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  “That was amazing, baby,” I say into her hair.

  “Best birthday present ever,” she sighs back to me.

  We both fall asleep in each other’s arms and I get the best night’s sleep in years. I wake before Tessa does and just enjoy having her in my arms. Being able to feel her breath against my skin just does something to me. I know in this moment I would do anything for this woman. It might be early in our relationship, hell, we have only known each other a few weeks, but she completes me. She could easily reach in right now and fucking rip my heart out of my chest. I am falling head over heels for this woman in my arms. I can only hope she is doing the same with me. I will do everything in my power to show her what she has come to mean to me, and I can only hope she feels the same way.

  Tessa stirs awake an hour or so later and I shift her so I can kiss her good morning. She kisses me back and then squirms out of my arms.

  “Hey, I wasn’t done holding you,” I tell her as she gets off the bed.

  “Don’t worry, I’ll be back, I just need to pee,” she says as she heads into the bathroom.

  I realize I need to do the same, so as she is in the master bathroom I head to the hall bathroom and then meet her back in bed. I have plans for her this morning before I plan to feed her. I’m sure she can’t spend all day in bed with me but I will take all the time I can get.

  I beat her back to the bed and am waiting as she emerges. She has scrubbed the remaining makeup off her face and pulled her hair up into a messy bun. She must have swiped the t-shirt I took off last night off the floor, as she is now standing in the bathroom doorway wearing nothing but a smile and my shirt and fuck, she looks hot in it.

  “Come here, beautiful,” I say to her as I crick my finger at her, summoning her to come back to me.

  “Only if you agree to let me be in charge,” she says with a sexy smile.

  Holy fuck that was hot coming from her lips. My cock stands to attention from that comment. I shudder to answer her as all the blood in my body rushes to my growing erection.

  “Yes, ma’am,” I finally groan out.

  “Hands to yourself, mister,” she tells me as she saunters over to the bed with a coy smile on her lips. I reach my hands up and tuck my hands under my head to help keep them from reaching for her. She straddles me and I can feel her arousal coat my cock. I have to hold myself back from shifting my hips and thrusting myself into her. I know she wants to control the pace this morning, so I am going to sit back and enjoy the show.

  Tessa slowly removes my shirt from her body. She then leans forward and starts kissing along my jaw and moves so she is kissing her way down my neck, down my chest and to my abs. I can’t control how much her touch causes my muscles to twitch. It is such an erotic feeling. She continues to kiss down my body until her mouth is in line with my cock. I go to reach for her and then remember that she told me to keep my hands to myself. Evil woman! I just about come when she licks the tip of my dick and then looks up at me all sexy like. Without breaking eye contact, she lowers her head down and wraps her lips around my cock. H.O.L.Y. F.U.C.K.I.N.G. S.H.I.T. I am ready to blow my load in her mouth right now. I have to grind my teeth to keep myself from pumping my hips up and remind myself to let her set the pace. The next thing I feel is my cock hitting the back of her throat and she fucking hums around my cock. I can’t take it any longer so I reach down and pull her up my body.

  “Sorry, sweetheart, if I didn’t pull you off my cock right then this would have been over before we got to the best part.”

  She leans down and kisses me as I reach for a condom from the nightstand. She takes the condom from me and it’s sexy as fuck to watch her rip it open and then roll it down my shaft. She is still straddling me and lifts enough to align us and then sinks down on me. Once she is fully seated, she stills to adjust to my size. Once she’s adjusted, she starts riding me, and God, does it feel fantastic. After the blow job and now the rate she’s riding me, I am not going to last long at all. I reach between us and start stroking her clit. She starts moaning, “Don’t stop, I’m almost…” and her climax takes over. I can feel her entire body shake with the intensity of the orgasm as it moves its way through her body. I follow her over the edge and ride out my orgasm. She collapses onto me and we both just lie their until we both are back to breathing normal. Just then my stomach makes the loudest noise and we both bust out laughing.

