Survivor

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Sitting at work the next morning, we see a delivery man walk in with a beautiful arrangement of roses. "Delivery for Abby James?" he says. "That's me." I say as I walk over and sign for the flowers. Carrying them to my desk, I sit them down and inhale the beautiful scent. Taking the card, I look at it and see it's from Luca Just wanted to show my girl how much I care about her. Hope you have a day as wonderful as you. XOXO Dom. I smile when my boss walks over. "Who are these from?" she asks. "My boyfriend." I tell her smiling bigger. "Boyfriend?" she asks because she knew I wasn't seeing anyone. "Yeah. The, um, the cop that saved me, we've been seeing each other since my attack." I tell her. "That's great sweetheart. I'm happy for you." she tells me, hugging me. I pick up my phone and send Luca a text.

A: Thank you for my flowers baby. They're beautiful.

L: Not as beautiful as you but you're welcome.

A: Will I see you tonight?

L: Can I stay the night?

A: That's an open invite baby.

L: I'll meet you there at six. See you tonight baby.

A: Tonight. Be careful today.

L: I will baby.

I finish out my day and head home. Six on the dot, there's a knock on the door. Cami answers and says "Abby, Luca's here." They walk into the kitchen where I'm cooking and he walks over and wraps his arms around me from behind. "Hey baby." he says. "Hey." I say. I turn my head and kiss him softly and see Cami just smile. We sit down to eat and the Cami heads to her room, leaving us alone. We sit on the couch and I snuggle up to him. He wraps his arms around me as we watch a movie.

After the movie, we head to bed. Lying in bed, my head on his chest, his arms around me, I look up at him and he kisses me softly. He deepens the kiss as he hovers over me. Slowly shedding clothes, he enters me and makes love to me. As we reach our release, together, we look into each other's eyes and I say "I love you Dom." He smiles wide and says "I love you Abby." before kissing me again. He lays next to me and pulls me as close as he can get me. "I love you so much." he tells me. I look up at him and smile softly and say "I know the feeling. You've been so good to me. I could never thank you enough." I tell him. "You wanna thank me? Just keep loving me." he tells me and I lean up and kiss him again. We spend the next little bit just lying together, holding each other and enjoying being close before we both doze off.

The next morning, we get up and eat breakfast before we get ready for work. We head out and Cami walks out behind us. He walks me to my car and kisses me and says "I love you." I smile and say "I love you too. Please be safe today. I need you whole." I tell him. "Now that I have you, I have a reason to be safe. I love you baby." he tells me again. "I love you." I say again before getting into my car and heading to work.