“Wow, this place is even more gorgeous up close,” I tell her as we start walking towards the entrance.
“Wait until you see the main ballroom–it’s stunning!” she beams excitedly.
As soon as we walk in, we’re greeted by a very clean cut, slightly feminine, man. He and Meg share a friendly hug before she introduces him as David, the manager of hotel events for the Sheraton.
“Very nice to meet you,” I smile, shaking his hand.
“The pleasure is all mine,” he answers with a smile that reaches both ears.
He reminds me a lot of Jamie, just more dapper. I’m not sure David would ever be caught wearing skinny jeans or a faux-hawk like Jamie.
“And lucky for you, we just had a cancellation for July when Meg called,” he winks, holding out his elbow for me to link my arm with his, showing me the way to the ballroom. Just as I’m about to ask about a waiting list, he continues, “I’m always willing to help my dear friend Meg out with a favor.”
Boy, did I hit the jackpot with her!
Coming up to a large set of white French doors, David gently drops my arm before slipping his key in to unlock it. After pushing both doors open like they do in the movies, he steps to the side, displaying the breathtaking room in front of me.
With my mouth hanging open, a rush of butterflies flood my chest, taking in all the beauty the ballroom has to offer. An exquisite chandelier centers the room, endless rows of round white tables and chairs, ceilings so high that I’m not even going to try guessing the height, and windows lining the wall that have to be at least fifteen to twenty feet tall. Immediately, I start visualizing the weddings I saw on the Simple Elegance website decorated in here…for our wedding. It’s nothing short of a fairy tale dream.
“Do you love it?” Meg asks, coming up beside me.
“Yes. Yes, it’s amazing!” I answer, still mesmerized by its beauty. But with its beauty comes a price tag that I fear will be out of our budget. “Are you sure we can afford this?” I ask, afraid to hear the answer. Showing me this room and not being able to afford it is like putting cheese in front of a mouse and expecting him not to eat it.
“We’ll make it work,” she says with an adoring smile.
And that’s when I realized that Meg is worth every penny we’re paying her.
Chapter Fourteen
– NOLAN –
My stomach twists and my grip tightens around the steering wheel when I see an empty driveway when I get home. She’s been done with school for hours and is still not home.
Fuck!
Hitting my head against the wheel, I shout a slur of profanities, pissed that I fucked this up, the only thing that has ever mattered in my life. Placing my car in park, and giving the steering wheel a break, I grab my briefcase, open the door, and sulk into the house. I don’t make it past the kitchen. Placing both hands on the countertop with my weight pushing forward, I focus on Alexa’s note, playing the situation over and over in my head and trying to find a solution, wondering if I should just forget about her space and call her instead. That’s when I hear the garage door open and my beautiful angel step inside the door. I don’t give her a chance to speak, pulling her into my chest, and holding her as close as humanly possible to my body.
My hand softens down her hair as I repeatedly kiss her head. I missed everything about her–her hair, her scent, the way her body fits flush to mine…everything. I missed everything that makes her, her.
“Never leave me. Please never leave me again,” I whisper frantically into her hair.
As Alexa’s body softens in my arms, she slips her hands around my waist, locking them behind me. She weakly nods her head, agreeing to my plea as a sniffle escapes her nose, breaking my heart again. Needing to dry her tears, I move my hands to her cheeks, bringing her eyes up to mine. She looks pitiful, yet beautiful, exhausted, yet refreshed, and I curse myself that I did this to her. I made my love ache by my wrong doings, by not putting her visibly on a pedestal like she should be. My baby deserves the world and will get nothing less.
Caressing my thumbs against her face, I rattle off every thought consuming my brain, “I love you so fucking much, please never leave again. I’m so sorry, doll…”
The tears that are steadily streaming down her face cut me off, and my lips need to touch her. I pull her in, indulging in the comfort of our love. Alexa holds no resistance, moving her lips with mine, caressing our tongues effortlessly with each other. Her hands slide up my back, gripping it with her sweet little fingers. A shot of heat furies throughout my body, making my cock harden on demand.
