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I spentthe afternoon making calls to check on Ray’s past work. He came highly recommended and only positive things were said. I called him back and offered him the job after telling Lennox the good news. She still wasn’t happy about it, but she understood the need for him.
We didn’t bother leaving the house the rest of the day. We spent our time enjoying one another’s company by cuddling on the couch and having a quiet dinner in our favorite spot. I helped her pack for the weekend before we took a long bubble bath and fell asleep in each other’s arms. It felt like the calm before the storm.
I wasn’tin any hurry driving Lennox to the airport the next morning. I loaded up her Jeep before jumping in. We had to stop and pick up Dane and Alissa on the way. Ray was set to meet us there.
As the morning sun rose and shone through my window, I let my eyes drift over to Lennox. Every time I looked at her, she took my breath away. We had been together for months and had known each other for years, but knowing that she was mine and that she always would be, created this feeling inside of me that I couldn’t put into words.
I watched as she took a sip of her coffee before catching me staring. She looked hot as hell wearing my red flannel and baseball cap with her hair in a long braid over one shoulder.
“What is going through that head of yours?” She eyed me while giving me a teasing grin.
“I was just thinking about pulling over and having a quickie. What do ya say?”
She let out a laugh. “You have got to be kidding me. We just had sex not even thirty minutes ago.”
I smiled and shrugged. “I can’t help that I can’t keep my hands off of you.” I took her hand that was sitting in her lap, in mine.
As we drove down the old country road, I let my eyes glance over to her again. She was wearing a black tank top under my flannel. The shirt was only buttoned half way, giving me full view of her chest. The tank top was low cut and I could see the swell of her breast. Whenever she would inhale, her top became tighter causing her chest to rise and squeeze together.
Lennox screamed drawing my attention back to the road. I jerked the wheel and got all four tires back on the gravel. I saw her turn to look at me from the corner of my eye, I kept my eyes where they needed to be for the rest of the drive.
After listening to Lennox, Alissa, and Dane bitch at me for my slow driving, I was forced to pick up the pace before I caused them to miss their flight. I pulled into the airport too soon. I wasn’t ready to let her go.
I knew that everything would more than likely be okay and she was only going to be gone for a weekend, but I had this sinking feeling that I couldn’t shake. I was filled with dread and anxiety over the whole thing. I wished I could’ve been an asshole and forced her to stay home, I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. She deserved her freedom after everything that Chris had taken away from her.
I parked the Jeep and went around to open Lennox’s door. I pulled her bag out of the back and took her hand in mine to lead her to the entrance. She pulled a pair of dark sunglasses out of her bag and put them on as we walked through the parking lot.
I eyed her and cocked my head to the side. “Are you afraid the sun will be brighter inside?”
She smacked my chest playfully. “No, it’s a part of my disguise. Can you tell who I am?”
“Not at all,” I joked.
We found Ray waiting for us by the entrance. I greeted him before handing over Lennox’s bag.
With that first step into the building, my anxiety spiked higher than before. I pushed it down, knowing I couldn’t force her to stay. If I did, that didn’t make me any better than Chris.
We all walked through the airport until we came to her gate. Dane and Alissa went ahead and walked through, Ray stood off to the side to give us time to say our goodbyes.
“Call me. A lot,” I stressed.
She gave me that special smile of hers. “I will. Everything will be fine.” She wrapped her arms around my neck, allowing me to feel her against me. “Maybe we can have a little fun over the phone this weekend, we’ve never done that before.” Her green eyes shimmered as her perfectly plump lips turned up in a smile.
Thinking about her touching herself lit a nerve that traveled low in my stomach. I swallowed, trying to find my voice. “That sounds fun, but I don’t know if I can handle knowing that you’re touching yourself when I can’t help out,” I whispered while moving in closer. I wanted to feel her breath on my cheek, her lips moving with mine, and the quickening of her heart as I kissed her with as much love and passion as I could pour out of me.
When we pulled away, we were breathless. I placed my hands on either side of her face and ran my thumbs over her pink cheeks. “I love you, Lennox.”
“I love you too, Mason.” She brushed her lips against mine one last time.
Before we could pull away, Alissa was yelling for us to get a room. I would’ve loved to get a room; preferably, our room, back home and far away from the place I was meant to leave her.
I stood there and watched her walk away from me until she was no longer visible. With a heavy breath, I turned and made my way back to the Jeep.
The ride was quiet and lonely. I kept looking over, wanting to see Lennox, wanting to hold her hand or to place my hand on her thigh, but she wasn’t there and I knew that before I looked over. I shook my head to try and clear it. I had a lot of things to do. I couldn’t let my anxiety win over.
