Wasn’t really my cup of
tea, but he wanted to watch it. He commented during the entire
movie.
“ Whatever, ha-ha! There is
no way you could do that in real life!” He sat there chuckling. I
just smiled at him. I felt like he was finally acting his age, and
I loved it.
He swung his arm around my lap and
pulled me closer to him, popping a couple of popcorn kernels in his
mouth. I smiled at how graceful he was. I set the popcorn bowl down
on the table and laid my head on his lap. He covered me up with the
quilt and played gently with my hair.
The next thing I know, he
had me cradled in his lap, kissing me. How’d I get here so fast? He picked
me up again and took me upstairs, laying me down on my bed,
gently.
“ I could lie here all night
and kiss you,” he whispered, lifting his lips from mine.
“ Mhm.” I waited until his
lips returned.
He turned me over so that my back was
pressed against his chest. He pulled me in close to him and wrapped
his arms around me, tightly.
“ I will never let go of
you, Jennifer.”
In that moment, I was complete.
Everything I had ever thought I wanted or needed was holding me
against his chest. The sound of his breathing was the lullaby that
rocked me to sleep.
Chapter Eight
The next morning I awoke to
the wonderful smell of coffee and the sound of Stefan’s footsteps
across the wood floor. I turned over to look at my alarm clock,
seven thirty. Too early to be
awake . I threw off the covers and sat up,
yawning and stretching. As I rubbed my eyes, I put my feet on the
floor and got up to walk downstairs. Stefan was in the kitchen,
leaned against the counter and talking on his cell phone, wearing
nothing but his jeans. As I walked downstairs, he shut off his
phone and looked up at me with a smile.
“ Good morning, beautiful.”
He caught my arm and pulled me into chest.
A giggled escaped my mouth, “Good
morning. You’re offer chipper this morning.” He released me and
walked over to the coffee pot.
“ Are you not a morning
person?”
“ Not in the slightest.” I
responded, getting two mugs and the jar of sugar out of the
cabinet.
“ How did you sleep last
night?” He asked, pouring coffee into the mugs.
“ Really well, actually.” I
reached up on my tippy-toes and gave him a soft kiss on his
lips.
We sat down at the bar and began
sipping on our coffee. I drank him in, every rigid part of his
body. He was all muscle, but every motion he made, was with ease
and grace. I could wake up to this sight every morning.
“ Hey Jen, can we talk?” He
asked, interrupting my thoughts.
“ What’s up?”
“ How do you feel about me
moving up here for a while?”
My mouth popped open; was he serious?
Were we really moving this fast? I felt my head spinning and I
grabbed the counter top to stable myself.
“ As you know, I’ve been
looking at buying a company here. I was originally planning on just
flying back and forth when I needed to be here but Long Publishing
is stable and has people that can take care of it for the most
part.” He took a drink of his coffee.
“ I can get a place up here
to get the other business on its feet and spend more time with
you.” He reached out and pushed my hair behind my ear.
It would be amazing to have him here
all the time with me, but I was scared this was moving too fast. I
had been so broken before him. No doubt that my past had made me
this way, it was hard growing up seeing your dad beat your mom and
then in the end killing her. You could never get that emptiness out
of your soul. But something about Stefan awakened my soul; he made
me forget about my horrible past and focus on the present and the
future. Stefan was the missing piece to my jigsaw
puzzle.
Of course I wanted him next to me all
the time.
“ Stefan, I want you here.”
I was practically doing my happy dance inside.
Stefan picked me up and kissed me,
passionately before sitting my back down to my feet. “Well than we
must go house hunting today.
“
tea, but he wanted to watch it. He commented during the entire
movie.
“ Whatever, ha-ha! There is
no way you could do that in real life!” He sat there chuckling. I
just smiled at him. I felt like he was finally acting his age, and
I loved it.
He swung his arm around my lap and
pulled me closer to him, popping a couple of popcorn kernels in his
mouth. I smiled at how graceful he was. I set the popcorn bowl down
on the table and laid my head on his lap. He covered me up with the
quilt and played gently with my hair.
The next thing I know, he
had me cradled in his lap, kissing me. How’d I get here so fast? He picked
me up again and took me upstairs, laying me down on my bed,
gently.
“ I could lie here all night
and kiss you,” he whispered, lifting his lips from mine.
“ Mhm.” I waited until his
lips returned.
He turned me over so that my back was
pressed against his chest. He pulled me in close to him and wrapped
his arms around me, tightly.
“ I will never let go of
you, Jennifer.”
In that moment, I was complete.
Everything I had ever thought I wanted or needed was holding me
against his chest. The sound of his breathing was the lullaby that
rocked me to sleep.
Chapter Eight
The next morning I awoke to
the wonderful smell of coffee and the sound of Stefan’s footsteps
across the wood floor. I turned over to look at my alarm clock,
seven thirty. Too early to be
awake . I threw off the covers and sat up,
yawning and stretching. As I rubbed my eyes, I put my feet on the
floor and got up to walk downstairs. Stefan was in the kitchen,
leaned against the counter and talking on his cell phone, wearing
nothing but his jeans. As I walked downstairs, he shut off his
phone and looked up at me with a smile.
“ Good morning, beautiful.”
He caught my arm and pulled me into chest.
A giggled escaped my mouth, “Good
morning. You’re offer chipper this morning.” He released me and
walked over to the coffee pot.
“ Are you not a morning
person?”
“ Not in the slightest.” I
responded, getting two mugs and the jar of sugar out of the
cabinet.
“ How did you sleep last
night?” He asked, pouring coffee into the mugs.
“ Really well, actually.” I
reached up on my tippy-toes and gave him a soft kiss on his
lips.
We sat down at the bar and began
sipping on our coffee. I drank him in, every rigid part of his
body. He was all muscle, but every motion he made, was with ease
and grace. I could wake up to this sight every morning.
“ Hey Jen, can we talk?” He
asked, interrupting my thoughts.
“ What’s up?”
“ How do you feel about me
moving up here for a while?”
My mouth popped open; was he serious?
Were we really moving this fast? I felt my head spinning and I
grabbed the counter top to stable myself.
“ As you know, I’ve been
looking at buying a company here. I was originally planning on just
flying back and forth when I needed to be here but Long Publishing
is stable and has people that can take care of it for the most
part.” He took a drink of his coffee.
“ I can get a place up here
to get the other business on its feet and spend more time with
you.” He reached out and pushed my hair behind my ear.
It would be amazing to have him here
all the time with me, but I was scared this was moving too fast. I
had been so broken before him. No doubt that my past had made me
this way, it was hard growing up seeing your dad beat your mom and
then in the end killing her. You could never get that emptiness out
of your soul. But something about Stefan awakened my soul; he made
me forget about my horrible past and focus on the present and the
future. Stefan was the missing piece to my jigsaw
puzzle.
Of course I wanted him next to me all
the time.
“ Stefan, I want you here.”
I was practically doing my happy dance inside.
Stefan picked me up and kissed me,
passionately before sitting my back down to my feet. “Well than we
must go house hunting today.
“
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