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My hands shake.Friday night has come upon us. Noah bought me a new suit. I wanted to tell him no, but when I tried it on, I couldn’t get over how fucking hot I look in it. I would have even fucked me.
It’s a silver gray, tailored to my body, with a black button-up shirt, a silver diamond tie, and a matching jacket.
“Oh, shit, hon, you look fucking amazing. Like I want to fuck you against the closet door, right now.” His calm shatters and he pushes me against the door as promised, palming my erection.
His eyes are full of hunger. “If you’re hungry, go eat. I’m not on the menu right now,” I deadpan.
“Holy shit, baby. I knew I had good taste in suits, but you make this look like a million dollars.”
I’m positive the suit was several thousand dollars, and it had made Noah so happy to buy it for me.
“Idolook rather hot, if I do say so myself.” I drop my head to his, taking in his aroma. And with all things Noah James, I burn it to memory. “Babe, you didn’t have to do this, but thanks, so much. I’ll even give you a few extra blow jobs tonight.”
“Like I’ll say no, Ash.”
My mom visited us last night, stating she had a present for me. In a small jewelry box were two cuff links with my initials on them. They were my fathers, who had the same initials as me. Aaron Michael Brooks was the love of Mom’s life and she cried happy tears when I opened them. My grandparents had given him the cuff links on the day he married my mom. They died a month before I was born. Knowing they were my dad’s, and a gift from my grandparents I never met, my mother’s sweet gesture made me tear up. And I’m still rather emotional about it.
“Need help with these, honey?” he asks, taking the cuff links out of the drawer I stored them in last night.
“Yeah. Please. By the way, did you have anything to do with this?”
“I knew she was coming over to give them to you. She was concerned you may not have a shirt to wear them on, and I assured her I was taking care of it.”
“You have my mom’s number?”
“Of course, I do. It’syourmom. I plan to be her son-in-law one day, so there’s that.”
He talks about moving in, and a forever, but has never mentioned marriage.
“Oh, don’t look so shell-shocked. I’m not asking you tonight or even tomorrow.”
But the idea doesn’t scare me. He’s right. He’s my future, and of course it would mean marriage.
“I’m not scared, baby. Not in the least. But that reminds me, have you talked to your mom since the debacle last Monday?”
He has been tight-lipped about Evelyn’s reaction to me. I think he’s embarrassed. I once told him I couldn’t imagine his mother was all that bad, but he wasn’t lying.
“Mom called yesterday, to pass on her apologies about the barbeque. A fast-acting migraine came on her quickly. It was bad timing, baby, that’s all. Nothing to worry about. And she’s excited to have dinner with us next Friday.”
I internally groan but I wear a smile for his sake. His mother is important and has always been his number one fan. I can stomach one dinner, and anyway, I didn’t get to speak with his father much, who I really connected to.
We skirt past the subject of his mom as he stands next to me in his own immaculate suit, a dark charcoal, with a light gray pinstripe button-up shirt and a silver tie. He fiddles with his own cuff links, but I take them from his hands.
“These are beautiful.” I look at the iconic painting shrunk into a tiny version.Starry Night Over the Rhôneby Van Gogh stares at me from his cuff links.
“Liam bought them for me for my first premiere. And I love them. As you know, Van Gogh is a favorite of mine.”
He has several prints of his work around the loft. But more so, Noah understands I draw inspiration from him for my own paintings.
“I may not paint with oils as much as I used to, but his works still inspire me.” I secure them to the cuffs of his shirt. “I knew you’d like these. I had planned to buy you cuff links ofValley with Ploughman Seen from Above. But your mother reached out to me about these, which honestly are perfect, but since I love to spoil you, and this is just one of many art shows in your future, you never know, they might appear in our closet.”
Valley with Ploughman Seen from Aboveis my favorite Van Gogh painting, a little less popular than his other pieces. I can’t pinpoint why, but maybe it’s because my paintings have a similar feel even if we use a different medium. Not every artist feels this way, but I do.
“I love you. And although you don’t ever have to spoil me, I secretly love it. You’re making tonight my favorite night ever.”
“And you are making this my favorite moment ever.”
