We lean our foreheads together, and her pussy clenches around me, bringing me to the edge.
“Come for me, baby,” I command gently.
Stevie clenches harshly one more time and is silent before she screams as loud as I’ve ever heard her. Swallowing her mewls, I follow close behind, filling her up with my orgasm, and almost match her volume.
She pulls away from my lips, still coming down from her own high. “I love you, Levi.”
“Fuck, Stevie.” My orgasm hasn’t finished as I continue coming inside of her. I’m trying to be tender, but right now it’s damn hard.
She kisses my cheek gently, reading my mind. “I know.”
Chapter Forty-Three
LEVI
Iwatch Stevie from across the fire while I sit down and talk to her dad. As if on cue, she senses me and smiles, still speaking to my grandma and Jenn.
Her dad is telling me about the culinary school near Driscoll, but I’m only paying enough attention to react here and there. He’s too tipsy to notice anyway.
My wife looks away and back at Gran when she says something that makes her laugh loudly. I touch the gold band around my ring finger. I was never a jewelry type of guy, except for my piercing and a necklace here and there, but still, anything on my hands or wrists felt wrong. But this piece? This one feels like it was always meant to be there.
Stevie and I woke up relaxed in each other’s arms. We healed something in each other last night, and it only confirmed what I already knew. We’re enough. Whether we have a kid or not, she and I are enough,morethan enough. Today was a celebration of that and everything that brought us here. So, yeah, everything was perfect. From the moment the girls whisked Stevie away after breakfast to get ready, until the second I saw her walking down the aisle in her white dress. It’s formfitting, yet looseenough to allow her to move and dance properly. It has lacy bell sleeves and, true to Stevie form, instead of a veil, she’s wearing a lavender-colored headband decorated with white butterflies. I’d only ever seen Stevie wear something with a butterfly on it once, and when I asked her why she decided to wear it today on the headband, I wasn’t expecting the answer she gave me.
“They represent hope, peace, harmony, transformation, and a fresh start. I think we need all those things after the past couple of months.”
I tried not to cry when I saw my beautiful girl walking toward me, but it was fucking useless.
My wife looks over her shoulder again. She can always tell when I’m near her or just thinking about her.
“Hey, dude,” I hear Jake say from my side.
Sending Stevie a quick wink, I look at my best friend. “What’s up?”
“It’s in the trunk. Want to set it up now?”
I rub my hands together. “Hell yes.” Turning to Stevie’s dad, I let him know that I’m setting up a surprise for his daughter.
Jake and I escape through the side of the house and reemerge in the driveway where his BMW is parked. He opens the trunk to the perfect keyboard I got for Stevie. The one she had at home broke last year, and she didn’t play for months after her diagnosis. To hell if I’m going to have her at our apartment without one.
The night we spent with Cameron’s cousin, Ethan, at his tattoo shop is when I saw her play for fun for the first time since we got together, and I’ve been saving up for this exact present since then.
The wedding set me back big time, but it’s all worth it. Especially since my gran had a secret savings account for my wedding, and so did Stevie’s dad for her. We only ended up paying for the rings and clothes ourselves.
“Eeee, she’s going to love it!” A shriek sounds from behind us.
Both of us jump and turn to find Em clapping excitedly as her light purple dress follows her movements. Kami stands beside her, shaking her head, sporting the same dress that Em is wearing. Both were bridesmaids while Jenn was Stevie’s maid of honor.
“Fuck, I’m going to go deaf one of these days if you keep doing that,” Jake spits out.
She scoffs. “You need to chill.” Em turns to me. “When did you buy it? Wait, why didn’t you bring me with you to buy it?”
Jake rolls his eyes. “Let’s leave Levi alone, come on.” He grabs her arm and drags her to the backyard. She tries hitting him and telling him to let her go. Jake lets out a frustrated breath, and I can hear him whisper, “He’s already nervous. Don’t make it worse.”
Em relaxes and looks back at me. Whatever she sees must convince her that Jake’s right. I am nervous, but excited for what I have planned.
“Fine. We’ll see you guys in the back.” With that, Jake lets her go, and they walk away.
Kami comes up next to me and lifts the case from the other side. “Let’s finish setting this up.”
