When Love Bites

23 Ready?

Chapter 23 Ready?

I woke up the next morning to the sound of my third alarm. I looked at the clock and jumped out of bed cursing. I was late. I jumped in the shower threw together breakfast for Lizzie and I found her, kissed her lightly and rushed out the door.

I ate the breakfast he left me, got ready, and went shopping before I had to go to work. I found a deep red dress that would be perfect for Valentine's Day. I also found a red lace something to wear under it. I was hoping that we might be back to normal by then. I headed off to the three back to back interviews I had.

Work kept me busy, I took a break to message Lizzie and let her know I loved her but would have to be home late, then dove right back into it. I worked until well after sundown. It was almost 9 before I got home.

I was between interviews when his text came through. I sent a message back telling him I loved him too. After my last interview, I ended up in a lengthy meeting with my editor. I walked in the door just after he did.

She wasn't home. I checked to see if she messaged, she hadn't and that was odd. I hadn't eaten so I started some food.

"I am so sorry sweetie. I was in a meeting with my editor that ran much later than I had planned." I pulled out my phone and saw that the message I had typed had not sent. I showed it to him. "I thought it sent, I'm sorry. Can I help with food?"

"Sure. That'd be wonderful." I leaned in and kissed her cheek and hugged her tightly. I let go, then hugged her again and kissed her softly for good measure. "I was just going to throw something together really quick. How about breakfast food? I just started so this will fit right into it."

"Sounds good to me." We worked together and threw together a quick dinner. We talked easily over dinner, cleaned up, and headed to bed. We were both too tired to do anything other than sleep.

The next morning it wasn't any easier to get out of bed. I wanted to stay and snuggle so when my alarm went off I hit snooze and snuggled back in.

I was enjoying the snuggles. I had had a really good dream about more than snuggling so I pressed myself against him to see where things went.

"Mmm." She felt so wonderful against me. I snuggled in closer and rubbed gently at her back. I kissed her forehead and was searching for her lips when my phone started screaming at me that I had to go to work. I growled and whined. "Not fair."

I whined at his alarm too. "I would say we could pick this up tonight, but I have a show to go to."

"Oh." I could not hide my disappointment. I was pretty sure she had told me about the show. In all the crazy that we had been through in the past couple of weeks, I likely forgot about it. "Okay. will you be home for dinner?"

"No, I have an interview with the director afterward. It's her first show."

"Okay. I love you. I need to shower and get ready for work. What am I wearing today? What are you wearing?"

"I love you too. I am guessing you are wearing black jeans and a button up. I am wearing one of my black cocktail dresses."

"Okay. I can do that. Shower with me?" I turned my alarm off.

"Mmmkay." I stretched and rolled out of bed and headed into the bathroom.

We shower as normal with my body responding to her with a desire we had no time for. We got out, ate breakfast and talked easily until I had to leave. I kissed her tenderly and touched her face before I headed out for another long day at work.

I spent the day getting my articles finished and sent to my editor. By the time I had finished them, it was time to get dressed. I got ready and took a picture of myself and texted it to Avi. My uber arrived and I headed out to make it to the show.