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“A birthday present from Nolan,” she answers.
As she tries to pick at the tape instead of just getting a pair of scissors, I pull the switchblade out of my pocket and gesture for her to pass it to me. It only takes a second for me to cut it open before I give it back. She peels back the flaps and looks inside, but then quickly shuts it again as she laughs.
“Well?” I press. “Are you going to tell me what it is?”
She shakes her head. “No. No, I’m not.”
Okay, now I have to know what’s inside.
I go to reach for the box, but she grabs it and tries to run away. Unfortunately for her, my legs are a lot longer than hers, so it doesn’t take long for me to catch her. My arms wrap around her waist, and I lift her up. She squeals as I start to tickle her, dropping the box on the floor. The contents spill out of it and my eyes widen when I see the vibrating wand.
“Nolan sent you a vibrator?”
She bites down on her thumb as she nods. “It’s an inside joke.”
Bending down, I grab the note that fell out with it. “I take it this is part of it?”
Her eyes widen and she tries to rip it out of my hands, but I hold it up just above her reach. Even as she jumps, she can’t seem to grab it.
“Laiken,” I read out loud. “Try not to use this one so much it shorts out.”
Lai pouts, crossing her arms over her chest. “Be lucky I like your dick. I could’ve hit you there. That would’ve gotten you to drop it.”
I shake my head as I smirk at her. “Nuh-uh. You’re not getting out of this that easy. What is she talking about?”
“Nothing,” she lies. “She’s delusional. You’ve met her. Total crazy person.”
I pretend to be disappointed. “And here I thought we weren’t keeping secrets from each other anymore.”
That makes the smile drop right off her face. “That’s not fair.”
“Just evening the playing field,” I say, flashing her an innocent smile.
She runs her fingers through her hair, trying to bring herself to be able to tell me. I wait patiently and after a moment, she starts to tell the story.
“After I left—when I met Nolan and moved in with her—I was a bit…sexually frustrated. But I didn’t even want to look at anyone else, let alone sleep with them, so I used a vibrator…a lot.”
She goes on to tell me how she would close her eyes and think of me. She’d picture the first time in my truck, fucking in the ocean, the day I told her I bought the house, and especially our wedding night. And all of it should be turning me on, but I’m locked on one very specific thing.
“Wait, go back,” I demand.
“To what part?”
“When you said that you didn’t even want to look at anyone else.”
She looks at me like she doesn’t understand. “What about it?”
My mouth goes dry as I stare back at her. “Y-you didn’t…?”
It’s something I used to wonder about while she was gone and even more so since she came back. I knew I wasn’t with anyone else. I had no interest in it. I promised all of myself to her when we got married, and those vows still mattered to me even while she was nowhere to be found. But I wasn’t sure if she looked at it the same way that I did.
“Hayes,” she says softly. “The thought of being with anyone but you made me physically ill. There’s no one else out there for me. You’re the only guy I’ve ever slept with, and I don’t have any intentions of ever changing that.”
There’s something about the sound of her voice as she speaks those words, settling one of my biggest fears. I had nightmares about her being out there with someone else. When I couldn’t sleep at night, I’d lie there wondering if she was sound asleep, wrapped up in another’s arms. But to hear that that’s not true, and that I’m still the only one who has gotten to hear the sound of her moans as she lets go…it sends a rush of dopamine right through me.
As I’m not able to put my feelings into words, I decide on a different path. Taking her face in my hands, I crash my lips into hers—trying my best to put every last ounce of emotion into it. It takes her a second to catch up, but then she melts into me as I kiss her with everything I have.
She’s still mine.