  “A little hungry, are you?” she asks me as she places a kiss on my chest.

  “Starving,” I tell her as I pull her up so I can kiss her on the lips.

  “So am I.” She giggles back at me as her stomach also starts making noises.

  “Well, let’s get cleaned up and then I will make you some breakfast,” I tell her as I lean in to kiss her again.

  I lift her up so that we actually make it out of the bed and we both head toward the bathroom. I snake my arm around her, nuzzling her neck. “How does a shower sound first?”

  “Like heaven,” she says, catching me checking her out as we walk toward the bathroom.

  I release her and turn on the water. As it warms up I take care of disposing the condom and we both get in the shower. I grab the shampoo and start to wash her hair. Next comes the body wash and I make sure to do a thorough job and don’t miss a spot. I drop the washcloth and slip my hand between her legs and my fingers find their way to her opening. I slip two fingers inside and rub my thumb around her clit. While she is riding my hand, she reaches down and starts stroking my cock. I didn’t think I could be ready to go again so soon, but I’m ready to blow already. We both ride out our orgasms and finish washing up.

  Tessa dresses in the clothes that I had originally set out for her last night and we head out to the kitchen. I pull out some eggs, bacon, and potatoes for hash browns. I am prepping breakfast and thinking about what we could possibly do today. “Do you want coffee with your breakfast?” I ask her as she is sitting on a bar stool watching me get breakfast ready.

  “No, water or juice would be nice.”

  “There is some OJ in the fridge, help yourself, beautiful. Breakfast will be done in just a few more minutes. Once you get yourself some juice, can you pop some toast in the toaster for me, please?” I ask her as I wrap my arm around her so I can pull her in for a quick kiss.

  “Sure, would you like a glass of juice? And what cabinet are your glasses in?” she asks after she deepens the kiss.

  “Glasses are in the cabinet to the left of the sink and a glass of OJ sounds great. Thanks, babe.”

  I realize how easy I have slipped into calling her babe or baby. It just feels so natural to me. Maybe over breakfast we can talk about where this is going and what she wants, because I fucking want everything with this woman.

  Breakfast is ready and I bring the plates to the table as Tessa carries the glasses of OJ. We are both starving, so we both dig in and chow down. Once I am finished I bring up what I was thinking about earlier.

  “What are your plans for today? Did you have anything you need to get done? Maybe we could go get Ty and go do something fun with him?”

  “I didn’t have anything planned for today knowing that I would need to recover after last night. I do need to get Ty from my parents’ house sooner rather than later.”

  Knowing I need to feel her out on where she stands with us, I decide I just need to pull the band-aid off and ask her. “And how are you feeling about you and me? Willing to see where this goes between the two of us?” I ask her, while catching her beautiful blue eyes.

  “I won’t lie and tell you I’m not nervous about dating again, but what I am feeling between us is something that I have not felt since I was a teenager dating Matt and it is something I want to explore. I need you to be ok with moving slowly. I know last night and this morning was anything but slow, and I don’t regret any of what we shared together. I just need you to be okay with things going at my pace.”

  “I understand you wanting to move slow, and I agree with you that we have some amazing chemi
stry together. I would like to continue to explore it together. What are you comfortable with when we are around Ty?”

  I can tell that I have shocked her by asking her this. I can read this woman and know that Ty is the number one priority in her life. Because of that, I need to make Ty and Tessa my number one priority as well.

  “Um, I guess I haven’t really thought about that yet. Let’s just see how things go when he is around. I don’t think I would be comfortable with you sleeping over yet as he ends up snuggling with me in my bed most mornings, and I think that would be a little much for him right away.”

  “How about this? I will follow your lead when we are around him. If I do something you are not comfortable with, just tell me and I will back off a bit. Just make sure to let me know so I don’t make you or him uncomfortable.”

  “You, Jake Richards, are an amazing man,” she says as she leans in and kisses me. I pull her onto my lap and just enjoy being surrounded by her.

