Page 236 of The Bonus

“Oh, wow.” I hear her and the kids chatting about dinner.

Ha, this is brilliant…I text Mark.

What time do I heat up the mash?

His reply bounces back in.

Half an hour

Three minutes in microwave,

stir and then another three minutes.

Right…what next?

I walk back out into the living room. “You guys going to have a bath before dinner?” I ask the kids.

“I’ll shower first,” Dom says. He bounces up the stairs.

Grace’s eyes find mine across the room and I smile proudly, things are going wonderfully.

An hour later, we sit around the dining table. “That was absolutely delicious.” Grace smiles. “Thank you.”

“I love to cook for my family.” I smile as I begin to collect the dinner plates. “You guys go and chill while I clean up the kitchen.” The kids disappear, and Grace looks up at me.

“Do you need Fabio to carry you to bed?”

“Fabio?”

“You know, Fabio…the sex god?”

“No, I don’t know Fabio.” She gives me a crooked smile. “But I would like to go upstairs if that’s okay…without the sex god.”

“Your wish is my command.” I pick her up and she puts her arm around my neck. I feel her touch all the way to the tip of my dick.

Stop it.

We begin to walk up the stairs and my legs burn, my chest hurts, and damn it…I haven’t done enough exercise lately.

“You okay?” she asks.

“Yes, of course. You’re as light as feather.”

You weigh a fucking ton, woman.

We get to the top of the stairs and I struggle down the hall, fully perspiring now and I sit her on the bed. “Do you need a shower?”

“No, I had one this afternoon at the hospital.” She looks around the room. “I do need some pain meds, though.”

“Yes.” I rush into the bathroom and carefully get her pills. “I’m going to send the kids in to say good night and then I’ll come and help you get your pajamas on.”

“Okay.”

I rush back down the stairs. “Guys, go say good night to Mom, I’m going to quickly straighten up the kitchen.”

“Already?” they grumble.

I practically throw the dishes into the sink and wipe the benches down. I need to help her undress and get ready for bed.

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