Page 59 of Embrace

“The steak is juicy and tender.” I reviewed. “You seasoned it well. Peppercorn tastes so damn good on a pan seared steak. I can tell you tried to use the Gordon Ramsey method of basting your steak in butter. Now, I might want you to cook me a meal monthly.”

“I’ll try and handle dinner more often. I know it’s easy for us both to pick something up rather than cook a real meal, but we can make a food budget and schedule for the home cooked meals.”

I smiled. “Come on, Mr. Got a Plan for Everything!”

Blaze shook his head. “I’ll bring you a glass of wine. We’re going to have some of the XXL wine I’ve been seeing all over the place. They got a hell of a lot of flavors, so I got a bottle of each of them. We can have a small wine tasting with dinner.”

My eyebrows rose. “Naked dinner and wine tasting. Boy, I might get you pregnant tonight.”

He smirked. “I ain’t gon’ say what I want to say, but just know we on the same type of time. You might end up on the table for dessert.”

“That’s fine with me.”

He stood up to retrieve the wine and glasses. When he returned he set all of the bottles on the table, and I looked at the selection of the flavors. We’d seen these wines go viral over the last few months. I was curious to try them because all of the reviews said the wine tasted like liquor.

The bottle said sixteen percent alcohol. Most of our wines were nine or twelve percent. The idea of a stronger wine intrigued me. There were seven bottles to try: pineapple, mango, peach, blackberry, strawberry & grape, guava, and cherry.

“This is so much wine. There’s no way we’re going to make it through all of these bottles.”

“We don’t have to drink it all.” Blaze laughed. “We’re just tasting, and the best ones can be consumed tonight.”

“You’re trying to get me wine drunk and slut me out.” I accused.

“Yes. I am.”

“Oop.”

The smirk on his kissable lips told me everything I needed to know. My body heated at the promise of a good time with my husband.Dinner was delicious, and the wine was speaking to me in all the right ways. We’d drank three whole bottles of wine and were both drunk as hell. We ended up slutting each other out on the dining room table, the hallway, the floor of the bedroom, the bathroom, the shower, and the bed. I didn’t remember when we fell asleep, but I was sure I’d passed out after the umpteenth orgasm.

SAY CHEESE!

“Yo, Ron!” I called out as I slid from under the Mercedes Benz.

“What’s up, Boss?” he asked as he wiped the grime from his hands as he closed the hood to a Rolls Royce.

“Can you close out this ticket for me? I need to handle some business in my office.”

He nodded. “I got you.”

I gave a quick nod in response before I moved away from the car and headed into the lobby. I greeted the receptionist and gave an update to the woman who was here for maintenance on her Benz. After I’d spoken to her, I walked down the hall to my office and unlocked the door.

I made sure to lock it back once I entered and walked over to my iMac. I started a group video call as I leaned back and rubbed my hands together. It took about a minute for everyone to connect to the call.

“Hey, y’all. I’m going to keep this short, but I need everyone’s help on making this weekend special for Suvi.”

Our sixth month anniversary was approaching. Six months came quick, and I wanted to let her know we’d crossed a milestone many newlyweds didn’t make it to. On the call were my parents, her parents, Mari, and Ally. They were the ones Suvi contacted most often. I wanted them to know my plans so they wouldn’t disturb us during our weekend fun.

“What’s going on?” Mama asked as she tilted the camera. She had her face so close to the camera that only the bridge of her nose, eyes, and hair could be seen.

“Mama, move the camera back. I can count every freckle on your face from this angle,” Ally joked.

“Girl, hush. You can’t see nothing.” Mama fussed as she passed the phone to Pops who angled it so we could see them both clearly.

“That’s better. All right. I’m going to keep it short and sweet. This weekend me and Su are celebrating our six-month anniversary. She doesn’t have a clue what I have planned, but I’m going to need y’all help.”

For the next twenty minutes, I broke down my plans and what I’d need each person to do. The mamas would cook a meal and have it prepped and ready at the spot for me. The dads would be in charge of getting Suvi’s new car ready for us while we were out. They’d pick it up and set up the bow and all that good jazz.

Ally and Mari were in charge of getting Suvi pampered and ready for the weekend. I let them know I’d pay for all three of them to get their nails and toes done, and they could go shopping with Su.

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