  Tessa

  Yesterday and last night were so amazing. Between the pampering at the spa with Caroline, dinner with so many of my friends and family and then our smaller group that headed out last night, my birthday was perfect. Ending the night in Jake’s arms just made it even more amazing. I feel so lucky with him in my life. If you had asked me 3 months ago if I would be dating again by my birthday I would have told you no way. Just 3 months ago, I didn’t think I was fully past the guilt of moving on from Matt.

  After cleaning up from breakfast, Jake and I head to my house so that I can get dressed and we can go get Ty.

  “Have you thought about what we should do today, babe?” Jake asks me after I am done getting changed.

  “Since it’s so nice out today, I was thinking something outdoors. Ty’s favorite places to be are outside, so he is easy to please. Let’s head to my parents’ to pick him up and we can make a plan after that.”

  I grab Ty’s booster seat from my car and toss it in the back seat of Jake’s truck before we head out. I tell Jake where my parents’ house is and he tells me that it is just a couple of streets over from the house his parents just moved into! We get to my parents’ house a few minutes later and head inside. Jake met my parents last night at the restaurant and I know they were able to chat a little bit so it isn’t like I am showing up with someone they haven’t met before. Plus, Ty has really taken to Jake after he let him help when he was installing the flooring.

  “Hey, we are here!” I yell as we walk into their house.

  “We are in the kitchen,” my mom yells back to us.

  We head into the kitchen and it smells amazing. I bet she is baking something with Ty. He loves baking and, of course, my mom fills him with sugar when they bake!

  “What smells so good in here?” I ask as I walk into the kitchen. Ty is sitting on the counter stirring something.

  “We’re making cookies!” Ty says excitedly. He finally looks up from the bowl and notices that Jake is with me.

  “Jake!” Ty yells as he jumps from the counter and runs over to him to give him a hug.

  “Hey, buddy! How are you today?” he says as he hugs Ty.

  “Great! We are making cookies! Grams even let me taste the batter…oops, I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone that.” He giggles.

  “Hey, where’s my hug?” I ask him, acting all sad.

  Don’t get me wrong. I love the idea that Ty has taken so well to Jake, but I didn’t expect to become chopped liver so quickly!

  Ty releases Jake and comes over to me. I sweep him up in a big bear hug and tuck my nose into his neck. “Momma missed you little man, did you have a fun time?”

  “I had so much fun, Momma! I got to play outside with Jack and Oliver. Then Becca came over to watch us when Luke left for dinner. We got to order pizza! Then Grams and Gramps picked me up and I had a sleepover in the living room. This morning Grams made me pancakes and now we are making cookies!” He is so excited about all he got to do while I was celebrating my birthday.

  “That all sounds like a blast, Ty. What do you want to do this afternoon?”

  “Eat cookies!” He laughs. God I could listen to him laugh all day long.

  We all laugh along with him. “I think that would give you a tummy ache if all we did this afternoon was eat cookies, silly boy. I think we will only be able to eat a couple and will need to save the rest for this week. How about we go to the park? We can pack up a picnic and take it to the park to eat.”

  “Yes! I love the park!” he says as he runs out of the kitchen.

  I just shake my head and laugh at his 6 year old antics.

  “Did you have a good time last night, Tessa?” my mom asks me.

  “I did, it was an amazing day and evening. We lucked out and ended up with a free mini concert at the bar we were at. Brett Eldredge showed up and played 5 or 6 of his songs. Caroline really did think of everything to pull off last night. I’m glad I let her take control as I would have never planned everything she did.”

  “She had fun, and you deserved it. She called me a few weeks back and she told me all her ideas. I had such a hard time from slipping up and telling you anything.”

  “How are you today, Jake?” my mom asks him.

  “I’m doing great, how are you, Teresa?”

  “I’m great, thanks for asking. It sounds like you kids have a fun afternoon planned. Do you want me to pack up some sandwiches for you so that you don’t have to go back home or stop somewhere?”