Pulling her face in closer to mine, I deepen the kiss as our mouths move in sync, transferring mounds of passion and undying love. A hot, sweet moan escapes her mouth, sending every last ounce of desire surging my body. Quickly relocating my hands to her ass, I pick her up, allowing her silky smooth legs to wrap naturally around my waist. I carry her down the hall and up the stairs, keeping my mouth on hers, never allowing even an inch to come between them.
Gently resting her down on our bed, our lips detach, allowing mine to explore the perfection of her body. Starting at her neck, I graze the inside fold, sliding my tongue from the nape up to the back of her ear. Her breathing gradually grows heavier as her hips begin to rock up against my impossibly hard cock.
“Oh, sweet angel,” I whisper into her ear before circling the perimeter of it with my tongue.
A low hot moan escapes her sweet lips, fueling my urge to continue down and all over her body, marking my territory, and claiming what’s mine. Reaching for the hem of her shirt, I pull it up and off, placing my mouth back on her skin as soon as it’s off. Holding her hands above her head, I move my lips down the curvature of her neck, over the center of her chest before nipping at her sweet little nipples pushing through her sexy as fuck black bra. Her back arches with pleasures and cries out for more. Slowly and seductively sliding my hands down her smooth arms, I unclasp the front of her bra with my teeth. Never have I done this before, but it works effortlessly, falling freely to the side, exposing her sweet, beautiful tits for my tasting.
Caressing one peak with my thumb and teasing the other with my tongue, my free hand travels sensually down her body and up the front of her skirt. Her panties are dripping wet with pleasure, making me crave her sweet taste, fantasizing about my tongue deep inside her pussy. Following the same trail my hand just traveled, I stop at the hem of her skirt, pulling it down and off her body, along with her matching black thong.
Alexa’s sweet delicate fingers tangle in my hair the minute my tongue grazes her clit.
“Oh, babe…yes,” she yells out in ecstasy, rocking her hips fiercely against my tongue.
A deep moan rattles my core, loving the way I drive my love crazy, practically riding my tongue with her pussy, enjoying the sensation of my movements.
Fuck, yeah, it’s hot.
Pushing my two fingers hard inside her opening, I suck her nub forcefully inside my mouth, sucking it like a nipple. Alexa’s body bucks out of control, yelling and breathing heavily out my name.
Resting back on my heels, I reach for the bottom of my shirt, pulling it off before quickly standing to step out of my pants and boxers. Alexa moves up to her elbows and then to a sitting position. I know what she has on her mind, and as much as I’d love her mouth all over my cock, all I want to do is make sweet love to her; fill her with every ounce of my soul, show her exactly how much I’ve missed her and that I need her endlessly in my life.
Crawling back over her legs, my mouth catches hers as I gently lay her back down. Her arms wrap loosely around my neck as her legs fall freely to the side, granting my cock access to the warmth of its home. My arms lay comfortably on each side of her face as my tongue wraps passionately with hers. With a slow sensual rhythm, my cock slides in and out of her opening, savoring each rush of pleasure her warm pussy provides.
– ALEXA –
With the slowness of his movements and the sensual soft rhythm of his t
ongue, I’m falling deeper and deeper in love with each breath that we take. So delicate, he is being pure and passionate, attentive to my needs, taking his time and doing me right, making love like we never have before.
Desire increasing, my legs wrap around Nolan’s waist as my breathing grows heavier and my hands start moving up and down his body with a mind of their own. Resting his forehead against mine, Nolan growls, full of emotion, “Ahh, baby…yes,” as he pushes in harder and faster, climbing the same wall of ecstasy with me.
“Nolan…God, yes…shit! Ahh, baby, I love you!” I shout as my body pours out endless amounts of love and pleasure from my head down to my toes, releasing every last ounce of doubt and heartache that has crossed my mind in the last twenty-four hours.
