Page 69 of Connected By Love
“By yourself, no. But with my help, big fucking yes.” He walks over to my dresser and opens the top drawer.
“Looking for anything in particular, or are you just nosy?” I chuckle when he holds up my lace lingerie.
“Both, and I found the drawer I was looking for.” I laugh as he empties the entire lingerie collection into the box. He grins wickedly at me and shuts the empty drawer. “We are having fun tonight.” He holds up my black lace teddy and waves the pink vibrator in the air.
“Oh my God,” I laugh and grab it from him. “You’re going to have a lot of explaining to do to a five-year-old if Max runs here and sees you waving that thing around.”
“I’ll just tell him it’s a back massager.” He shrugs his shoulders and grins at me. Shaking my head, I throw it in the bag with my clothes before zipping it up.
“That should last me a couple of days. I can always come back and get more if I need to. I just need to get a few things from the bathroom. I start to walk around him, and his arm shoots out to stop me, backing me up against the wall.
“Have I told you how much I love you today?” His finger traces my bottom lip as his grey eyes lock onto my greens.
“Yes, but I don’t mind hearing it again,” I breathe inches from his face.
“I love you, wildcat.” His warm breath caresses my skin as he stops close to my lips. His tongue comes out to swipe where his finger had been. Tingles race over my skin as he licks my bottom lip before sucking it between his teeth.
I moan softly as his hand slides under my shirt and cups my breast, teasing my nipples with his skilled fingers. “I love you too, Trav, with everything in me.”
“God, I love hearing that from your beautiful lips. Don’t ever stop saying it.”
“I don’t ever intend to,” I whisper before his lips find mine, searing me with a kiss that leaves me wanting more. I can feel him hard against my stomach, and my hand goes to rub down his swollen length. He groans and presses harder against me.
He breaks away far too soon, but I know we can’t go any further with Max playing in the other room. He could walk in at any minute and see something he shouldn’t.
“If I could be deep inside of you right now, I would. It’s my favorite fucking place to be.”
“Good, because it’s my favorite place for you to be as well.”
I walkthrough the door on Friday, and Max runs ahead to his room to play as soon as we step inside. Travis walks out of the bedroom, grinning like a little kid. He comes over and lifts me up for a kiss.
“What are you doing home so early?”
“I have a surprise for you.” He takes my hand and leads me up the stairs to his studio. I gasp when he opens the door. Floor-to-ceiling bookcases line one of the walls filled with books. The ceilings are so tall in here that he installed a ladder on a rail so I can easily reach the top shelf and move it along the bookcases when I need to.
“Oh my God, Travis. This is…I can’t believe you did all of this for me.” I run my hand along the spines and notice there are way more books here than I own. “I don’t own some of these.” I pick up a book by an author I love but haven’t bought the book yet. Myto-be-readlist is a mile long, and a lot of these are here. “How did you….” I’m at a loss for words.
“I know how much you love books, and I knew I wanted to give you a space in here so I asked Bella if I could borrow her key to see how many you had to fill the bookcases. I noticed you had a lot of books that you didn’t have the whole series to, and with Bella’s help, she told me which ones were your favorites and what you were missing. The rest I just did by high ratings and recommendations from others who read the same genre.”
He must have spent a small fortune to fill these bookcases. Just the bookcases alone are expensive as I run my hand along the white wood. I blink back the tears and turn to him.
“I…this is just too much. You spent way too much money on me.”
“Hey,” he pulls me into his arms. “I told you that it makes me happy to spoil you. Besides, I did this more for me. It’s going to take you a very long time to get through all of those, which means I get many, many more hours to stare at you while I work in here.”
I laugh and hug him tighter. “Thank you. I love it more than you could possibly know. It’s the best surprise I’ve ever had.”
“You’re welcome. I have one more surprise for you, but that’s for later after Max goes to sleep.”
I look up at him and see the wicked grin on his face. “What…”
“I’m not spoiling the surprise, so don’t even try.” He laughs. “Why don’t you check out your new books while I go order us a pizza? Maybe we can get Max to bed earlier if we load him with carbs and a movie.”
Laughing, I reach up and bring his lips to mine. “Books are the way to my heart, so I can’t tell you how much you’re going to enjoy all the ways I’m going to show you just how much this means to me.”
“And that was the other reason I did this.” He laughs when I playfully swat him. He kisses me briefly and smiles down at me. “Take your time in here. I’ll let you know when the pizza is here.” I watch him walk away, and my heart is so full I feel like it’s going to burst out of my chest. I turn to look at the bookcases again and do a little happy dance before diving in to look at all my new books.
I closethe book and kiss Max on the forehead before leaving his room. He asked for me to read to him tonight and I couldn’t stop the rush of feelings it gave me. I know he and Travis are super close, so for him to want me tonight really meant a lot to me. Every day, I feel more and more like we are becoming a family, and it’s more than I could ever imagine it would feel like.
