Seasalthungheavilyin the air as Zee finished his coffee.Ella snuggled against his shoulder as they stared out at the vast bay in front of them.
“Zee!”Ella pointed to a great blue heron as the bird stretched his wings before dipping its slender beak underwater and diving for fish.
He didn’t want to leave this spot but the only way he handled nervous energy was to move forward.
Wrapping a coppery strand of her hair around his fingers, he tugged, chuckling as a moan escaped her lips.
He crashed his lips against hers, kissing he through her little whimpers.
“Fucking gorgeous.”
“What was that for?”Ella’s lovely smile curved around her lips.
“Because you’re mine and I can.”He kissed her temple, loving the contented sigh she made as she nuzzled against him.
“I can get used to this.”Ella leaned against him in the booth seat, looking out at the bay.
“Having brunch on a weekday or sleeping in?”
“Both.”Ella sipped her tea, arching her eyebrow over her cup.“There’s a part of me that wishes we could stay here forever.”
“And the other part?”Zee touched her thigh, inching his hand close to her mound.
“Wants to get back home… not necessarily the house but there’s the anniversary dinner at Club Bandit.”
“Trust me, Ella.Helena, Ivy and Simone are working on the final touches for the party.It’s going to be a great night.If you can’t stand being in the house, we’ll move.”
He didn’t want to tell her that he had the garden re-landscaped.That was a surprise waiting for her, just like this afternoon.
“Come on, dear heart, we’re supposed to meet Nora at her friend’s house.”
He tugged her to her feet, his heart racing.He wanted everything to be perfect.
“Can we stay for just a few more minutes?I was thinking of having dessert.”
Any other day, he would have lingered and enjoyed the scenery and order everything on their dessert menu and feed it to her bite by bite but today’s timing didn’t allow for that.
“And I thought we’d have dessert somewhere more private.”
“I thought I was going to have a different kind of dessert this morning.”Ella giggled, her cheeks blushing.
“When we get home, I expect normal duties to commence but you’re still healing, Ella.No nightmares?””I think you keep them away.”
She brushed her lips over his and he wrapped her in her arms, pressing her close, knowing he was a lucky bastard and didn’t deserve this woman.
But he was going to do everything he could in his power to show her that he still appreciated her and more.
He chewed the inside of his cheek, trying to push away the cluster of nerves in his stomach.
They strolled down the beautiful, manicured path with wildflowers on either side of it, to the rental car.
“Can we walk further?It’s so beautiful.”She looked up at him under long eyelashes with a small smirk on her face.
“I hear the whine in your tone, girl.”He chuckled, as he held open the door for her.“And I already told you we had to go.Get in the car.Spread those legs wide.”
Her mouth parted in a little O, pink colouring her cheeks but the sultry look in her gaze made Zee’s pulse race.
She still remembered who they were and still wanted what they had.
