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The corners of my mouth begin to tip upward. “How’d that work out for ya?”
He laughs. “Not well, obviously, but that’s okay. I think I like things better this way,” he says, setting his wine glass on the end table and moving his hands to one of my feet to massage it.
I take a deep breath and relax, enjoying the quietness of the house, the company I have, and find peace in knowing that we’re only at the beginning of whatever this is.
Chapter Fourteen
JACK
I’ve lived my life alone for so long that I don’t know how to live with anyone else. I thought being around her would feel weird, but it doesn’t. Bethany’s almost an extension of myself. She likes a quiet life and that’s exactly how I like mine. We get up and make dinner together, cheeseburgers with chips as a side. It’s been years since I’ve eaten chips and they are better than I remember. I don’t stop until I’ve eaten the whole bag. Before she said that if I wanted us to live off the land, I’d have to teach her how. Now that I’ve grown to like a lot of the things she goes to town and buys, I think I’m more inclined to live a mixture of both our lives.
After dinner, we take our wine to the bathroom and slip into the big clawfoot tub. It’s big enough for both of us to fit but small enough that it keeps us close and touching, just how I like it. She sits at one end, and I sit at the other. Her foot is on my chest and I’m rubbing away the knots and tension in her muscles. The other is tucked between my side and the tub.
Candles light up the bathroom while we pretend to still be snowed in and we each have a glass of wine. While I’m not big on wine, I’m coming around, especially when the alcohol begins to kick in. This time when we get carried away, I won’t run. Bethany is better than I could’ve imagined. Everything she does and everything she says is perfect, like she knows exactly how to talk me off the ledge. I don’t know how she always knows what I need, but she figures it out and gives me what I need even when I don’t know myself.
“I wish I hadn’t wasted so much time getting to know you. If I’d just introduced myself when you moved in, we could’ve been together for years now.”
She offers up a sweet smile. “It wasn’t wasted. Everything happens for a reason, Jack. Our whole lives have led us to where we are now.”
“You’re so smart,” I say, tugging her foot until she slides across the bottom of the tub over to me. When she’s directly in front of me, I pull her onto my lap and press my lips to hers. She giggles, but soon the giggles stop and the kissing takes over, growing deeper and deeper the longer we’re together.
My hard dick pokes her thigh and she wiggles against it. I stand and hold her against me, and she lets out a squeal as I step out of the tub and set her on her feet. She grabs a towel to dry off and tosses another to me. I quickly dry off and wrap it around my hips before pulling her back into my arms and carrying her to her bedroom.
It’s the first time I’ve ever been in her room, and I allow myself a moment to take it all in. She has a queen-size bed and it’s covered in more throw pillows than I can count. The walls are cedar just like the rest of the cabin, and the floor is hardwood, but there’s a large area rug beneath the bed so you don’t have to worry about putting your feet on the cold floor first thing in the morning. There’s a dresser and a vanity that’s covered in makeup and a lounge chair in the corner that seems to be more for holding clothes than sitting.
“What is it?” she asks, placing her hand on my cheek and directing my eyes back to hers.
“This is the first time I’ve been in your room. I just wanted to memorize it.”
Shel leans in and presses her lips to mine. “You’ll be in here so much, it’ll be like it’s your room too,” she says, climbing up on the bed and motioning for me to join her.
I crawl onto the bed and wrap my arms around her, laying her down. Her big green eyes look up and find mine, and I know I’ve found my forever. This should be too early to know such things, but this isn’t something I know, it’s something I feel.
When I look into her eyes, when we touch, when I smell her scent that she leaves on my pillow, I know we’ll be together forever because I’m so addicted that I cannot live without her. She came into my dark world like a shooting star, fast, bright, blinding. She changed everything I thought I knew. Having to go back to the darkness would kill me now that I know again that real beauty exists. I never want to be blind again.
She pulls me closer, and I thrust into her, filling her completely. She digs her nails into my back and moans my name. I’m so wrapped up in her that I can’t think straight. For the first time in a long time, I start to see a vision of my future play out before my eyes.
I see myself out working in the yard while a couple of kids play nearby. I see Bethany working in the garden and even a family dog running and chasing after the kids. I see family dinners, holidays, and other get-togethers. I see the kids growing up and moving away to start lives of their own, giving me and Bethany a chance to rekindle what brought us together in the first place.
All of this is stuff I haven’t thought about in years, but now that it’s a possibility again, thinking of what’s to come is exciting and energizing. I feel like I’ve been lost in the woods for years and only now have found my way out. I’m back on track, all because a stubborn, crazy woman wouldn’t leave until I got into her car. This storm has brought a lot of wind, ice, and snow, but it also brought something else I never would’ve expected. Love.
I don’t understand how things can change so fast. One day I was holding my loving wife and the next she was gone. One day I was alone and the next, my life was being lit up like it hadn’t been in a long time. One day I thought I’d never be happy again, and the next I’m completely tangled up with this woman in my arms.
If this storm has taught me anything, it’s that you should always expect the unexpected. Don’t ever think your life is over, because when you least expect it, someone will come along and change everything, make you thankful for all those years you hung on in misery. It’s all worth it in the end.
Bethany pushes against my chest, and I roll us over to let her claim her place on top of me. Her hands land on my chest as she lifts herself up and down and grinds against me. She throws her head back and calls my name. Watching her come undone is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, and it’s enough to have me pulling apart at the seams.
As she rides out her wave of pleasure, I hold her hips and work her faster as my own release begins to build. Every hair on my body stands on end and every nerve vibrates and sings her name. My orgasm washes over me and it pulls me to the deepest parts of the ocean. I’m lost. Unable to think, to breathe, to move. There I’m held captive until the end when I can finally suck a big gulp of oxygen into my lungs, burning and tingling with need.
She collapses against me and rests her head on my chest. “Your heart is going crazy,” she whispers.
I reach up and run my fingers through her hair. “For you,” I add.
Bethany lifts her head and looks into my eyes with a smirk. Then she closes the space between us as she presses her lips to mine.
I kiss her long and deep and full of love and passion. When we’re both breathless, I roll her to the bed and pull her back against my chest as I wrap her up in my arms. Her deep, even breathing lulls me to sleep where I dream of our life and how it could be now that we have found one another. Truthfully, I’m not sure if it’s a dream, a wish, or a premonition of the future. I don’t care either way because as long as I’m with her, I’ll be happy. I know I’ll never live that empty life again. My life will be full of laughs, love, and happiness, and I owe it all to my junky old truck and a winter storm. I’m convinced I’m the luckiest guy alive, and there’s no changing my mind.
Chapter Fifteen