  “That would be great, Mom. I’ll go get Ty cleaned up and pack up his bag from last night. I’ll be right back,” I say to both of them.

  I leave the kitchen to go find Ty, leaving Jake in the kitchen with my mom. I can hear them talking, but don’t catch what they’re saying. I hope he doesn’t think I just abandoned him. I get Ty all packed up and he helps my mom get one last batch of cookies into the oven. She promised him she would send some with us so he can have one after lunch.

  “Thanks again, Mom, for helping with Ty last night.”

  “Anytime, Tessa. You know we don’t ever mind keeping him for you,” she says to me as she pulls me in for a hug.

  After we all say our goodbyes, we load up in Jake’s truck. Ty thinks this is the coolest thing since it is so much bigger than my car. We head straight for the park and find a place to have our picnic. I grabbed an extra blanket from my parents’ house so we would have something to sit on and we find a nice shaded spot to sit and eat. Ty must be hyped up on sugar as he can hardly sit still.

  “If you’re not ready for your sandwich, you can go play for a bit, Ty,” I tell him. He doesn’t skip a beat and runs around and plays on the climbing structure. Jake helps me lay the blanket down and we pull out the food to start eating.

  “Do you want a pop or water?” I ask him, reaching into the cooler to grab a water for myself.

  “I will take a water for now, babe.” I hand him a water and he leans over and gives me a quick sweet kiss.

  We pull out the sandwiches my mom made us and start eating. Even with the great breakfast Jake made me this morning, I’m starving suddenly. We finish our lunch, just enjoying the beautiful day. After Jake finishes his food, he moves so he is sitting behind me and pulls me against his chest. This all feels so natural and I’m loving every minute of it.

  “Is this ok?” he asks as he kisses my temple.

  “Yes.”

  “What shifts do you work this week?” he asks as he links our fingers together, wrapping me tighter in his arms.

  “I have a set schedule of Tuesday through Thursday day shift. My boss sets up our schedules as a set schedule rather than being a rotating schedule like other departments in the hospital. After Matt died I was given this shift as it worked best for having childcare for Ty. My parents were still working then and were not able to keep him for me. Most daycare centers are only open on the weekdays, so, thankfully, they were willing to work with me with my schedule. I will occasionally cover a shift on another day if someone is on vacation.”

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nbsp; “What made you want to become a nurse?”

  “I have always enjoyed helping people. I also love babies, so it is the perfect job for me! I get to help the moms and then get lots of baby snuggles once they are born!”

  “Do you still want more kids?”

  “I always thought I would have at least 2 kids, Matt and I were trying to get pregnant when he died. Since then, I haven’t really thought about it, as you are the only man I have been willing to date. Caroline and one of my sisters-in-law both set me up on dates a few years ago, but the dates didn’t end very well. I just wasn’t past all my grief from losing Matt and ready to move on. I also held a lot of guilt that I was moving on from him. It took me a long time to move my wedding ring to my right hand. But I finally realized that had the tables been turned, I would have wanted him to move on and find someone new to fall in love with.” I pause letting everything I just said sink in. “What about you, do you want kids?”

  “I always figured I would settle down, get married and then have kids. I was in one serious relationship but being deployed was hard on the relationship and we ended things. Then on my second deployment I was injured and dating hasn’t been a priority until now. I was dealing with my recovery and being in and out of the hospital all the time, additional surgeries, rehab etc. Add to that the PTSD that I have worked through, I was a mess for a few years after returning.”

  “That is a lot to overcome. I’m happy that you survived through all of that,” I say as I sit up some, noticing that Ty is running toward us.

  “I’m starving, can I eat now?” he asks when he reaches us.

  “Yep, sit down and I will get it out for you,” I tell him as I reach into the cooler and pull out his sandwich and apple slices. “Grams also packed you a juice box or a water bottle. What would you prefer?”

  “Can I have the juice, please, Mom?”

  “Yep, did you have fun playing?” I ask him as he starts eating his lunch.