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She gets dressed, and finally gives me some sugar on the way out. Now I have only about half an hour to fix everything, but when everything is in place, I look at myself in the mirror and wink.
There are rose petals and candles on the floor guiding her to me, all the way into the balcony, where I’m waiting with oysters and sparkling apple cider, in a shawl spread over the floor.
“What is this?” She seems delighted, cringing a bit at my exaggeration, but surprised as I hoped she’d be. I raise a hand to help her join me, and she comes along very willingly.
“The surprise I got for you!” I say, holding tight to her hand.
“You’re not going to ask me to marry you, are you?” Now Elsa’s eyes open wide in shock.
I laugh, shake my head, and kiss her hand. “Didn’t even have the time to buy you a ring or anything. And I know it would just freak you out…”
She winces, but also smiles. She tilts her head toward me, which drives me to steal her a kiss.
“Then what is this for?” she asks as I reach for the bottle of sparkling apple cider.
“This,my love…” I pop the bottle. A small amount of liquid pours out, but she catches the drops with one of the glasses. “Is to show you that I will take care of you. No matter what, no matter how, I will always be by your side, because now there’s something beyond uniting us.”
“The baby?” she asks, her voice very small.
I place the bottle back in the ice bucket and hold her by her shoulders.
“It’s not just a baby, Elsa. It’s a bond uniting us forever. Do you understand that?”
After I kiss her jawline with lustful intent, a grab up an oyster from the ice, squeeze a lemon on top of it, and bring it to her lips.
As she swallows it, I kiss her, adamant in showing that I will protect her with my body and my soul.
She hums into my lips, then pushes me back gently. “You ordered oysters because they’re aphrodisiacs, right?”
“It was because they’d get here the quickest, but it’s a nice coincidence, isn’t it?”
She giggles, and while giggling, sneaks her hand under my shirt. “I guess so…”
I take it as a cue to further things along. I set my glass to the side, hold her by the waist and her back, and lean her over one of the pillows I brought along for ambiance.
She spills her glass. I just cover her spill with another pillow and keep on kissing her, with a desperate need to please her.
Above us, night falls. Dim stars shine over clouds, and everything is perfect just the way it is.
Chapter Thirty-One
ELSA
Ittookmesolong to figure out that I wanted to be with Harvey and move forward in a relationship with him.
On the other hand, finding out I’m pregnant is a whole other story and just hit me like a freight train out of nowhere.
And to make matters worse, I can’t tell my parents about it until I’ve had time to process it all myself.
I think I’m in shock. And a bit in denial too.
“Oh, hey, mom!” I say, picking up the phone and trying to sound nonchalant.
“Elsa, how’s everything going?” she asks, concern clear in her voice.
She was so excited to hear I was joining Harvey and Parker in California, but now she looks worried.
Maybe it’s how emotional I’ve been because of the pregnancy and all, but of course she doesn’t know about that yet. I don’t plan on telling her until I get back home.
