So we fooled around all day. I finally ask about dinner. He says, "I ordered room service, Baby." I said, "What did you order?" He said, "I don't remember." I said, "You better remember." Looking at him with that look. He said, "It will be here shortly, you will see." I said, "It hadbetter be what you promised me, Sweetheart." He just smiled. I said"What does that mean?" See he screws me with me too. I am better at it though. (wicked laugh) Sure enough, about 5 minuets it showed up. I could smell the charcoal broiling and it was heavenly. I have no idea what he got and I don't care. This is pure indulgence for me especially with him. I threw my dress on fast. It was just him and me. They set the dinner up for us and I was ready to dive in. He came in for a kiss. No problem, I will suck his face off for this, along with something else. This is almost as good as sex. My panties are getting damp. I was trying to not act too anxious and keep my cool.Back to the kiss. I just trailed my lips over his and gently sealed the kiss. He reciprocated. I did not want to act too excited or the dinner would be skipped and I am not going to be deprived of this. He took the lid off and Ooooo, it was beautiful fillet with a mushroom sauce, Crawfish-risotto fritter, roasted asparagus. There was some kind of salad and dinner bread. I was focused on the steak. It looks like he ordered scallops.I smiled and said, "Thank you Sweetheart. This is really nice of you to indulge me. I appreciate it." He was eating the salad and I dove straight for the jugular and hit that fillet. Ahhh, it was wonderful. I know I had a blitz out face. I haven't had one of these in a long time. I cleaned my plate. I was stuffed. I did not eat the salad or bread. We have a fridge so that can be for tomorrow. Or whatever. He knows he's going to be rewarded for this. He is taking his time eating. I ask him if he wants a coffee or tea and he said,"Tea." So I fix myself a cup of coffee and a tea for him. He likes it with a lot of honey. You could just give him tea flavored honey and he would be good to go. I asked him if he like his dinner? He said, "I enjoy this as much as you did yours." I said, "Thank you Sweetheart. I enjoyed it immensely. I love you so much! What time is the limo picking us up tonite?" He said, "We don't have to be there until 9:00 so we have plenty of time. I leaned over and kissed him. I said, "I'm going to get ready to go." As I am going by, he grabs my skirt and pulls me into his lap. He says, "Not so fast mama." His hands are all over me. Up my skirt and down my cleavage.I kissed him ever so passionately. He knows he's going to be rewarded now and later. He will benefit for a few days. I am carried to the bedroom and he sits me on the bench at the foot of the bed. He takes off my dress and kneels down to take off my panties as I kick my shoes off. I loved him up so good for that dinner, he will not forget any time soon. We get a shower to get ready for the concert of course,there is shower sex. He says, "Wear something sexy."
We head to the limo and get over to the venue. We are at Promontory Point in Hyde Park. George and Mellody Lucas meet with us briefly and we exchange congratulations on ours and their marriage. Prince tells them to move their guests to the performance area as he is getting ready to start.I texted Ray to meet me as I have no idea where he is with over 500 people in attendance. We get to the performance stage to find out there are some technical difficulties. Prince gets up on stage to help figure what the problem is. I meet up with Ray. He is so excited. He was bubbling like a teenager at his first concert. We were seated side stage and got to talk about 45 minuets before it started. He kept telling me, Gigi, don't worry about any negative publicity. We have your back. I was glad to get some one on one with him after having Mr. Congeniality this afternoon. Ray said, "Next time you are out in NYC, you need to go see George Henderson over at UPI. He's been relentlessly asking me about you. He really wants to see you." I said, "Ray, that's a hard one you know. I like George but he was always sweet on me and I just don't know if I can handle him flirting with me if I have Prince with me. You know, George is forever hopeful?" He said, "Just try. George has busted his butt covering for you. Maybe you can just have a drink with him or something." I'm like, "OK, I'll see what I can do." He proceeded to give me the mock up of the article and I gave him some extra info to use for line filler on it. He asked if I was doing PR now for Prince. I told him, "No, not officially. He's still using that firm out in LA. Honestly tho, I could easily do it with my hands tied and a blindfold on. That group is just lame and I have to fight fires with them all the time. I sent them a press release for our wedding engagement and the dumb bunnies called, thought it was a hoax. He sent it to them from his email account, but they still called. I