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“Okay.” That was definitely odd. Eli never was out of patience, something I was very thankful for because I knew I could be a fucking handful.
Neither one of us brought it up again, and when I thought back to my meeting with Emily Jones, it made it so much harder not to tell Eli about it, but I wanted to make sure he was as legally a part of the business as he could be. And that meant I needed to wait for the paperwork to be done. I forced myself to hold back a smile at the thought of how happy and surprised he’d be.
“Do you feel like helping me decorate cookies?” I asked, and hoped he did because we normally settled any misunderstanding we had over baking or decorating, and right now we didn’t need more cookies baked but we had a mountain of them that needed decorating.
“Of course,” he said, and leaned in for a kiss. “Thanks again for cooking, it was really good. Let me know how I can pay you back.” His wink told me exactly how he wanted to pay me back and I was more than willing. “How many cookies do we need to get done tonight?” he asked.
“If we can get four dozen done it would be great. Then I have a few of the other recipes that I baked earlier, so we should be good for tomorrow’s orders.” He pulled me in for a kiss and met my eyes. All I saw reflected back at me was love from his deep brown eyes.
“Don’t worry, we’ve got this,” he whispered, and after another kiss we put away the remaining lasagna and took out the trays of cookies that needed decorating.
“Eli, thanks again. Without you P.M. Kisses wouldn’t have been possible.”
“Baby, you would have made it work eventually. I just forced you to realize how talented you are.” After another kiss he mixed up a fresh batch of icing while I gathered all the decorations we’d use, and after we’d been working a short while I was once again amazed at how much we could accomplish together and was more than sure that Eli needed to know this was his business as much as it was mine.
Thirteen
Eli
After we finished decorating cookies and cleaning it all up, we were both ready to relax a while before going to bed, and as soon as we got comfortable on the couch and turned on a movie, I made sure I showed Randy how much I really did appreciate him cooking.
Without asking I shoved his pants to his knees and swallowed him down before he had time to think about objecting. His groans of contentment and excitement drove me on until I knew he couldn’t hold back a moment more. When I reached down and squeezed his balls with one hand while tweaking his nipple with the other, he stopped trying to hold back and released down my throat.
“Now, I’ve paid you back,” I whispered and patted his cheek before kissing him. He was fading fast, and I knew from experience if I didn’t get him in bed now, he’d be asleep soon.
“Wait, I need to take care of you,” he protested but still hadn’t moved.
“I’ll take a raincheck. Come on, let’s get to bed.”
I held him in my arms as we both drifted off to sleep. I dreamt of how surprised he’d be when I took him to the room I’d reserved, and how much fun we’d have eating at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant. Then I had some weird dream about having to decorate a giant cookie heart that was too big to get out of the house once we’d finished it.What the fuck was that about?
Randy made sure he paid me back as soon as he woke up. Which was much earlier than his normal time. “What a way to wake up,” I groaned and pulled him up for a kiss. “Why are you awake so early?”
“I want to get more of the cookies done and I have to go check on a few things today. I might be downtown later, if I am I’ll stop by.”
His voice was sincere, but something told me he was holding back. Randy was a man of few words which some took as his being aloof. If he was stressing about something it took him a while to work it out before he spoke to me. I trusted him, and I knew eventually we’d talk about whatever it was that seemed to be weighing on him. “That sounds great. I don’t have to go in as early today, maybe we could go have a coffee before we both start work?”
“That’s a great idea,” he said, and held his hand out to me as he sprung out of bed. “Shower with me, it’ll be faster. And no funny business.”
“You know I can’t promise that.” He laughed at me, but we managed to be dressed and ready to go within thirty minutes.
“What are you working on today?” he asked as we drove to the little café we both loved.
“Well, we mostly got everything done yesterday, so today should be a normal day. Oh, I forgot to mention, I talked to Aunt Carol about the cookie nachos, and she loved the idea. She said to bring a few in and we’ll see how they go.”
“Great, I can bring some by later. I know we don’t have the exact packaging you suggested but we can use some that we already have to test them.”
“That would be great.” We walked in and after ordering our drinks we chose a quiet table to sit at. “Kelsey must not be working today.”
“No, I think she has today off,” Randy said and sat down.
“How have cookie sales been here?” This was one of the contracts Randy had gotten that he was very proud of. He didn’t think they’d actually want to display his baked goods, but they were too delicious and far too pretty for the owner to resist. Since then, they’ve kept us busy with a weekly order, and we made them a priority.
“Really good. They’ve actually doubled their original order and it looks like when we add more items, they’re interested in whatever we come up with. I don’t want to take away from their other vendors but it’s nice seeing our hard work on display,” Randy said, and looked past me to the bakery case.
“You’re going to be rich and famous soon,” I said, and grinned his way. I was so proud of him. Once he’d decided this was what he wanted to do, he’d embraced it wholeheartedly and cut back on building websites to focus on building this business.
“We. We’re going to be rich and famous. None of this would have happened if you hadn’t believed in me.” Randy settled his hand on top of mine, and even without that touch I could feel his love for me. He had no idea how much that meant to me, but I hoped the plans I’d made showed him a small sample of how much it did.
