CHAPTER 52 Ainsley Bradley
Elementary Education
I tug on his hand. “Come in.”
He picks up the carrier, and I wave Ivy in, too. She gets out of the car and walks to the door, and her grin is wide on her face as she follows behind Dex.
The credits are rolling on the movie. I guess we missed the ending.
But this was worth it—wholly and totally.
I got the ending I was hoping for, too. I once told him the only thing he could do to save our relationship was to give up the lounge, and two days later, he’s standing on my front porch to let me know he did exactly that.
If that doesn’t scream of his sincerity—of his love—I’m not sure what would.
“Popcorn duty!” my mom yells to the boys, and they race to see who can pick up more popcorn. The loser has to do the winner’s chores tomorrow.
The adults sit in the kitchen around the worn table while the boys race, and I can’t help but stare at Dex.
I’m still in shock that he’s even here. It feels surreal, like this is some dream and not my reality.
We sit and chat with my parents a while longer, and my mom holds the baby.
“So if you’re his stepmom, does that make me his…” She trails off, and Dex fills in the answer.
“Grandma,” he says.
My mom looks at Dex, and then at me, and then at Jack, and she swipes away a tear that falls onto her cheek.
“Oh, my sweet baby,” she coos to Jack, and I feel myself getting a little emotional seeing her with the baby.
He’s not mine by blood, but it’s starting to feel like he’s mine anyway. And that’s pretty damn special.
We chat a little longer with my parents and Ivy, but it’s already getting late.
“Ivy, would you mind taking us to Madden’s?” Dex asks, and she agrees. Twenty minutes later, we’re pulling up to a lakefront tower and taking the elevator up to the penthouse.
These Bradley boys sure know how to pick places with views.
He shows me around the place, and we get Jack down to sleep in one of the guest rooms. We end up on the balcony overlooking Navy Pier as Dex reaches over and grabs my hand in his.
“I didn’t just tear up my father’s contract. I also revised ours. My lawyer sent it digitally if you’d like to take a look.”
Her brows dip a little. “Can you tell me what you changed?”
“A few things. I took out you being his nanny. I don’t want to pay you to nanny for him when you’re his stepmother.
You were right about that, and if anything positive came out of the past few days, it’s knowing that I could do this.
I want to strike a balance where you get your time and I get mine, but we also get family time.
And since you’re my wife, you don’t need a paycheck.
My lawyer is ordering credit cards linked to mine in your name. ”
My jaw drops.
“I could see you getting bored at the penthouse, Ains. I want you to do whatever it is that’s going to make you happy, and I want you to be able to do it without limitations.
If we need to hire a nanny so you can work somewhere else, so be it.
If you want to farm butterflies on the balcony, I’m on board.
If you want to open a kiosk at the mall where you write names on grains of rice, you have my support. ”
“Farm butterflies?” I repeat with a giggle.
“What? It’s a thing. My point is that I want you to be happy, and I want to facilitate life in a way that allows you to do whatever you want.”
Tears heat behind my eyes. I’m not sure how I deserve all this, but it’s somehow mine anyway.
“I want to go back to school to get my degree in elementary education,” I blurt.
He turns to look at me, and he pins me with that hot gaze for a few beats. “You do?”
“It’s always been a regret that I went into communications instead of education, and I could go the route of a master’s degree in education, plow through a program in as little as a year, and start next school year in the classroom.
It would have to come together quickly, but I think it could be done. ”
“Then do it. I’ll do whatever I can to make it happen,” he says.
“Really?” I ask, and he nods.
“Of course, Ains. But only if you promise to get one of those slutty teacher outfits to wear for me on the weekends.”
I laugh, but then I move in and press my lips to his, and I pull back to say, “Oh, I’ll even wear it for you on a school night.”
He thrusts his hips to mine, and I can tell just the thought of me in my slutty teacher outfit has him ready to go.
His mouth opens to mine, and he kisses me with urgency and need, as if it’s been months since we were last together and not just a couple of days.
He pulls back, his eyes hooded and dark with desire, and then he grabs my hand and pulls me inside. We walk past Jack’s room, and he leads me into another guest room.
He closes the door, and less than ten seconds later, we’re both naked as clothes fly in every direction, and we’re both very clear on what’s about to happen.
This is it. My first ever makeup sex.
He gets on the bed first, and he lies on his back. He fists his own cock and strokes himself a few times, and I watch with rapt attention as the searing throb pulses tightly between my legs.
“Climb on top of me and get that cunt over my face,” he demands. “Face away from the headboard.”
The ache throbs harder as I leap into position, following his instructions. I’m practically sitting on his face, hovering as I rest on my knees, not sure what’s going to happen next.
“Now lean forward and suck my cock into your mouth,” he says, and I lean forward, take his cock from his hands, and pump my fist up and down a few times before I take him into my mouth. He yanks on my hips to pull me down over his face, and then I feel his tongue as it swipes through my pussy.
I jerk over him, and I may bare my teeth a little on his cock, and he grunts, his sound giving the effect of vibrating against my pussy. It only serves to drive still more pleasure toward me, as if I wasn’t already on the brink of an orgasm.
Hell, just him showing up today, giving me everything I asked for…that’s climax-inducing all on its own. I was three-quarters of the way there when I walked into this condo, if we’re being honest.
“Fuck, Ains. That feels so goddamn good,” he murmurs as I slide his shaft in and out of my mouth. He sucks on my clit, and my legs start to tremble as the release builds.
I suck on him harder, and completely and totally without warning, I feel his finger as it slides through my wetness and right into my ass.
Oh my God.
I’ve never felt anything there before, and he’s inched close to it a few times. But to have his finger there, moving in and out…it’s such a strange sensation that feels somehow forbidden and sexy at the same time.
I moan loudly and push my hips back to let him know I like it, and he keeps doing it while his tongue starts to move in and out of my pussy.
It’s so many sensations at once with his cock in my mouth as his grunts and groans telling me he’s enjoying every second of this as much as I am.
His sounds continue to hum against me, pushing me into an orgasm that seems to explode over me completely out of the blue.
I keep sucking his cock as I come all over his face, my pussy contracting over and over as the wetness nearly turns into a damn waterfall coming out of me, and he stays with me beat for beat.
And just as my jerks start to calm, his begin.
“Fuck yes,” he groans. “Baby, I’m about to come,” he warns, and I keep sucking on him, wanting him to explode in my mouth and give me every last drop just as much as I want him to explode inside my pussy and give it all to me there.
I want to spend the night naked, with him slipping into me whenever he wants, to make me his sexual toy to use.
I want to take the pleasure I’ve been missing my entire adult life until I met him.
I want to make up for lost time as we make up for nearly ending what’s growing to be the most important thing I’ve ever experienced before.
And that’s what we’ll do. Because we have time now. We’ve proven to each other that this is what matters, and nothing and no one can ever take that away from us.
It may have started as a play fake, but it’s ending with the happily ever after I never saw coming when I flew to Vegas to take part in a reality television show.