“Of course,” she says, wiggling her way out from between those two. She walks up to me with a shy smile and grabs my hand.
I love that my strong, confident mate gets nervous about my attention. It makes me feel like she cares about me and what happens between us. Plus, it’s adorable.
“What’s up Ajax?” She asks, using my full name. She does that, switching back and forth between Ajax and Jax. For some reason when she uses my full name, I always feel a blush forming on my cheeks.
“I was wondering if you would go on a date with me?” I ask.
She looks confused but still happy and blushing. “Of course, I already said I would. I hate that we are stuck here instead of getting to but you didn’t have to ask again.”
I smile, glad to be surprising her.
“Actually, I meant right now.”
Her smile grows as she notices my outfit. Obviously Nic didn’t pack anything that nice for us but I showered and wore nicer clothes than sweatpants for her.
“Okay,” she whispers, squeezing my hand.
I turn and head towards the back door, pulling her behind me as I go. I open the door and gesture for her to go first. I follow behind her, wrapping my arms around her from behind.
She stands there taking it all in. I’ve laid out a blanket in the middle of the yard with some pillows on it. I couldn’t find roses, so I sprinkled some other petals from the surrounding yard. I had to work with what I had here. There are some strawberries and melted chocolate sitting in a bowl but I don’t think she can see those from here.
She’s silent for so long I’m worried I messed up somehow until she turns around and practically tackles me in a hug. I barely stay upright as I clutch her to my chest, one hand on her head and the other helping to hold her up.
She leans back and kisses me with soft tears running down her cheek. I use my free hand to wipe them away.
“Are these happy tears?” I ask.
She beams and kisses me again before responding, “the happiest. Thank you Jax, you’re amazing.”
I lean in and press my forehead to hers, brushing our noses together. I stare into her perfect chocolate eyes as I whisper, “anything for you. I wanted it to be perfect.”
I walk forward with her still in my arms before slowly lowering us to the blankets. I make sure she’s settled before grabbing the strawberries and offering her one.
She takes a bite and let’s out the sexiest damn moan before taking another. It makes me fucking hard but I try to control myself. I don’t even think she knows she’s doing it. When she finishes the strawberry, she has chocolate on her face, it’s adorable.
I give a soft chuckle. “May I?” I ask before leaning in to kiss the chocolate away. Her mouth tastes like the perfect mixture of strawberries, chocolate and Aly. I flick her tongue with mine before pulling back.
“Sometimes you are so damn sensual,” she tells me.
I smile, I know she means compared to my shy self. “You bring it out in me Aly.”
She smiles at that before eating another strawberry.
“So, how did you think of this?” She asks me.
Hopefully she thinks this is sweet, not creepy. “I actually had some help with the idea. This is the date my dad brought my mom on when they were in hiding here at the cottage.”
Her smile is huge, so I guess I didn’t mess up by telling her. “That’s so sweet, and you recreated it for me!”
“Ya, this date means something to my family and you mean everything to me, so why wouldn’t I?”
This time she leans in to kiss me before offering me a strawberry. I take a bite and the flavors explode across my tongue.
“How are you doing after seeing your parents today?” I ask. I want to check in on her, I know today was hard.
She sighs, “it was difficult but I meant what I said, they need to come to terms with things before we can have a relationship. I’m not over of the fact that they handed me over to those monsters.”
That reminds me of something.
