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“I’M IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL.”
Cam
In the last two weeks, Chevelle and I haven’t been extremely public with our relationship, though I think the news has spread. I miss being with her every day since she’s out on fishing excursions and I’ve been working my ass off to get the third boat ready for the water.
The days are hard, but the nights… the nights have been the best nights of my life. Every night we eat dinner together and watch movies on Netflix. The best part is that we go to bed in Chevelle’s bed and wake up in each other’s arms. We haven’t talked again about what the future will bring, and I’m still taking things at a snail’s pace so as not to scare her.
Tonight, I want to show her how special she is to me.
“Where are you taking me?” Chevelle holds her hands out in front of her since I have her blindfolded.
“It’s a surprise. Hence the blindfold.”
“Be careful, I can’t see where I’m going. My knee might accidentally hammer into your balls.” She stops and moves her leg in the air.
I chuckle and walk us through the marina gate and down to the pier. The keys to the boat are burning a hole in my pocket. Once we get to the third Five Seas boat, sitting in the water, I take off her blindfold.
“Oh, Cam, it’s beautiful.”
“Not half as beautiful as you.”
She gives me a look and rolls her eyes.
“Hey, I’ve always wanted to use a cheesy line like that. But it’s the truth.” I pull her to my side and kiss her temple. “Please step aboard.”
She slips off her shoes and dangles them from her fingers. “Don’t mind if I do.”
Holding my hand, she steps down and sits on the bench by the steering wheel. Damn, she looks good in it. So much so that I don’t want to sell this boat in two days to the customer I have lined up.
“Aren’t you going to come aboard?” Her voice has a flirtatious lilt, and I toe out of my shoes and hop on board.
I put the key in the ignition while her eyes take in everything. “Sadly, no sex on the boat. Everyone would see us.”
She laughs. “We could dock somewhere.”
“We could, but it’s dusk, and these old boats don’t have lights like our fishing ones.”
“Don’t worry, I have a place for us that’s not too far away after the ride.”
I get us out of the marina to the open water, and Chevelle pulls her hair into a ponytail once the wind hits us. She snuggles up to my side and lays her head on my shoulder.
Just a few years ago, I never would’ve thought this was something I wanted—to be responsible for someone besides myself. I’m not financially responsible for Chevelle. She does that all by herself, but her happiness is in my hands to a certain extent. And instead of that scaring me, I’m glad I’m the one who gets her to smile every day.
I slow the boat once we get to a spot I took a lot of my charters to fish, and we coast. Her hand moves to my thigh.
“Remember, I said no sex,” I say.
She giggles. “You’re not really going to make me have a sex-off with you, are you?”
“Sex-off?”
“See which one of us can go the longest without sex.”
I turn to face her. “You assume you’d win?”
She laughs. “I know I’d win.”
“You make it tempting to beat you, but I’m gonna throw in the white towel. I haven’t had you in half of the positions I want you in. Maybe we can play that game after a few kids.” I chuckle and tip her head back, placing my lips on hers.
