“Please.” She panted as she pushed the heels of her feet against my backside trying to get me to move.
“You ready?” I asked her. She nodded quickly several times and I pulled out and slammed back into her. I used her hands above her head to steady her; my other hand was on her hip holding her in place.
“You.” Thrust. “Are.” Thrust. “Going.” Thrust. “To.” Thrust. “Feel.” Thrust. “Me.” Thrust. “All day.” I shouted the last bit out as I came hard and fast inside of her. She called out my name and I held her against the wall waiting for her to come down from her high. I knew she was exhausted when her arms wound around my neck and her head fell against my shoulder. I chuckled and walked her to the shower. I placed her inside and turned it on. She screamed as the water was always cold at first.
“Now I’m going to make some coffee.” I chuckled as I walked away from her. I threw on my boxers and made my way to the kitchen.
“Good morning.” Bonnie smiled at me.
“Oh, hi. I didn’t know anyone was up yet… Who wants coffee?” I turned around to put the kettle on and saw a couple of mugs full of coffee.
“Yeah, we’re up… If we weren’t before that round of wall sex we all would be by now.” Matt chuckled.
“I made you and Rose coffee.” Bonnie said pointing to the mugs. Bonnie was often here lately. I wasn’t really sure of her relationship with Matt or Joseph. I knew she was sleeping with Matt but I was sure Rose had said she had been on a couple of dates with Joseph and knowing my brother he would have been after a lot more afterwards.
“I need your help.” I told Bonnie.
“Oh?” I looked around the corner to make sure Rose wasn’t coming.
“I need her engagement ring… I’m going to propose to her properly, tonight.” Bonnie looked like she was thinking.
“Oh, I got it… I will tell her that we are going to have a girly day and when I give her a hand massage and do her nails I will ‘lose’ the ring.”
“Great plan.”
“What’s a great plan?” Rose asked as she walked into the kitchen. She stood on her tiptoes and gave me a kiss.
“Jacob and the boys are busy today so I thought we could have a girly day, facials, manicures the whole lot.”
“Here babe.” I said to Rose handing her a cup of coffee, she took a sip and then placed it on the side.
“Thanks. Sounds good… What are you up to today?” She asked me.
“Uh…”
“We got a meeting with Ethan.” Matt answered for me.
“Please tell me you’re not fighting today?” Rose asked me. I placed my hands on her waist and lifted her so she was sitting on the kitchen work top. I kissed her once.
“No, it’s just a meeting. To see what’s coming up.” I turned around to talk to Bonnie and Matt and Rose wound her arms over my shoulders and ran her hands down over my pecs.
“I’m sure Bonnie doesn’t want to be seeing you half naked in the mornings.” Rose purred in my ear.
“I really don’t mind.” Bonnie winked at me, laughing.
“Oi, get your own boyfriend or two.” Rose giggled, I wasn’t sure what that meant but I was interested in finding out.
“I’m gonna grab a quick shower and then we should get going.” I told Matt and he nodded.
Rose
“Oh, this feels heavenly.” I said as Bonnie was massaging my hands. I didn’t want to take my engagement ring off as I hadn’t since the day Jacob had placed it on my finger. But Bonnie said I had to. Jacob and I had decided that we were going to wait until I had finished college before we thought about getting married.
“Have you decided what colour you want your nails painted?”
“Let’s just go for the clear sparkle… Let’s talk Matt and Joseph… What’s going on there?”
“Um… I don’t know what you mean…”
“Come on, you’re sleeping with Matt and dating Joseph? Have you slept with Jo?”
“Um… How about the light pink sparkle? That’s really pretty.”
“Bonnie, what’s going on?” I was concerned for her.
“Yes ok, yes I’ve slept with both of them… They both know and I am not committing to either one of them.”
“So who do you stay with when you stay here?”
“Depends on who has taken me out… Sometimes I sleep on the sofa.”
“You do?” I didn’t know that.
“Yep… Now, let’s paint these nails.” She began painting my nails and we talked about college and other random stuff.
“Wow, they look great.” I called out to Bonnie who was washing up in the kitchen. “Where’s my ring?”
“It’s on the coffee table.” I couldn’t see it on the coffee table; I moved the magazines around and looked on the floor.
“Shit.”
“What’s wrong?” Bonnie asked, drying her hands and walking into the front room.
“My ring isn’t here… Where did you put it?” I was frantically searching for it.
“I put it on top of the magazines.”
“Shit, I didn’t see it there and I moved them… It could be anywhere now. Jacob is going to kill me.”
“And why exactly is Jacob going to kill you?” I heard him ask. I froze on my hands and knees. “Babe?”
“Um… I… Uh…”
“She looked into getting a job after college.” Bonnie saved me by lying to Jacob. I didn’t ever want to have to lie to him. I hated that he kept things from me in the past but I didn’t want to lie to him, I wanted us to have a honest relationship. I felt bad for not telling him that I had lost my ring, I didn’t want to upset him. Hopefully Bonnie would text me as soon as she found it and then I wouldn’t have to worry.
