Epilogue - One Year Later
Nick
I will never get used to being woken up hours before the sun is even considering rising.
This morning I don’t mind for two reasons.
One, it is the one-year anniversary of the opening of Oh, Beans!
and I had a present for Charlotte. Two, rather than being woken by an alarm clock I was coaxed from sleep by Charlotte’s very warm mouth wrapped around my dick.
Groggily, I spread my legs wider and threw the blankets off to give her better access.
In the dark, I could just make out the shape of the woman I loved kneeling between my thighs.
I grabbed her under the arms and pulled her up to kiss her.
Morning breath and all, who cared? “Someone’s excited for her big day. ”
“More than one someone,” she said, giving my half hard dick a slow tug. “Just thought we could work off some of my anxious energy before I get my ass to the bakery.”
“I’d love some time with your ass before then.
” I rolled us so she was pinned beneath me and moved my lips to her neck, enjoying her sugar sweet smell and the little noises she made as I rutted against her.
She was already naked, which was my favorite thing for her to wear, despite all the lace and silk she still tortured me with.
She hummed. “I love what you’re working toward, but I have to leave in like fifteen minutes. I’m looking for a little less slow seduction and a little more animal in heat .”
This woman.
“Ladies choice it is.” I shoved the pillows off the side of the bed and pushed myself up with a hand on either side of her head.
Her hair was a wild halo around her head and I could just see the shine of her eyes in the dark.
I grabbed one of her legs and hooked it over my hip before circling the head of my dick around her clit.
She was already wet for me. The idea that she’d done a little prep work on herself before waking me up set my half-asleep blood on fire and I sank into her wet heat.
She let out a little moan.
I circled my thumb over her clit as I started to move my hips. It was hard to keep my balance on only one hand but I didn’t want to stop long enough to find a toy that could tap in with the assist. “Feel good?”
“Faster and harder, baby. I need it today.”
I abandoned my teasing and planted both my hands to give me better leverage.
No reason for finesse when my lady wanted me to jack hammer into her like a crazed man.
I’d had enough sex with Charlotte to know that in this position, she got off on the friction from my pelvis over hers.
If not and I blew my load, I had a mouth and two hands as back up.
Not to mention her vibrating friend in the shower.
The little sounds that escaped her added fuel to the fire, and I moved faster. She crossed her ankles behind my back and encouraged me on, squeezing and releasing around me to speed up my movements. “Fuck,” she muttered as her chest shook and she convulsed around me.
Feeling her inner muscles hugging my cock as she finished had me spilling inside her. I kept up my pace until I softened and slipped out. I collapsed onto my face on the pillow next to her head. We were both breathing hard, sweaty and disheveled, but it was worth it.
After a few minutes, she shoved my hips off of hers.
“Sorry, Nick, no time for romance this morning. I’ve got to shower the sex off me and get to the bakery.”
I laughed and rolled on my side to watch her collect clean clothes from the dresser. She’d long since moved into my room and we occasionally rented out her old room to put the money toward her business debt. What she didn’t know was that I’d also used the money to buy her something special.
I got dressed while she showered. After I had completed the townhouse project, on time thanks to Derek, Wesley and a few other guys, I had cut back on the projects I’d accepted.
I didn’t have to head to work early, but I had something more important to do.
When Charlotte came to kiss me goodbye I caught her wrist. “I have something special for you to wear on your big day.”
She huffed her annoyance. “I’ve told you a million times. I know you like the lacy thongs on me, but I can’t wear them when I’m running around at work all day. The friction either causes labia injuries or makes me too horny to bake.”
I laughed again. I did a lot of that when she was around. “I had something else in mind.” I pulled a ring from my pocket and held it out to her. It wasn’t anything outrageously fancy. A simple diamond on a silver band. But I knew she wouldn’t want anything more ostentatious than that.
She looked at the ring, then back at me, her eyes wide and questioning.
“I know you have to go but I can’t stand another day without making it official. I love you, Charlotte. Enough to share my life and my house with you. Enough to end a twenty-year feud with your brother. Enough to work less to support your dream business. I need-”
She cut me off with her lips on mine, which was just as well. I’d had a whole speech prepared and forgotten half of it as soon as I’d stood in front of her. “I love you too, and yes. Of course, my answer is yes.” She snatched the ring from my hand and slid it onto her own finger.
My pulse had been beating rapidly as I’d tried to put how I felt into words. As the ring slid on her finger, I felt peace. That was what she had brought to my life. A peaceful kind of excitement that I would never let go.
Does Derek ever find love? Find out in Beauty and the Builder , coming July 4th, 2025
Wait, who is this Wesley guy? Find out in Making a Mountain Man , coming July 25th 2025