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He takes me by the waist with his free hand, pulling me into him firmly. I gasp, touching his chest as he splays his hand over my lower back. My heart feels like it is going to burst out of my chest.
“I’ve missed you, Josephine,” he murmurs.
He tilts his head and closes his eyes. Time stands still as our lips meet, and I feel at home in a way I haven’t in days.
38
AIDEN
Ipurchase a bouquet of vivid, colorful flowers before heading over to see Josephine. My heart hammers in my chest, something I’m having trouble ignoring. This isn’t all a formality. This isn’t something to do to keep Josephine happy about our arrangement. This is something I want to do, out of my own deep yearning to see those beautiful eyes shimmer in the sunlight.
I wait outside after sending her a text. My heart feels like it is getting bigger with every second that ticks by. I imagine her coming outside, anticipating the taste of her lips, the sound of her angelic voice. My adoration is palpable.
When she emerges, my whole body responds. I feel nervous and unsettled, giddy in a way that is both terrifying and perfect. I have the urge to hold myself still, but something comes over me where I try the opposite. I let go of resistance entirely. I begin to move in a free flowing manner as she comes near.
I cannot lie. The moment the vanilla and lavender blend of her body spray hits me, I stop listening to her words. I take her by the waist and pull her in close, titling my head to taste her essence.
She accepts me, sliding her hands up my chest and cupping my neck as our mouths collide.
It is a soft but firm kiss. I pull her in closer as passion nearly gets the best of me, the wet tickle of her tongue against mine nearly firing off a rapturous explosion.
She pulls away from me, breathless, just in time before things get out of hand.
Our eyes meet. Her sage beauties are twinkling in the morning sun.
“Wow,” she whispers.
I feel my tongue slide between my teeth. I can’t stop smiling.
“I’ve missed you, Josephine…”
We stand by the driveway, embracing for a moment, holding each other in a state of hesitant fever. Her grip on my neck loosens when her father emerges from the front door.
“Well, good morning, love birds!” he calls out. “Why don’t you both get inside, and we’ll have some breakfast? It’s brisk out here!”
I raise a hand and wave politely. Josephine lets me go and we walk to the front door, hand in hand.
We have a wonderful breakfast together, where Josephine and her father speak reverently about her mother. She is asleep in the other room, the two of them letting her get some extra rest.
“She is going to adore you,” her father remarks over scrambled eggs.
I think about the idea of having a mother-in-law. It hadn’t struck me until this very moment that technically, that is what she would be to me.
We chat about the cafe, about business matters. Her father is jovial, but Josephine seems distracted. Her father invites us all out for lunch, which he says is going to be his treat.
I try to offer to pay in a way that isn’t insulting, but he shakes his head back and forth, waving his hand insistently in my face. I start to grin, and he grins back.
“No, no, Aiden, you have already done so much for us. I want to treat you. At least, for one meal. Right, honey?”
Josephine smiles, but it is that timid smile I have grown so accustomed to seeing. She finishes off her meal and inquires about her mother.
“Do you think we should get mom up now?”
Her father shakes his head back and forth fervently.
“We were up late last night, talking. Let her be for now.”
My heart is beating like a rhythmic drum in my chest. I slide a hand over to Josephine's hand and give it a squeeze. She seems surprised, looking over at me with a sense of vulnerability.
