"What are you doing?" My dick grew just from watching her sexy ass twitch around.
She reared back to glance at me, her hair in disarray around her shoulders. It was longer now and I loved it. Especially when I got to watch her berry-tipped nipples play peek-a-boo around the strands as she rode me.
"I'm finally making space for you." She gestured to a single box beside her. I moved forward and peered in.
"There's only one pair of shoes and two CDs."
She wrinkled her nose. "Okay, I'mtryingto make space for you. It's not my fault I have good taste, and everything is a keeper." She blew her hair out of her eyes.
I smirked as I reached down and helped her up. I wanted to pull her close and ravish her, but I probably stunk to high heaven. We were down a man today so I had to get stuck in.
"Don't bother. There'll be plenty of room at our new house. Once we pick it out, of course."
She gasped and clutched my shirt. "It sold?"
"It's in escrow, but it's pretty much a done deal. They really want the house, and it's close to the school their kid already goes to."
She squealed and reached up on her toes to place a soft kiss against my mouth. She gazed at me with soft eyes. "How do you feel?"
See? She was always thinking of me. As excited as she was, she was also considering how this new chapter affected me.
Hannah and I had rented our home first, thinking we would leave the area and return to New York. A year after she passed, the owner expressed that they wanted to sell the house. I quickly snapped it up. At that time, I was sure I was staying in New Haven near Diane and Sarah. And I couldn't imagine leaving the house where Hannah and I tried to make home.
Maria and I both wanted a fresh start—a new house to make our home—maybe permanently, maybe not. But I knew wherever I finally ended up, Maria would be there alongside me.
"I'm fine. It was time to move on, time for another family to make memories."
She rubbed my chest. "Will you let Diane know?"
I grabbed her hands and held them. I didn't want her rubbing her clean, manicured hands all over my dirty threads. "Yeah. She'll want to take some stuff, no doubt."
Diane and I met a few times for coffee. Unfortunately, I hadn't been back to her home since everything with Maria had come out. Sarah had moved back in with Diane at her mom's urging. Since things with Sarah and I were still strained, it was wise I stayed away. I didn't know whether she and I would ever be okay again, but surprisingly, I was okay with that. Even if we made our peace over the letters, I knew Sarah would still have an issue over Maria; and I wouldn't have a bad word said against my girlfriend. I wanted to protect her peace.
I could even understand why Sarah may never accept Maria. She was holding onto a lot of hurt, anger, and grief. Until she processed those emotions in a healthy way, there would always be conflict.
"I'm so happy for you."
I gave her a lazy smile, trying and failing to keep her hot little body away from my work-weary one. "It's for both of us. A fresh start."
"I love you." There was no stopping her arms from winding around my neck. And the way my dick was reacting, I didn't care if she got a little dirty.
I loved it when she said those three little words. It lit a fire inside of me. That caveman mentality that I didn't know I possessed came out to roar. I would never take her love for granted. Or the chance she gave me.
"I love you, too, baby. So much." I pulled her close and kissed her, our tongues dancing that familiar tango as our hands tightened on each other's bodies.
"Brian," Maria murmured against my mouth as I continued to pepper kisses on her.
"Hmm?"
"You stink."
Epilogue
Maria
TEN YEARS LATER
The sun felt like a gentle, warm caress on my bare back. My body was boneless and tired—not exhausted tired—it was the kind of tired you felt after lazing in the gentle waves of the ocean whilst balancing a Piña Colada. All the while, your legs were wrapped around your sexy husband’s waist as he planted kisses along your neck.
