Broken

Carrie grinned, but felt only slightly relieved by his words.

“You taught me to let go and move on. That is exactly what I am doing. The relationship I had and the relationship that is going to last the rest of my life are entirely different. There is nothing about moving in with my fiancée that gives me any kind of reservation,” he assured, “I promise.”

Carrie shook her head in agreement, raised her glass and expressed, “To us!”

“To the future we were meant to have,” Johnathan added before clanking his class against Carrie’s again. “I love you, Carrie.”

“And I love you, Johnathan,” she exclaimed.

“Oh, and I have one more surprise for you,” Johnathan added after a

moment of silence.

“There’s more?”

“Well, it’s more of an…in addition to…I booked us a room upstairs.”

“Wow, you were pretty confident in this, weren’t you?” Carrie teased.

“Well, I figured I couldn’t lose. If you said yes, we’d have a wonderful night, without any interruptions. If you said no, I’d have a place to wallow in my pity,” he sneered, and Carrie playfully swatted at his arm.

“You knew I was going to say yes!”

He shook his head, genuine in his response, “No. I was scared shitless.”

Carrie shook her head, “I would’ve thought you knew me better than that.”

With that, Johnathan’s eyes dropped to a seductive expression and the corner of his mouth curled up, into a suggestive expression.

“What do you say we go up to our hotel room and get to know one another, just a little bit better?”

Eager to show her fiancé just how pleased she was by the night’s turn of events, Carrie was nearly at the door of the restaurant before Johnathan had even finished his suggestion.

Johnathan met up with Carrie in the lobby, he hastily walks up to her and immediately takes her into his arms.

The two begin to kiss intermittently as they walk toward the elevator.

Waiting for the elevator, Cassie eagerly turns toward Johnathan and deepens the kiss. She wraps her arms around his neck and pulls herself close to him.

By the time the elevator arrives, the couple barely notices.

Yet, Johnathan has the presence of mind to guide Carrie back, into the elevator and close the doors before they make anyone uncomfortable.

The surge of the elevator going upward, along with the pressure of Johnathan pressing his muscular body against, her, makes Carrie’s heart start to race, while her stomach churns enthusiastically.

By the time the elevator doors open on their floor, neither of them cares about making anyone else uncomfortable. The two are too enamored in one another.

As soon as the door opens, Carrie presses Johnathan out, backing him up until his back hits the wall behind them.

Carrie giggles as Johnathan grasps her, yanking her up so that her legs can swing around his waist.

Continuing to deepen the kiss, secured in Johnathan’s arms, Carrie weaves her fingers through Johnathan’s hair, reveling in the familiar, yet erotic taste of him.

Together, the couple stagger down the corridor, until they reach their room number.

Johnathan already has the key in hand and as he presses Carrie against the door, his eyes drop to the key slot. He shoves the key into the slot and opens the door, seemingly in one movement.

Once inside, Johnathan closes the door again and swings Carrie around, so that they both land on the bed.