He turned his head and looked at me. “Good morning. I was just about to wake your lazy ass up.” He snickered.

Pouring a cup of coffee, I smacked him on the arm.

“Umm. Something’s burning.”

“Shit. The toast!” He turned to the toaster and popped it up.

I laughed as I grabbed a butter knife. “We can always just scrape off the burnt part and then spread thick layers of jelly across it.”

“Very funny. I’ll make new.”

“It’s fine, Alex.” I placed my hand on his arm.

Walking into the dining room, I stopped and noticed the pink rose petals scattered all over the table with a beautiful arrangement of different flowers in a crystal vase.

“What’s all this?”

“Nothing. Doesn’t everyone eat breakfast on a table filled with rose petals?”

“You don’t do rose petals. Remember?”

“Why are you making a big deal about it? Just sit down and eat your scrambled eggs and burnt toast.” He smirked.

Sitting down with a smile on my face, I began to eat the eggs Alex so graciously prepared for me.

Crunch.

Crunch.

“What the hell, Parker?” Laughing, I spit the eggs back onto the plate.

“What? That was really gross, Emerson.”

“Eggs aren’t supposed to be crunchy.” I dug through the eggs with my fork. “Oh my God, there are shells in here.” I looked up at him.

“Oh. I thought I got all those out. Sorry about that.” He pushed his plate away. “Go get dressed. We’re going out somewhere.”

“Where?”

“For a drive.”

“Where?”

“I’m not telling you. You’ll see when we get there.”

“I really don’t feel like going anywhere.”

He sighed and got up from his seat. Pulling my chair out, he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

“What are you doing?! Put me down.”

“I told you to go get dressed, and you didn’t listen, so I’m dressing you myself.”

“The hell you are. Put me down.” I pounded on his tight ass.

When we reached the bedroom, he walked into my closet, with me still over his shoulder, and pulled a black sundress from the hanger.

“This will do.” He set me down and untied my robe. After sliding it off my shoulders, he pulled the sundress over my head. “There. Now, do you need me to do your hair and makeup as well?”