Chapter 43
Chapter Forty-Three
Lilly hadn’t seen Elijah for over a day and she missed him.
He finally got in touch and said that they were all going out for dinner to celebrate Jack and Olivia’s return from their honeymoon.
They’d only been away for a week. Still, Olivia missed her Thursday dinner and wanted them all to get together before everyone went their separate ways.
Lilly sat on the edge of the sofa bouncing her knee up and down with nerves, she waited for Elijah to return. Jack and Olivia were doing their best to entertain her with shocking questions aimed at her.
“Do you like anal Lilly? Teasing the starfish, do you like that?” Jack asked.
“Stop trying to embarrass me, it won’t work now, I’m used to your shocking statements.
I won’t watch you have sex. You can’t watch me have sex.
I don’t want to be whipped or tied up and no you can’t drip wax on me.
I am thrilled you two have such an open sex life but could you stop having your honeymoon right in front of my eyes. Please?” Lilly said.
Lilly looked over at the newlyweds, legs and arms wrapped around each other and they kissed.
It was quite a turn on for Lilly, she hadn’t met such openly sexual people and their lack of shame allowed her to look and stare and enjoy what she saw.
She wasn’t going to admit one word of it out loud.
She wouldn’t be able to cope with the shame of them knowing she liked what she saw.
“We don’t mind, do we Olivia, its only skin after all,” Jack said.
“Sure, if Lilly wants to watch I’m all for an audience, I’ve never had one before,” Olivia said.
“Stop teasing me Olivia, I know you would never allow anyone to watch you two,” Lilly said.
“Ok fine, but can we still kiss, is that acceptable?” Olivia asked.
“Fine, I just hope Elijah hurries up because I’m reasonably sure Jack’s hand was in your pants just a second ago,” Lilly said.
Jack burst out laughing, army rolled the pair of them off the sofa and onto the floor. He settled himself on top of Olivia, threaded his fingers into her hair above her head and then turned again so that Olivia lay on top.
“See, look no hands in pants, all above board, just kissing.” Jack confirmed and made a demonstration.
“Don’t you two ever give it a break?” Elijah asked from the morning room doorway.
Lilly jumped up and ran to his open arms. He hugged her tight and kissed her soundly on the lips.
“Did you miss me?” Elijah asked.
“Is it done?” Lilly said.
“Yes, it’s done, he got arrested an hour ago, now, tell me, did you miss me?” Elijah said.
“Yes, I missed you, can we get a move on, or we’ll be late.” Lilly said.
“Is everything in place?” Elijah said to Jack and Olivia.
“Everything is done Elijah, exactly like you asked,” Jack said and continued to kiss his wife.
“Elijah what are they talking about?” Lilly asked.
“Nothing sweetheart, you’ll see when we get there.” Elijah told her.
“It’s just dinner, what have you organised, I don’t like surprises,” Lilly said.
“What? You don’t like surprises. I don’t believe it, everyone like surprises,” Elijah said.
“I don’t, what’s going on?” Lilly said.
Elijah lifted Lilly up and carried her to the sofa and threw her down, he quickly followed and tickled her ribs until she was in fits of giggles.
“Tell me you like surprises Lilly,” Elijah asked.
“I don’t.” She gasped in-between dragging air into her lungs from the onslaught of tickling.
“Wrong answer,” Elijah said.
Elijah started up the tickling until Lilly was in fits of giggles and wriggled under his body. It didn’t help his already semi-hard cock, and that Lilly was rubbing against him. With Jack and Olivia in the room giggling away as well, it kept him under control.
“Are you ready to confess Lilly, do you or do you not like surprises?” Elijah asked.
“Ok, ok, I like surprises, anything to stop the tickling I can’t take it anymore,” Lilly said.
“Good, now change into jeans and be quick about it, we don’t have all day to hang about here wasting time,” Elijah mock scolded and slapped Lilly’s bottom as she stood up.
“I thought we were going out to dinner?” Lilly said.
“We are, but there is a change of venue, we’re just going to get sausage and mash at the local pub instead.
You’re now over-dressed in that skimpy little number, so get in that bedroom and change.
Dress into blue jeans and a white t-shirt, you’ve got ten minutes or I’m dragging you out as you are,” Elijah said.
“Ok bossy, I’m going,” Lilly said and saluted.
Lilly walked over to Jack and Olivia, who were also wearing jeans and white t-shirts, she thought they looked cute together in matching outfits.
Lilly changed quickly and returned to the morning room to rather a lot more people than when she left.
Harry had arrived and was admiring his painting with wet cheeks.
Ruth and Michael were quietly laughing. Cecily and Mickey played thumb wars on the sofa, and Angie and Gareth discussed a list in Gareth’s hand.
Jack and Olivia hadn’t moved and were still wrapped in each other’s arms on the floor.
That left Elijah the only person standing on his own.
He had a length of blue silk in his hand, and he was playing with it nervously.
He cleared his throat, and the whole room came to quiet and looked over at Lilly.
She had complied and dressed in blue jeans and a white t-shirt.
As were the rest of the group. She couldn’t work out why they were all dressed the same.
She wondered if it a stipulation of the restaurant that they were going to.
“Lilly my love, I need to blindfold you, are you ok with that? I want where we are going to be a surprise.” Elijah asked with hesitation.
“Ok, I trust you, let’s get going, I’m starving,” Lilly said.
Elijah smiled and stepped up to her and walked around to her back and placed her blindfold. He moved back to face her and kissed her once on the lips.
“I hope you like where we’re going,” he whispered to her and kissed her again.
In a quick movement, he picked up Lilly in his arms and carried her out of her apartment and down to the waiting cars.
She had no idea what was going to happen, but he was still nervous she would work it out before he got her there.
The drivers took the entire group on a five-minute drive to the city’s centre, and they all jumped out to the cars.
The noise was similar to a group of kids going to the seaside for the first time.
They all stood in a row with their backs to Lilly and then when Elijah was happy he took her blindfold off. He cupped her cheeks, looked into her eyes and took a deep breath and let it out while he composed himself. He placed the pendant around her neck.
“We’re here,” he said but didn’t let her go, so she was unable to see where she was.
Lilly struggled a bit to let him drop his hands, and she looked at her surroundings.
She stood outside a grey two storey building, built in the sixties.
Confusion washed over her face. Did they sell sausage and mash at council offices these days?
Feeling the pendant around her neck she looked back to Elijah, but he was gone.
He’d found it.
Slowly she looked further around her, spotting the row of friends and family, reading the backs of the t-shirts. Elijah joined in on the end. Each person had a letter on the back, and it spelt. LET’S GET WED.
She looked up again at the building. They were at City Hall. He wanted to get married today, right now. The suspense was killing everyone, and they slowly all turned around and waited for Lilly’s response. She was in tears, running up to Elijah, leaping into his arms.
“Of course, I will, but let’s get a move on as I’m starving, and you promised me sausage and mash.” Lilly said.
With a collective cheer, the assembled group walked into the building.
Thank you for reading Loving Lilly, the second book in the Devoted Men series.