2X The Heat (2X The Pleasure 1)

“What is it, Tristan?”

“Hello to you too. What time is the dinner tonight?” I rolled my eyes.

“Seven. But we will be there at six. I have to go.” She hung up.

“Be there at six,” I told Levi, “how the hell do you tolerate that woman anyway?” I asked him.

He laughed aloud. “I don’t know. I love her. I don’t notice much else.”

I thought about what he said.

“How do you know that, that you really love her?” I asked him.

He thought to himself, the frown lines on his face relaxing.

“Dude, I asked her to marry me eight years ago and I waited all this time for her to say yes. That’s how I know.”

Chapter Twenty Six: Tristan

When the tailor was done poking me I took myself to the café to grab lunch, and got some cake pops for Emilia. I learned they were her favorite when I saw her yesterday at the floral shop. I was filling in for Levi again.

I made my way to her shop and let myself in. She was by the register, probably balancing it. She was so concentrated she did not even look up from what she was doing. I smiled softly and walked up, announcing my presence.

“Hey, baby doll.” She gasped, jumping a bit as she looked at me. Then she smiled brightly and relaxed.

“You scared me.” She eyed the bag. “Is that for me?” I nodded, and she beamed. She was so damned cute.

“Thank you.” She popped a vanilla cake pop in her mouth. She looked adorable in her pink graphic tee and holey jeans. Her hair pinned up loosely. I was staring shamelessly.

“No problem…what are you doing?” I asked her. She licked some icing from her lip and I followed her little tongue as she licked it away. It went right to my dick, always acting up around her.

“I’m trying to balance the register. But it isn’t coming up right.” She looked down at the number sheets, frustrated.

“I’ll help you.” I stepped around the counter and she unlocked it for me. I stepped up next to her, inhaling her fresh lilac scent.

“Really?” she looked at me like I did not know basic check book balancing.

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“Emilia, I have a degree in electrical mathematics. I can balance a check book.”

She giggled and stepped aside. She watched me and ate her cake pops as I did it in about ten minutes. She was doing well, overhead was well below profits.

“There you go.” She looked at the numbers like it wasn’t real.

“Whoa, this is good.” She said to herself. I nodded in agreement.

“What time are you getting to the dinner?” I asked her.

“Around four. I’m leaving soon actually.”

“You’re staying at the hotel, right?” I asked her, hopeful.

“Yeah. It will make it easier tomorrow. “

Levi and Gab decided to book the hotel out for the night so the guests invited to the rehearsal dinner could just stay the night. It made things easier, for sure. But I was going out on a limb here with Emilia.

“I was thinking…we could get a room together.”