“What? Why? We don’t need the extra money. I want you to concentrate on college.” Jacob seemed angry. I got up off of the floor and faced him; I put my left hand in my pocket.
“Ok, I’m sorry… I won’t fill out the application.”
“Good… Now come with me, I have a surprise for you.” I looked at Bonnie worriedly. “Dress up warm we are going to be outside.”
“Ok.” I started to walk towards our bedroom.
“Rose, did you want to borrow my scarf and glove set?” Bonnie asked.
“Yes please.” She was a life saver. This way Jacob wouldn’t see that I wasn’t wearing his ring. She followed me down the hall. “Will you please keep looking for it?” She nodded.
“Here you go.” Bonnie said as she handed me the scarf and gloves that were hanging up on the coat rack in the hallway.
“Thank you.” I walked out to the front room and Jacob was standing by the front door waiting for me.
“Ready?”
“Yes… See you later.” I called to Bonnie and Matt. Once Jacob had turned away from me and towards the door I made a motion with my hand for Bonnie to keep looking. I would hate to disappoint Jacob by losing the ring he had given me while I was unconscious. He wanted to marry me and he didn’t even know if I was going to wake up. He was my world, my everything.
Chapter 32
Jacob
I was starting to feel nervous, I was glad that Bonnie was successful in the getting the ring and I’m glad that Rose went off to change which gave Bonnie the chance to slip it into my hand. I felt bad for Rose as she probably felt awful that she had lost it.
“You ok?” I asked her. “You are very quiet.” I placed my hand on her thigh.
“Oh, yeah sorry… Where are we going?”
“It’s a surprise, which means I don’t tell you where we are going.”
“Oh yeah, sorry.” I was going to wait until after we had eaten to propose to her, but I felt awful that she was unhappy so I was going to do it really soon.
“Here we are.” I said, I looked over to Rose and she had tears running down her face. “Babe? What’s wrong?”
“I have to tell you something.”
“No… Let’s get out of the car and walk.” She looked confused. I
didn’t want her to tell me she had lost the ring, otherwise I would have to ruin the surprise and tell her why we were really here. I opened her car door and held her hand as she got out. I noticed that when we walked she held onto my arm rather than my hand. She always walked on my right side so I would have had to hold onto her left hand. We stopped in front of a large boat.
“Whose is this?” She asked me.
“It’s Ethan’s boat… We are borrowing it.” I walked up towards the boat.
“Do you know how to sail?” She asked me and I laughed.
“No, babe, not a clue… It’s ok though we aren’t going anywhere.”
“We aren’t? We are just going to stand on a boat? With it not moving?”
“Something like that… Come on.” I jumped on board and held my hand out to help her. She took it and once we were on board I took her on a tour. Once we reached the upper deck she gasped. I had arranged for a little table with two chairs and a meal to be laid out. Matt and I had spent the afternoon hanging up solar powered fairy lights and they were shining brightly.
“What’s all this? I don’t deserve this… I need to tell you…”
“Just listen to me first.” I cut her off. She nodded and I pulled her towards me. “I knew from the first moment we met that we had something special… Chemisty right away, once you kissed me I was hooked… I needed you in my life, I had never had a feeling like that before and it blew my mind… I knew one thing for certain and that was that I wanted you to be Rose Peters and I can’t wait until I can watch your stomach swell with my baby inside of you… Me and you are forever.” I got down on one knee, pulled her ring out of my pocket and showed her.
“How? How did you get that?” She asked. I smiled at her and pulled her gloves off.
“I wanted to propose to you properly… I love you… Rose, will you marry me?”
“Yes… Yes… Yes… I love you too.” Once I stood up she threw herself into my arms and I laughed as she began peppering kisses all over my face.
Epilogue
Five years later
Rose
“Mummy Mummy, Daddy is home.” April called out happily, skipping into the bathroom where I was standing.
“Go and give him a big cuddle.” April was four years old and she was our world. She wasn’t expected, but we never would have had it any other way. She was the reason my Mum and Dad accepted Jacob into the family, finally, after us being together for nearly two years. When I moved in with Jacob after leaving the hospital I never went back home and I only spoke to Mum and Dad a couple times a month. I hated the fact that they blamed him for everything that had happened. Amelia had been released from the psychiatric hospital a year ago and she admitted that everything was her fault and how sorry she was. She was better, clean from drugs and living back at home with Mum and Dad. She loved spending time with April and April loved her too. I was hesitant at first about letting Amelia near April; I’d started visiting with my sister first and once our relationship was stronger and we had talked a lot about everything that had happened, I let her see April, but only when I was with her. Things had and would always be different between us and I didn’t completely trust her.
“Ok, Mummy.” She skipped off happily towards the front door. I followed behind her.
“Where are my girls?” Jacob called out as he came through the front door. At twenty three he was as gorgeous as ever and today he had that one day old stubble that made my knees weak. I loved the feeling of it scratching on the inside of my thighs. April ran towards him and he caught her.
“Hi, princess. How are you?” Jacob asked her, bringing her close to his chest.
