Just as I’d expected, Talia and Amy got along great.
My daughter was happy that I’d finally found a woman who made my heart skip beats.
Amy and Noodles had moved in almost immediately.
It took a little time for us to get her out of the townhouse lease, but we found someone to sublet it until the lease was up.
Noodles seemed to love Red Oak Mountain as much as Amy did. He’d immediately scoped out the old barn on my property, turning it into his cat kingdom. Of course, he also spent plenty of time perched like royalty on our bed.
I had a soft spot in my heart for that cat.
Without his approval, Amy might not have given me a chance.
The week after Amy and I had gotten together, I called my buddy Boone and got his sister’s phone number.
She’d been the one out on the date with that asshole, Chris Macon.
At my suggestion, Amy and Mary had spent an afternoon together sipping tea out on the back porch while they compared notes.
I can’t say Mary had been devastated when she found out how Chris had flirted with Amy at the Bear Den during their date, but she’d definitely been a little wounded.
She and Chris had only been on their second date that night, so she hadn’t been invested yet, which was good.
During that day on the back porch, they’d bonded. Now, Amy and Mary were close friends. Which was good… because Mary had been through some seriously tough times. She could use a good friend.
In fact, Mary was coming over later for a girl’s night in.
Mary, Amy, Talia and a few other local Red Oak Mountain women were having a spa night. Amy’s friends from Fernwood were coming too. Whenever Dee and Sharon descended on the house, I knew it was going to be some seriousgirltime.
Tonight they were going to do all the frilly things… on a budget, of course. Homemade face masks using natural ingredients, manicures, and something called an avocado hair mask.
I didn’t really want to know why women thought they should put avocados in their hair.
Plus, I’d been banned. All men were, so I didn’t take it personally.
In a few minutes, I’d be heading over to Boone’s place for a poker night. Amy would text me when I was allowed to come back.
Noodles was purring on my lap while I stroked him. That cat was spoiled rotten, and at this point I couldn’t imagine my life without himorAmy. I gently picked him up and put him on the floor when I heard the shower turn on.
I wanted to give Amy aspecialspa treatment right now. Something she wouldn’t get with the ladies later on tonight.
As I padded quietly towards the bathroom, I stripped out of my clothes. My cock was growing heavier and fuller with each step I took, already anticipating the feel of my woman.
We were only a month out from the wedding, and it almost felt like living in a dream. We both still worked in Fernwood, but our lives wereherenow on Red Oak Mountain… together.
Slipping into the bathroom, I heard Amy singing quietly in the shower. She loved to sing, even though she kept it private.
I tugged off my socks and threw them on the bathroom counter, then quietly slid the shower curtain open. Then I started singingDie A Happy Manby Thomas Rhett.
“Dawson!” Amy gasped as she whirled towards me, one hand flying to her chest. Her wide eyes met mine, surprise shifting into a slow, knowing smile. “You aresucha sneak.”
I just grinned, stepping fully into the hot spray with her. “Thought you could start the party without me?”
Amy’s spa party would be starting in an hour. The house would smell of oatmeal honey masks and cheap wine. And our home would be filled with laughter and the hum of girl talk.
But before all that… I wanted to claim a little of her time in a private, pre-party celebration.
Steam billowed around us, and the world was reduced to this warm shower. Amy’s skin was already glistening, damp tendrils of her hair clinging to her shoulders. The scent of lavender soap filled the air.
