“Anytime.”
“You have the car seat and everything still, don’t you?”
“Yeah, everything’s as it was. He still has his old bedroom. And as I said before, I’m happy to have him anytime.”
Steph returns with a pile of clothes.
“Steph, he’s staying one night, not a week,” Justin chuckles, opening the bag with one arm so she can pop them inside.
“He’s just had his dinner, so he’ll just want his milk at supper with a rusk. He usually goes down around ten. That way, he doesn’t get you up at the crack of dawn. And make sure he’s not too hot in his cot. Do you still have the baby monitor?”
“Steph. He’ll be fine. Just enjoy yourself wherever he’s taking you.”
“Taking me?” She smiles at me, forcing me to smile back as I always do when her cute dimples are on show.
“Oh shit. Right, on that note, I’ll leave you to it.” Justin walks to the bottom of the stairs. “Are you two ready or what? I’m going.”
Cassie and Cairen come bounding down the stairs. Steph gives them all a kiss goodbye, and follows them to the car.
Re-entering the house, she closes the door behind her and leans back against the glass, tapping her fingernails on the wooden frame behind her back. “So, where are you taking me?”
I lean against the wall a few feet away. “You’ll see. You’d best get ready. We have reservations at seven.”
“How can I get ready if I don’t know where I’m going?”
“Put that red dress on for me. The one you had on at Kelly’s wedding.” Ever since I saw her in that dress, I’ve wanted to peel it off. My mouth waters and my cock has the same idea as he nods in agreement.
She stares at me wide eyed with her mouth open.
I glance at my watch. “Time’s ticking.”
She smiles and runs upstairs. I could ravish her now. It’s the first time we’ve actually been alone, but I want tonight to be special. I haven’t avoided her for the last few days, to spoil it now with another quickie.
The other morning was over so quick it was like it never actually happened. I know she never came. She didn’t go limp or tug on my hair or curl her toes and arch her back, as she always does. In my mind, tonight is going to be our first, and I’m gonna make it count.
* * *
“Wow. You look like Pretty Woman.”My lady in red.
She turns around with her bright red smile. “Why are you always comparing me to hookers?”
“I’m not. Am I?”
“I recall you said I was like Ros in Game of Thrones before.”
He chuckles. “Oh yeah. It’s the hair. What I meant was you look beautiful. Fucking sexy as hell.”
“You scrub up well yourself.” She straightens the collar of my grey shirt and pecks my lips. I know better than to kiss her properly when she’s just applied her lipstick, even though I want to, but if I did, she’d be on that bed, and we’d never make it out.
“Ready to go?”
She nods and grabs her purse.
* * *
STEPH
I slideinto the passenger side of his silvery-grey Audi, inhaling the fresh scent of polished leather. “How come your car still has that new fresh car smell?”