“Good, Mummy said I had to give you a big cuddle.” She told him as she threw her arms around his neck. When she pulled back she smiled at him and wiggled to get down. He placed her on the floor and she ran into the living room.
“And how is my other princess?” He crooked his finger at me to walk towards him. I did as he wanted and I was soon in his arms and he was claiming my mouth. He always made me knees go weak and my tummy was fluttering.
“Daddy can my boyfriend come over to play?” April asked, running into our legs which caused us to break apart. She had her head tilted to the side. She looked adorable.
“Boyfriend?” He asked me. I nodded.
“She met him at nursery… He is so cute.”
“She is too young for a boyfriend.” April was still waiting for her answer and she quickly became impatient and defiantly placed her hands on her hips.
“Daddy?”
“She’s waiting…” I told him, nodding my head towards her.
“Look at her standing there, she looks just like you.” Jacob chuckled.
“Of course he can, honey.” I told her, running my hand over her head and walking into the kitchen.
“Yes! Thanks, Mummy.” She jumped up and down in excitement.
“What are you doing?” Jacob asked me.
“Huh?” I asked as I was dishing up the food for us to eat.
“She can’t have a boyfriend.” I looked up at him, he was leaning on the breakfast bar. He looked worried.
“Baby, they are only four… Stop stressing… April, honey, tea is ready.” She ran around the corner and Jacob grabbed her.
“What’s this boy’s name?”
“Oliver.” She told him.
“How old is he?”
“Four.”
“Stop intterogating our daughter.” I told him as I placed our food onto the table. He was still looking at her and she was smiling at him. I pulled her out of his arms and sat her at the table.
“I just want to know about this guy.”
“He is not a guy, he is a four year old boy.” We sat down and began eating. I could tell that he was still thinking about it.
***
I was standing in the doorway to the living room and it made my heart fill with so much love to see my sexy husband and beautiful daughter playing together. She was giggling as he was tickling her, I hated to break them apart but it was time for April to go to bed.
“Come on, honey, time for a bath.”
“How can I say no to that?” Jacob winked at me.
“Silly Daddy, Mummy is talking to me… Can I have bubbles?” She asked, running towards me.
“Yes… Go on, upstairs.” I tapped her bum lightly and she giggled and ran up the stairs. I followed behind her, I looked over my shoulder and Jacob was watching me. “Early night?” I asked.
“Hell Yeah.” He responded.
“Hell yeah, hell yeah, hell yeah.” April sung as she ran around up stairs.
“Well done, baby, for teaching our daughter that.”
“Shit.” He mumbled to himself. I snapped my head around to look at him as I heard him swear so April may have too. “Sorry.” He stood up and climbed the stairs behind me.
“April, honey…” He called out, as I walked into the bathroom to start running her a bath.
“Yes, Daddy?” She looked at him, she was naked as she had already removed all of her clothes.
“Princesses don’t say those words… They are only for adults.”
“Ok, Daddy… Mummy do I have bubbles.” She ran into the bathroom and began throwing her bath toys into the bath.
“Yes… It’s ready.” I lifted her in and she immediately began filling her toys with water. “Don’t splash too much.” I sat on the closed toilet seat and watched her playing. Jacob walked in and stood in front of me, he ran his hands through my hair and it felt good.
“Shall I go and lock up?” I nodded and he bent over and kissed me.
“Daddy? Why do you kiss Mummy all the time?” April asked, looking at us.
“Because I love her.” He answered April but didn’t take his eyes off of me. When he did look at her she had carried on playing. He winked at me and then walked back downstairs to lock everything up.
“Let’s do your hair.” I told April as I unhooked the shower head and turned on the water. I wa
shed her hair and then pulled her out of the bath. “Get into your PJs that are on your bed and then we will dry your hair.” I rinsed the bath out and straightened up the bathroom, putting all her toys away.
“I’m ready, Mummy.”
“Go into my bedroom and sit at my dressing table.” I grabbed the wet towels and followed her into our bedroom. I got the hair dryer and brush out and began to dry her hair, while she played with my make-up brushes.
As soon as I’d finished drying her hair Jacob walked into our bedroom.
“Do you want me to read you a story, princess?” He asked her.
“Yes please.” She nodded, enthusiastically.
“Say goodnight to Mummy and then jump into bed and I will be right there.” She gave me a cuddle and a kiss and then ran off to her room. “Are you having a bath?”
“No, I think I will just climb into bed and wait for my sexy husband.” I winked at him and stood on my tip toes to give him a quick kiss.
“I’ll be quick.” He told me and he ran to our daughters room to get her to sleep. I stripped out of my clothes and jumped into bed.
In less than ten minutes he was walking back into our bedroom. “She must have been tired.” He told me. I sat up in bed and let the duvet fall to my waist. He smirked. “I just need a piss and then I will be back.”
“Ugh… How romantic.” I sighed as I fell back onto the bed.
“Uh… Babe, what’s this?” I looked up and saw that Jacob had something in his hand as he walked out of the bathroom. “Is this what I think it is?” He looked at the pregnancy test he had in his hand. “It’s positive?”
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