Page 104 of Beginning Fate

I loved that I’d waited to have sex with him, but now that I had, all I wanted was more of it. I wasn’t sure it was natural, and I hadn’t gotten up the nerve to ask my new girlfriends about it, but even if it wasn’t normal, I didn’t care. He’d turned me in a sex-addicted and we both loved every second of it.

It was funny to think back to the first time we’d been alone in that hotel room and I pushed him away while we were making out. He didn’t have any fear of that repeating now.

We bantered back and forth as he drove us to the restaurant.

“At least we’re getting good food.”

“Yeah, I think they’re having it catered.”

“What?”

“Kidding. Would you relax? It’s going to be fun.”

I didn’t have the heart to tell him that it didn’t sound much like fun to me, I already knew I would smile and not embarrass him. His friends would be thanked, and we’d never speak of it again.

He seemed to be taking some new way to work. It felt longer than necessary, and he kept looking at his watch.

“What are you doing?” I asked him suspiciously.

“Going to the reception.”

“We’re going to be late at the rate you’re driving.”

“We’re fine. It’s our party so we can’t actually be late.”

It felt like an eternity had passed before he finally reached the restaurant and parked the car.

I waited for him to run around and open the door for me as I knew he would.

Hand in hand we walked up to the restaurant. It was dark inside.

“What’s going on?” I whispered.

The lights came on and everyone yelled, “Surprise!”

At first, I was confused. Why were they yelling surprise when we knew about the party? I looked around at the faces I’d become familiar with from eating at the restaurant entirely too often, but there were more.

As I looked around, all our friends were there. The entire doghouse was present, even a few that had just rolled into town, and I didn’t really know yet.

“You guys just told me you couldn’t make it?”

“Surprise,” Josie said.

Sadie hugged me. “We wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

But most importantly, my sister was there.

“Thank you,” I told her. No other words were necessary.

“I love you,” she signed back.

“But I love you more,” my mate whispered in my ear.

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