spent an hour on the phone with them and talked to 4 different people. In the meantime, it was on all the wires and they still did not get it. George, I don't know what he's going to do with that PR firm. With his new attitude towards this, he should be easy for them." George says, "Yeah, what's up with all that?" I said, "You're looking at it." He laughed and laughed. Then said,"So you are the reason he has a new lease on life?" I told him,"When I went up there in January, it was weird. I just watched the whole thing evolve. When I talked to you about that picture, I still was not sure. I was still expecting to see one of his famous hissy fits. He kept his cool tho, being more concerned about me than himself. I tried to tell him, I can handle myself to not worry about it. That's when I called you." He said, "Gigi, I am so sorry for that article. I should have known better to mess with you, of all people." I said, "If you had just ran the picture and not identified me, you would have saved yourself from me having to rip you a new one. It all worked out OK in the long run. I'm glad we reconnected. I've miss the people but not the work." He said, "You know, there's always a desk for you if you change your mind." I said, "Not on your life would I even consider that. I've got my hands full now. (snickering)" He said, "Yeah, you do. I apologize for not making it to your wedding. Our son was graduating from Med School and just could not miss it." I said, "You missed one heck of a party. But you are here and this is going to be a good one. I had to get you here as a thank you for helping me." He said, "My son is so jealous he couldn't come." I told him, "I pulled that string so hard to make this happen, it was going to break. Prince told me he'd get you in one way or the other. You have our pass, all access pass, not theirs. So, keep your nose clean buddy." He said,"You saw the article, it is mainly about you and Prince. You have two Icons here and I picked the one I think is bigger." I laughed hysterically. I said, "Maybe not in height, but certainly in popularity. More people want to read about us than them. You picked the best article to do, for sure. Are you going to make it for the after-show at City Winery?" He said, "I have to finish this and get it out. The Chicago Tribune is holding the press for it and as soon as I get is sent in, I'll be there." I said, "Use this pass and you'll get in. Come up to the side stage and I'll be there. You will get another great article for later." Looks like he's going to start. WOW! What a concert. Ray was thrilled. I told him that as soon as it is over, I will jet off with him to the limo, catch him at City Winery. We head back to the hotel for a shower and change. Well, you guessed it, shower sex and we did not show up till almost 2:00am. The show was to start at 1:00. Oh well, the man has his needs. Caught up with Ray and he was just over the moon with getting two shows in one nite. He was slamming down a Red Bull to keep awake. He showed me the article on his phone and I said, "Nice article, Ray. That's the kind of work that shows your skills. Not that damn gossip column stuff. Do a good one on this show." He took a selfie of him and I. He asked if he could use it for the article and I said, "Sure."He said, "The Chicago Trib has a Monday entertainment section and he was going to have the article in there on this show. Of course it will go on the AP wire." I said, "Why didn't you go over there as a staff writer?" He said, "I liked it better at AP and I could contribute anytime. I have the best of both worlds. Like the relationship you had with USA Today. More freedom with AP." Here comes my man and he's ready to start. He gets to a point where the girls do a song, "I Never Loved A Man" and he comes and gets me up on stage. I know what's next. Then he sings me "Satisfied" and says, "Everyone, I want you to meet my beautiful bride. She has given me all the joy and happiness in the world. I am forever thankful to God for sending her to me." Kisses me and the crowd roars. He takes me back to side stage and Ray was just starstruck. He said to me, "That does not seem to bother you one bit." I said,"No, never did. I guess that's why we get along at a concert so well. OH, I forgot to tell you. Watch Oprah tomorrow. She had an interview with us on Friday. You'll like it. It will fill in the gaps.(Snickering) He spilled his guts to her. So you'll get the big pictures." He said, "Thanks for telling. I'll record it, to make sure I see it." I said, "If you are not busy, you really need to see it in your office." He said he would. Show is winding down and I bid farewell to Ray.
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Slow Love
FanficThis is a story about a long time friendship that turns in to a true love story. Follow this journey of almost 30 years and the nearly 30 years it took to get to be a Slow Love. Journalist Karen G Neil, (GiGi to her friends) has a long past with Pr...