Within seconds, Nolan’s body mimics mine, moaning out his love for me, feeling the passion that lies between us, absorbing the pleasure that we both provide one another.
“Don’t ever leave me again,” Nolan softly whispers against my neck while holding me snug against his body. Feeling the despair behind his words, I turn so that I can face him, to assure him that I’m not going anywhere, and to get to the bottom of our short lapse in trust.
“Never,” I tell him, looking deep within the blue depths of his eyes. “I could never leave you forever.”
He pushes back a loose strand of my hair before pecking me gently.
“I love you so damn much, Alexa. I died a million times, worrying that you were never going to come back to me.”
Moving my head slowly back and forth, I tell him why I left.
“I thought you had given up on me and picked the gym over me. That you were sick of having to choose.”
Shocked with my confession, he pushes himself up off his pillow, steadying himself on his right elbow.
“What? Why would you ever think that? You always come first. Nothing will ever come in the way of you.”
“You left me…without even saying goodbye. You’ve never done that,” I remind him, feeling a knot moving up my throat.
He shakes his head while running his hand through his hair.
“I was just angry. I didn’t know what to say without coming across mean. I couldn’t understand why you were mad, so I left to avoid saying something that could potentially hurt you, but I came back. I’ll always come back.”
I look at him, confused.
“When did you come back?”
“A couple hours later, once I’d time to think and to cool down, but you were already gone, so I gave you your space, not knowing what you were feeling or how bad I’d fucked up.”
Exhaling, I realize that I must have just missed him. A few short minutes stood between talking it out and avoiding the heartache we went through the many hours after that.
“You didn’t fuck up, babe,” I tell him. “I was being selfish. Not feeling like a priority, or important enough to discuss your new plans with before agreeing with the guys.”
“I know, I get that now. I see why your feelings were hurt. At the time, I thought I was doing you a favor, but I was actually not including you. The gym involves you just as much as it involves the rest of us. You’re a part of me, so you’re apart of everything I do and need to be a part of every plan I make. We make decisions…together.” He leans forward, gently kissing my lips, cupping the back of my head with his hand.
Resting our foreheads together, he keeps his face close to mine. “I love you, baby doll,” he whispers softly against my lips. “Nothing will ever change that or stand in its way.”
Chapter Fifteen
– NOLAN –
After our talk last night, I completely forgot to tell Alexa about my meeting. With neither of us getting a goodnight’s sleep the night before, we were asleep in a matter of seconds, but Jesus Christ, I just told her how she’s involved in every decision I make and how she will never not feel included again, yet here I am, holding another plan from her knowledge. A plan I made without her knowing or input.
Fuck me!
Needing to make it right, and with my new schedule starting today, I text Alexa.
Within a couple minutes later, my phone buzzes with a message.
Sighing with happiness, and staring at the phone with what I’m sure could be classified as a pussy-whipped, douchebag grin, I contemplate pressing the send button to call her right now to find out her news.
“Hey Nolan.” My next client snaps me out of my gaze, reminding me of his appointment.
“Uh, yeah. Sorry ‘bout that. How are ya, Chris?” I ask, patting him on the shoulder as we start into the main gym area.
After a few more scheduled clients at the old gym, then stopping over and checking in on the new one, I make my way home to see Alexa and pick her up for our date.
Just as I did before, I walk up our sidewalk and ring the doorbell twice. Knowing better this time, Alexa opens the door, and fuck does my jaw drop and my dick harden when I see the sexy little number she has on. Leaving nothing to the imagination, she’s wearing a sleek silk halter top with her nipples peeking through, and white pants that are so tight I can see the outline of her panties.
Hot damn is my girl fine!
“Fuck, doll!” I run my eyes up and down her body, taking a step forward and clasping her hips with my hands. “If you’re a dessert before dinner kind of girl, just let me know. No need to make me blow before even stepping in.”
Her laugh makes my body surge with emotion.
