Chapter 36- Ace
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We spend the day leisurely swimming and laying out on the deck. The sun shines overhead, twinkling through the large trees while the low hum of the playlist I made for Nova plays in the background. I may or may not have given her the performance of a lifetime when I belted out For Your Entertainment, ending on my knees squirting sunscreen on my chest. She said it was life changing and who was I to disagree.
We’re on two loungers at the end of the dock, trying to warm up in the sunshine and as much as I want to be fully present, I can’t stop thinking about Lizzy's rehearsal dinner. The man who held onto Nova's shoulder looked so familiar but I can’t put my finger on where I'd seen him before. Of the family members I had met or researched, he wasn't included in the list. He looked too cozy with Thad and happy about what her Aunt was going to do so he must be involved with them somehow. He has to be?
“Hey, darlin'?”
“Mmmmm,”
she responds lazily as drops of water bead on her skin, catching in the sunlight.
“There was a guy with your Aunt at the party. I'm not familiar with him. Do you know who he is?”
I question.
“Oh ... um ... I know who you're talking about but no, I'm not sure I know him. I feel like I've seen him before though.”
I'm annoyed at myself for asking the question now. Here I am trying to move her on from everything that happened and I'm the one with the bright idea to bring it up.
“Sorry, love. I shouldn't have brought it up.”
“No, it's not that. I was thinking about something else. And I didn't expect you to say that,”
she says, sitting up on the lounger and looking at me. Propping myself up on my elbow, I stare at her, my eyebrow raised ready for her to keep talking.
“I want to have sex.”
My jaw drops instantly. Out of everything she was going to say that was not on my list.
“With me?”
My voice cracks like I'm 15 again and my brain has short circuited. She wants to have sex.
Snorting, she lays down on her back and looks out to the view. “Ideally with you but if you’re not interes–”
“I’m interested! I'm interested!”
I yell out, as I scramble off my lounger and kneel at her side like a beggar looking for scraps. “Have sex with me, I volunteer. I'm good at it, I promise ... I think my desperation showed a little just then didn't it,”
I say hanging my head low. Way to play it cool, Ace.
“Ace,”
she bursts out laughing, “of course with you!”
she holds her hand to my cheek looking at me lovingly. “Of all the people on the planet, I was only planning on having sex with you. I'm really into big, strong, very handsome, sexy men,” she says, laughing.
I puff up my chest at her words, proud that she has chosen me as her husband despite the light ribbing. “You forgot my massive cock,”
I declare, and the drink she was taking a sip of sprays across my face as she burst out laughing.
“Now look at what you've done.”
“You should never laugh at the size of a man's cock, darlin'. You must be looking for punishment,”
I say grinning down at her before hoisting her into my arms and jumping into the water, her laughter ringing out all around us.
When we’ve both caught our breaths and she's wrapped around me as I tread water, I whisper in her ear, “Tonight, wife. I’ll take care of your sweet pussy, tonight.”
Her breath catches and her eyes shine with desire. A plan already forming of everything I want to do to her.