“Do you think we should call my parents and let them know?” I asked.
His eyes went wide, then narrowed in confusion. “You want to talk about that now?”
I shrugged. “If we keep going down this path, then neither of us are going to eat and we’ll have no energy for activities later. I figured a douse of cold water would help. Figuratively. I’m just thinking about our future, babe.”
He shook his head and tugged at my robe until it was closed over my front. He re-tied the sash. “I suppose you’re right.”
“Keep that line of thinking and mating will go well.” I winked, and he rolled his eyes.
We settled down on the sofa with our cups of coffee.
“It wouldn’t be a bad idea to call your parents. It’s up to you.”
“I suppose we could let them know,” I said, “or we could just enjoy our two weeks isolated from the world and get to know each other as mates?”
Braxton reached across and tucked my hair behind my ear, letting his fingers linger on my neck. “I think we did plenty of that in the last few hours.”
“Well, I wasn’t just talking about that. Although, we should definitely have more of that. What I meant was, we could talk, have conversations and discussions. Argue about what the best Christmas movie is. And also have sex.”
He laughed. “That sounds amazing. I want that. And I want to do these activities that you were excited about when I first arrived. This is your vacation, mate. I want us to do all the vacation things. Just not the match-making stuff. ”
“Yeah, that won’t be necessary. That particular objective for this trip has been met. Now I need to cram as many holiday activities into this trip as I can.”
Brax grabbed the program that was resting on the coffee table. “Where should we start?”
“With a shower,” I said with a laugh. “Unfortunately, it will have to be without you, though. If we’re naked together again, we’ll never leave this cabin.”
Brax shrugged like that didn’t sound too bad. I agreed. But we eventually would need food. If nothing else, we needed energy to be able to enjoy each other more.
“Take your shower, mate. I’ll figure out what the rest of our day looks like.”
After planning this trip entirely on my own and reading over every website and pamphlet to try and make the most of my trip, I was more than happy to let Braxton take over the planning. If we decided to stay in the rest of the time, that was fine with me too. I’d met my goal. My mate was here, and he was mine.
“Go shower, mate. If you stand there too long, you’ll tempt me even more and we’ll never get any food.”
“Yes, alpha,” I said with a saucy wink. I closed the bathroom door just as I heard him let out a low growl.
Chapter 10
Braxton
It was time to step things up a notch.
Kip deserved all the attention and more. There was a reason my mate chose this lodge and this time of year for his vacation. He may not have said the exact words out loud, but I could read between the lines. He loved Christmas, and he wanted that Christmas magic. I was going to give it to him.
The events at the lodge were great, and we would do some of them, but for our first day as a mated couple (not spent in bed),I wanted it to be special. While Kip was in the shower, I made a few quick calls, and while he was at the buffet getting food for us, I made a few more calls. I had our date all planned out.
There was a Christmas market nearby, and that was where we would start our date.
“Are you ready?” I asked. We had been back at the cabin for a little while after our breakfast/lunch. I’d managed to keep my plans a secret.
I had to leave the cabin so that he could get ready without me pawing at him the whole time. It was hard to keep my hands to myself now that Kip was mine. I just wanted to shout it from the rooftops so that all knew he belonged to me.
“Are you going to tell me what we are doing?” he asked. “It better be worth missing that hot chocolate tasting.”
I slipped my hand into his. Thick gloves covered both our hands, but I couldn’t resist being close to him. “Nope.” I made an exaggerated pop as I said the word. “It’s a surprise.” I waggled my eyebrows.
He scoffed. “Babe, I booked this vacation. I researched this place. I know the events that are going on around here, so it can’t be that much of a surprise. We’re either going to the Christmas market or the double-feature showing of Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.”
