From This Moment

I’m having a good time chatting away with Anna, Beth and Elise, but after about an hour, I’m starting to get tired and my concentration is drifting. Wanting a look at Cade, I glance upstairs only to discover him on his way down.

I smile when our eyes meet and find that I’m unable to look away. Cade walks over to me, and cupping my face in his hands, leans in and kisses me. It’s so sweet it brings tears to my eyes.

I raise my fingers to caress his face, and he kisses my palm. “Are you okay?”

“Not really. I could do with some more painkillers.” I smother a yawn behind my hand.

Cade looks concerned so I slip my hand into his and with a slight squeeze, let him know I’m okay now that he’s with me.

He turns around to face his family. “Are you girls enjoying your gossip?” he asks my three grinning friends.

/> “I think I speak for us all when I say we enjoyed that the most.” Beth waves her finger between Cade and me.

“I’m a very lucky woman.” I laugh as I look at my friends then back to Cade.

He sits next to me while I take the painkillers. Then, with help, I rearrange myself so I’m using Cade as a cushion. I’ve become tired during the morning. Listening to everyone talking away, my thoughts turn to Elise and Jake.

“Elise, have you and Jake discussed when your home will be ready?”

That’s the one thing I keep forgetting to ask Jake.

“It should be finished within a couple of months. Jake wants to get the house fully furnished before we move in.” She grins. “I told him I’d be happy with a just a bed.” She blushes when she remembers Cade is in the room.

He laughs. “If I know Jake, it will be ready a lot sooner than a couple of months. He’s always been impatient.”

“I can help you with the shopping part.” I grin. I love shopping, and not always for clothes.

“Once you get back from vacation, I’ll take you up on that.”

“Is it only me who doesn’t know where I’m going?” I’m a little bit disgruntled. I hate not knowing things when everyone else does.

“No, sweetheart. I’m the only one who knows where we’re going.” He kisses my nose. “You’ll love it so stop trying to find out where I’m taking you.”

Beth stands and gathers her things together. “Ladies, c’mon. Let’s go and leave them in peace.”

Saying goodbye to my friends sees the last of my energy draining from my body.

Once they’ve disappeared, Cade comes over and kneels in front of me. He takes hold of my hands. “You need to rest. Let me be your knight in shining armor and carry you upstairs.”

“Sounds good, are we going to get naked?” I ask him as he lifts me up into his arms. I lick up from his collarbone to his ear, causing him to stumble.

“Unless you want me to put you down on the stairs, rip your pants off and slide my cock inside you, keep talking,” he growls.

“Are you ‘rising’ to the occasion?”

“Sweetheart, I’d ‘risen’ to the occasion the minute I touched you.”

“Then it won’t matter if I tell you what I want to do to you when I fully recover, does it?”

“Unless you want me coming in my sweats, then it does.”

We reach the top of the stairs, and I tease, “I want you naked, sitting in one of the chairs downstairs. You will be hugely erect and throbbing. I’m also going to be naked, kneeling between your legs while you watch me suck you dry.”

As Cade lays me on the bed, I notice his hands shaking. His eyes are full of lust and his erection is huge under his sweats. Wow, I did this to him.

“One touch from you and I’m going to explode.” He nearly chokes on the words.

Cade