Kᴀɴᴛʜᴏɴʏ Oɴᴇsʜᴏᴛs

A surprise

Around 6pm Kate gets off work. She gathers her stuff in her bag and walks out of the office, keys jingling between her fingers as she makes her way to her car. Her phone buzzes inside her pocket, she shuffles it out and frowns as a very disturbing text flashes across the screen.

Hurry up to the rooftop if you want your husband alive- xxx

Shocked, she rushes to the car and speeds up to their house. Her face contorting into a painful expression, heart beat quickening as she speeds down the road, praying and hoping for her husband to be okay.

"Anthony!" She calls out as she enters their house, throwing her bag away, climbing up the stairs two at a time.

Panting heavily she enters the rooftop and looks around in disbelief. There's no sign of her husband, or any other mysterious killer. Instead,

The whole rooftop is decorated with scented candles and fairy lights hanging off the tree branches, there's a mat on the floor with fluffy pillows on it. A small coffee table in the middle with a rose and a card on, and a picnic basket on the side.

Kate just stares, not knowing how to feel. A killer possibly can't do all this, right? Does that mean her idiot of a husband did this? Scared the shit out of her and- she stomps over to the card and grabs it, unfolding the paper.

Sorry to scare you, my love. But there's nothing better than to look at the surprise on your face.

Happy anniversary, tonight we kissed for the first time and I wanted to celebrate this day in a cliche way. So if you're not in the mood of killing me, turn around
- your husband.

Taking the rose off the table Kate can't help but smirk at the thought of Anthony remembering the date of their first kiss. Such a sap.

She turns around and is met with the gracious sight of none other than Anthony Bridgerton, her lover, her husband, her eternity.

"Happy anniversary." He opens his arms with a slight smirk playing on his perfectly shaped lips.

Kate clicks her tongue before stepping in his embrace, wrapping her arms around his neck and looking deep into his orangish brown eyes.

"Happy anniversary, you idiot." She chuckles, Anthony joining in.

"But I love you anyway. And thank you for this." She says genuinely, gently brushing their noses together.

"And I love you." He cups her jaw with one hand and pulls her by the hips with the other, carefully pressing their lips together.

Kate lets the rose fall through her fingers, digging his nails in his soft locks, tugging at the corners and earning a soft groan from the man. She smiles into the kiss. Anthony licks over her bottom lip and she teases him, not opening her mouth, both smiling while Anthony groaning in frustration. He gently bits on her bottom lip and she gasps, he takes the chance in to slipping his tongue through, smirking in victory.

Well, Kate could never lose to this dork.

Both pulls away heavily breathing, heads pressed against the other.

"Let's get to that mat and watch the stars, what do you say?" Anthony asks and Kate nods.

They settle on the mat, Anthony pulls out some food from the basket. Two sandwiches, a bottle of orange juice, dried fruits and some leftover cake.

"You made this?" Kate asks gesturing to the sandwiches, eyeing the food with dubious eyes.

Anthony glares. "Sure did. Just try it. I bet it's awesome." He challanges.

Kate takes a suspicious bite but her face lits up and she takes another bite, quickly finishing it off.

"It's actually great, babe. I didn't know you had it in you."

"Aww thanks, love." Anthony kisses her cheek.

When they are full, they lay down on the mat and looks up at the sky, filled with twinkling stars, shining upon them.

Kate scoots over and rests her head on his shoulder, legs tangled, arms around each other, contented sighs filling up the space.

"How did I get so lucky to have you?" She breaks the comfortable silence and feels the brunette kissing the top of her head.

"Same here."

After staring for a while more, Kate looks up to see Anthony already staring down at her, eyes intense and full of love, glazing under the warm glow of the fairy lights. Kate licks her lips, leaning forward, Anthony also leans down and closes the gap, connecting their lips in a soft and loving kiss.

Buring his fingers in Kate's hair, Anthony kisses her hard, tangling their tongues and earning soft moans from his wife. Kate runs her hands all over her man's chest and jaws, kissing with all the love she feels.

Anthony rolls them over and hovers over the girl, pulling away from her lips to trail kisses down her jaw to her neck, grazing the skin between his teeth. Kate gasps, pulling at his hair as she breaths heavily.

"Let's take this downstairs." Anthony mumbles against her skin. Kate nods eagerly.

They get up and stumble down the stairs, rushing off to their bedroom, giggling and laughing like teenagers.

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