Damn, I love her so much.
Teasing her neck with my lips, I still hold her hips as I take a step back.
“As much as I’d love to stare at this sexy ass,” I move my hand down to her right ass cheek, giving it a nice little squeeze. “I’m thinking you may want to change into something a little more comfortable.”
Alexa raises an eyebrow with a skeptical smirk. She knows damn well that I never suggest her to change out of her sexy ass clothes, but being around family tonight, I don’t want to have to deal with my cousins and brother in law checking my fiancé out, then busting my balls for it.
“Game night.”
Her eyes brighten with the cutest damn smile before she pecks my lips, and turns to run up the stairs. God love how excited Alexa is to hang out with my family. Just like many other things, we used to be in attendance every week for my families weekly game night, but since starting the project on the new gym and not being around, we haven’t gone in months.
In record time, Alexa meets me at the bottom of the stairs wearing her tight denim pants and a loose knitted sweater with brown boots to her knees; still sexy as hell, but in a totally different way. I think I can actually diffuse my need to bend her over until later.
I kiss her forehead before lacing her hand with mine.
“Ready, babydoll?”
“Yup!”
Knowing the swarm of craziness that awaits us at my sister’s, I take advantage of the drive there to tell Alexa my good news. “So, uh, the guys and I had a meeting yesterday.”
“Yeah?” I can sense a little fear in her tone, knowing how this conversation went the last time. A ping of nervousness knots in my chest, worried that she’s going to be pissed that she wasn’t involved again, but really, there’s no way in hell she can be upset about this arrangement. It’s exactly what she wants.
“We’ve made a set schedule for each of us, before and after the opening.” She doesn’t respond this time; just waits for the verdict. “We’ve hired Steve full-time to undergo the entire plans, preparations, along with all the odds and ends that need to be done before opening which means Mike and I don’t have to be there all the time.” Her lips start to curl into a smile, so I continue with the rest. “Then after the opening, I’m going to run it during the day and Mike during the night.”
With a skeptical look, she asks, “Mike and Kourtney are okay with that? Him working nights?”
“Yeah. I guess they’ve been having babysitter issues and want to find a way where one of them can always be home with Emma, omitting
daycare completely. With him working at night, he can be home with her during the day while Kourt is working.”
“Huh, that works then,” she says, seeming impressed.
“Ready for the best part?” I smile and squeeze her leg. She nods her head in response. “From now on I’ll be home no later than 6 p.m. every night.”
“Seriously?” Alexa asks, tilting her body towards me with the biggest damn smile imaginable.
“Seriously, princess. I have to leave a little earlier in the morning, but yeah, I’ll be home at a reasonable time every night.”
Quickly undoing her seatbelt and leaning over the middle console, Alexa throws her arms around my neck, smothering me with kisses, just like she used to do when we first started dating, surging my body with love and hardening my cock on demand.
I fucking love making this girl happy.
“Oh my god, babe. I’m so fricken excited!” she tells me after kissing every square inch of my neck and face. “Thank you,” she adds, sitting back down in her seat and giving me her priceless, adoring smile.
“I love you, angel,” I turn my head to look at her. “I’d do anything to make you happy.”
– ALEXA –
“I met with Meg yesterday.”
Quickly glancing over at me with a smile, he answers, “Yeah?”
“Yeah, we found a venue and even put down a deposit.”
“What? Really? You found one you like, that’ll work for us?” he asks with a grin, knowing how stressful it has been searching for one.
“You’ll never believe where, babe. I still can’t believe it!”
Nolan looks at me anxious.
“The Sheraton!”
“Are you fucking kidding me? On the hill?” he asks, just as shocked as I am.
“Crazy, right? Meg has the in with the manager. They had a cancellation, so they fit us in.”
“Holy shit, doll. That’s incredible.” He looks at me with pure joy pouring from his body. “You so deserve this, baby. I’m so happy we decided to go with Meg.”
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