Bethany"Did you have fun tonight?" Damon reached for Bethany's hand as they walked toward the house."Yeah. You sure you don't need to go back to the office? I honestly understand if you do, Damon." She squeezed his hand and moved in front of him.He wrapped his arms around her as she fumbled with the keys. As silly as it was, there was something so right about them being there together, waiting to walk into the house they shared. It was dreamy and a little overwhelming."No. I'll put in some extra hours next week. Tomorrow is your graduation, and then Matt comes in on Sunday. I have my office here at the house if I need to wrap something up. Stop worrying. I'm yours for the next few days." He kissed the side of her neck, causing chill bumps to race down her back."Good. That sounds incredible." She pushed the door open and walked toward the kitchen, the sound of her heels filling up the hallway. "You go change, and I'll make us something to drink.""That's my line." He popped her bu
Bethany"You ready to go?" Damon moved around the bed, working on his tie and trying to get his feet into his shoes as Bethany stood behind him, checking out her dress in a full-length mirror."Yeah. I'm sorry about the alarm. That was stupid of me. I finally got you in the bed last night, put the wine up and crawled into the bed to snuggle with you a little before you fell back asleep. I figured I would get back up and read a little. I never got back up." She huffed and brushed her hands down the front of her dress. "Does this-""It's beautiful." He moved toward her, gripping her hip and pulling her toward him. "Fix my tie and let's get out of here. You have to line up in thirty minutes and traffic is going to be a bear.""Okay. I'm sor-""No more apologies, Beth. It was an accident." He touched the side of her face, smiling as she worked on his tie."What? I keep thinking I know that grin, but it means something new every time I see it." She sucked her bottom lip into her mouth and
Damon"You sure you don't want me to go?" Beth lifted her head, her eyes sleepy, her voice thick with exhaustion."No, baby. I'll get Matt and Erica, and we'll come back here so you can see everyone. Sleep in. Last night was crazy. I didn't know your mother could drink like that." Damon leaned down and kissed the side of her head as she grumbled something incoherent.The girl was sexy bent over his desk, but nothing beat her morning look. So innocent and beautiful. He forced himself to take a few steps back from the bed. If he didn't leave soon, he'd find himself tucked up behind her in exploration mode. Nothing sounded better."Love you," she mumbled and rolled over to her other side, leaving her back to him.He waited until her breathing slowed to lift the covers. Her shorts had tangled around her thighs, and a little bit of her ass was hanging out near the bottom. Sucking his bottom lip into his mouth, he stifled a growl and reached out to caress her.He'd almost made contact when
Damon"Hey, you!" Damon walked toward his brother, Matt, as the big oaf jogged off the plane and used the rope as a hurdle."I'm home!" Matt wrapped Damon in a tight hug and lifted him off the ground as Damon grunted. Matt might have been the little brother, but he wasn't little at all. Not by a long stretch."Hi, son." Damon's father moved up and wrapped Matt in a hug as soon as Damon released him. Matt's smile was so big, it had to have hurt his face, but he didn't seem to notice."Sick of Seattle already?" Damon asked as they walked toward baggage claim. He could only imagine that Matt would have one to two bags. He was a groomsman in the wedding and Karen might kill him if he didn't have his shoes and accessories that she and Bethany had picked out and shipped up to Seattle. Why in the fuck they expected Matt to keep up with anything was beyond Damon."No, it's beautiful up there, but there's no place like Texas. It's early spring, and it feels like heaven." Matt gave a goofy grin
BethanyThe week had been far too much fun with Matt back home. Shopping and movie watching, eating out and going through old photos had been the go-to activities. Damon had been there for the majority of the time but had to slip off to the office every once in a while. With Matt home, it was hard to be upset about Damon needing to work. The only problem was that the week went by far too fast.Bethany woke up on Thursday morning and lay in the darkness beside Damon, her mind racing with the fact that they were going to be married on Saturday. She was thrilled and yet terrified. She was just learning how to be a good girlfriend to the wayward alpha male. But being his wife?"Is there any difference?" She rolled onto her side and reached out to run her fingers down his arm. His muscles flexed, and he groaned softly as she traced his bicep."You talking to yourself, sweetheart?" He was still half-asleep from what she could tell."Maybe." She moved up behind him, pressed her chest to his
Bethany"Hi, baby!" Bethany's mom stood up from a chair in the lobby of the spa. "Erica got in this morning. She'll be here any minute.""Hi, Mom." Beth smiled at the attendant to her left. "We're here for the Bethany Bryant spa day?" Why her mother had forced her to put it in her soon-to-be name was beyond her, but there was something right about it.""Of course. We have everything ready for the three of you. Did you want to wait for the other member of your party?"Bethany pulled her mom into a quick hug before turning her attention on the attendant. "Yeah, I guess we should. Do we all go into a room together?""No. The first part of the spa day is for each of you to get an hour and a half massage of choice. Then we'll put you in a private room in the back for lunch and send in our nail and hair specialists one at a time. Are you the bride?""I am." Bethany felt odd even saying it."Good. So it's up to you what you'd like to do." The lady smiled and glanced over toward Bethany's mot
DamonDamon waited until Bethany left to meet up with her mom and Erica to take a long hot shower. He'd been honest about her locking the door. Something about wanting more of her rode him the hardest after just having her. It was like an addiction. One he didn't mind at all. As long as his need to feel her against him didn't get out of control, he'd be good. She'd accused him in the past of using sex to settle hard emotions between them, and truth be told, he had. It was his love language and the deepest way he knew how to connect with her.Maybe that would change over the future, but for the time being, he was happy with who he was and thrilled with the woman she was becoming.He took his time in the shower and let his mind wander through his life, enjoying each and every part of it as he focused on his relationship with Beth, then with friends, then work and then family. Everything was in place. Now all he needed was to enjoy the next few days celebrating a new life with his almost
Damon"So, James Talling got back with his family? That's crazy." Matt walked beside Damon down the fairway as Kendal stopped to pick up his ball."Yeah. He cut back on everything at the office and made sure his wife and kids knew they were first." Damon shrugged. "As much as I enjoy my work, I'm going to have to do the same. Dad's looking at bringing in a few more executives this year to help balance things out. I think he and Karen realize how much I'm working, and where it wasn't that big of a deal in the past, it is now."Ben moved up on Damon's other side. "You're there all the time, but a lot of that is your own doing. You have control issues, dude.""Nooooo..." Kendal jogged to catch up, finding his place on the far side of Ben. "Not Damon Bryant. Head of everything and follower of no one.""Keep it up." Damon glanced over at his best friend, enjoying the teasing more than he'd ever admit."I think maybe this time you should interview the candidates first. Dad hired some idiots