Page 19 of Only Forever

Julieta

What the hell just happened? It was so fast. One second, I was thinking about how sweet Vinny is and how marriage isn’t going to be hard with him. And how he’s already going out of his way to make me happy. Then the next thing I knew, his mouth was on mine.

He might have called himself stubborn and demanding, but that’s not what I’m getting from him at all. He’s been the complete opposite with me.

I was so shocked when he first kissed me, thinking this wasn’t really happening. Then his tongue slipped past my lips, and I was done for. It was everything I’ve dreamed a kiss would be. In fact, I was so lost in it, I think I would have let him have all of me right then and there. I’m not sure why he stopped.

He’d pulled back even before we were interrupted. I knew somehow he wasn’t going to push for more. Do guys do that? I thought they always wanted their turn too. I could tell he was hard. I felt it pressed against my naked body. I wouldn’t have minded seeing him without any clothes on.

A groan leaves me as I remember being completely naked. I haven’t been naked in front of anyone in years. I mean, maybe Rae when changing, but I bet I still had panties on or something. I was laid out for Vincent with my legs spread.

Vinny, I correct. I don’t know where that came from, but that’s the story of my life since my new husband came barreling into my life. I really have no clue what will be coming next. Scratch that. I do this time. It’s his mother.

I’m still in the closet trying to find something to wear when Vinny walks in, already in a change of clothes. He checks on me then steps back out, saying he’s going to see how his mom is doing. That he wants to see if she just stopped by randomly or because she got wind of the news already. I’m hoping for the first because I'm not ready to meet her yet. I should know way more about my new husband than I do. It makes me nervous. They say moms have this intuition, and I hate the fact that I’m going to lie to her. She’s going to catch on, and all of this is going to blow up in our faces. Then what? Would that mean it’s game over?

My stomach drops at the thought of this being over before it really began. I’m smacked right in the face with my feelings. I want this. I want him. I know it’s crazy and quick, but I can’t help how I feel. My eyes fall closed, and my mind replays what happened on the bed.

The way he touched me and kissed me. He was so hungry for me. Needy even. Then when he was on his knees asking me not to tell him to stop. The look he had in his eyes for me. There is no way I could have asked him to stop. Not with him staring at me the way he had been. No one has ever looked at me that way. And I’ve never been more turned on in my life. My whole body ached with it.

“Jules.” My eyes fly open when Vinny calls my name. A second later, he’s stepping into my closet again. “Are you hiding?” He smiles at me.

“I don’t have anything to wear. Does she know?”

“Yeah, she knows.” He looks down at my bag on the floor with the few things I packed pulled out of it.

“I didn’t bring much.”

“Here, I’ve got an idea.” He leans down and grabs a pair of black stretchy yoga pants and a pair of my fuzzy socks that I wear at night when I sleep.

“This?” I ask confused when he hands them over.

“There’s more. Put those on,” he says before he leaves the closet. I do as he tells me, not having much of a choice. I should have packed more. As I pull the pants on, I wonder if I should go with the jeans instead. The only nicer things I have are my work clothes that I left on because I was going on a private plane with my boss so I felt like I should. Doesn’t matter, though, because the buttons are still scattered all over the bed and floor.

Vinny returns with a shirt in his hand. I take it, sliding it over my head. It falls almost to my knees. The word Princeton is written across the chest. The lettering is faded. “Seriously?”

“Yes, I told my mom we just got home, and you were changing into something comfortable.” I chew on my bottom lip. It might be perfect if it was only going to be the two of us, but this is the first time I’m meeting his parents.

“Wait, your mom or your mom and dad?”

“Just Mom. Dad is at his monthly golf game with his friends.”

“At the country club?” I tease but laugh when he nods his head yes.

“Mom pushed him into it. Said it was good for him, and now he only half hates it.”

“They sound sweet.” Endearing even.

“They are. Especially since Dad stepped back from work. He’s more his old self. It’s nice to have him back.” Hearing the emotion in his words, I reach out and wrap my arms around his.

“It’s good you could do that for him. Both of them. Do you make a habit out of saving people?”

“I’m not sure today counts.” He starts walking, and with me wrapped around his arm, I go with.

I suppose he’s not wrong. I think I might have been partially blackmailed into this whole thing, but it doesn’t feel that way, for some reason. I still don’t know why he chose me, but I keep forgetting to ask that question. Everything has been such a whirlwind. Now, between the orgasm—well, not only one but two, mind you—and his mom showing up, there really hasn’t been a chance.

“She’ll love you,” he whispers as he walks down the hallway, probably sensing how nervous I am.

“How do you know?” I whisper back.

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