on.”
“I’m going to work on one of them right now,” he said as he pushed her back on the bed.
Hours (and several orgasms) later, they lay in bed in each other’s arms fully satisfied. Xander wrapped his body around Ava pulling her against his chest. She fell asleep with his scent in her nose and the smooth skin of his chest against her cheek. Throughout the night he woke and kissed her. They had finally broken the barrier between them.
In the dawning light, Ava slipped out of his arms. The heat from his body was making her sweat. She was dehydrated and needed something to quench her thirst. She padded naked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to get a bottle of water. The cold air made her nipples harden, and before she could close the door, his arms encircled her.
“You weren’t in bed when I woke up.”
“I’m parched. You drained me dry last night. I lost count how many times you made me come,” she said before she gulped half the bottle of water.
He looked at her wickedly, “Do you want to become even more dehydrated?”
His hands palmed her breasts, and she started to feel heated.
“How about I take you on the kitchen counter?” He gestured to the large dark granite island.
“It’s cold up there.”
“Yes, but you will warm quickly by the time I get done with you. I want you in every inch of this place.”
“I’ll take a raincheck on the counter but let’s keep it in mind when it warms up outside.”
He took her by the hand and led her back to his bed. Not to make love, but to sleep. He was exhausted from their activities the night before and early this morning. He stretched, and once again he curled his body around hers. He wanted her as close as he could to him without being inside her. There would be plenty of time for that.
Just before noon, Ava stretched her sore muscles under the thick quilt on Xander’s bed. He was no longer curled around her. In fact, he wasn’t even in the bedroom any longer. She looked over, and the door to the bathroom was open. She got out of bed and picked up his shirt from the pile of clothing they had dropped the night before. She always wanted to do this. She buttoned his shirt leaving the top four buttons undone so that it was open to the middle of her chest. The shirt was long and covered her to her mid thigh. The silky cloth felt good against her bare skin and added bonus, smelled like Xander.
She passed by the mirror over his dresser. Her hair had that just-fucked look. She wound it around and tucked it in so that it sat on her head in a tight bun. Then she went looking for him. She thought he would be in the kitchen, but he wasn’t. Calling for him, she found him sitting in his office with his laptop open. His eyes widened behind his thin framed glasses when she entered.
“Do you know how fucking sexy you look?”
“I saw myself in the mirror, and I think you need to get your prescription changed.”
