Sugar and Spice Kisses, page 6
“Yes. I chose a magic show. I hope you don’t mind, there wasn’t much to choose from.” He looked at me, obviously expecting disappointment but I kissed him and held him at arm’s length.
“That sounds great. I’ve never been to a big magic show. One of my customers said we should be able to find a hotel as long as we’re not too picky.”
He grinned then and pulled me into his arms. “I’m not picky. As long as there’s no bedbugs, I’ll be a happy man.”
“I didn’t think about that. Maybe we should just go and not worry about a hotel unless we have to. We could always go to the show and drive back home.” But then I remembered how he’d planned our first date, and how special it was. He put so much time and effort into it and here I was worried about having to sleep in a crappy hotel. “Honestly, it doesn’t matter where we stay, as long as we get to spend some time together. I’m really looking forward to it.” I pulled him closer and pressed my groin to his, and wondered how he made me want him every minute of every day.
“So, I was thinking, maybe tonight we can order out? I mean if you want to,” Eli said, and swayed us both back and forth.
“How about we order it and tell them to deliver in an hour?” I suggested.
“Why would we—you have the best ideas.” Eli pulled out his phone without letting go of me while I kissed his neck and did everything I could to distract him.
“How does Chinese food sound?” he breathed out while trying to scroll the delivery app. “Randy, right now I’m ready to give up eating completely as long as you keep doing to me what you’re doing.”
I leaned back enough to meet his eyes and the fire I saw there drove my own desire. “Place the order and tell them when to deliver. That way I can fuck you before they get here, and once we’re done working up an appetite we won’t have to cook.”
He grunted without meeting my eyes and never asked me what I wanted before he placed the order, paid for it, and tossed his phone on the kitchen counter. “The next sixty minutes you’re mine,” he growled as he dragged me to the bedroom and shoved me on the bed.
“Sorry, you can fuck me later, but right now I need you,” Eli said as he pulled my jeans off and proceeded to swallow me down before I had a chance to think about protesting.
Sixteen
Eli
Just like every other holiday, work was crazy today. It felt like every person in town had waited until the last minute to think about Valentine’s Day and now half of them decided the gift shop was the perfect place to buy their gift. Aunt Carol was thrilled, but after skipping lunch and it being nonstop busy, I was more than ready to leave when we were finally closing.
“Sorry, Eli, I know you were hoping to leave early for your big plans,” Aunt Carol said as we were tidying up.
“It’s okay. I reserved everything, and we have plenty of time to get there. Then once we’re at the hotel we can both relax.”
“Well make sure you do and have fun tomorrow.” She’d given me the day off a while back and I took advantage by booking us a tram ride in the morning for breakfast at the top.
“I will, see you day after tomorrow.” Hurrying out the door, I didn’t stop until I was pulling up to the house. Randy’s car was there, and I hoped he was as ready as I was to get out of town. I walked inside to find the overnight bag I’d packed waiting by the door. “Randy?”
“Back here,” he yelled from his office, and I walked down the hall to find him. “I was just finishing up a few orders. Are you ready to go?”
“More than I could ever say.” I kissed his cheek and once he was finished, he picked up his bag I’d told him to pack “just in case” as we walked out to the living room and my stomach roiled with nerves.
“Let’s go then,” Randy said. “I’m starving, what do you think of getting something to eat on the way?”
I thought of all the food I’d packed for us to snack on and the dinner reservations for later. But I didn’t want to spoil the surprise. “How about we take some snacks?”
“That sounds perfect.” Randy gathered up some chips and other things we had at the house, and a handful of cookies because there was no way we’d be the only people not eating our wonderful cookies today. Both of us hurried out to my car and grinned at each other like two kids about to get away with something good. “I love you, Eli,” Randy said, and kissed me gently as he leaned over the center console.
My heart clenched, and I was so glad I’d planned this surprise. He wasn’t expecting it at all, and I knew he’d love it. We drove along the freeway a short distance until we came to the turnoff for Tahoe. This road was a little narrower, and a lot curvier, but we had plenty of time, so we snacked, laughed, and sang along to songs on the radio. “We need to do more road trips. This is fun.”
“I agree. As long as I don’t have to drive, I’m willing to be your co-captain, and we can go wherever you choose.”
“I haven’t ever driven past Reno, we should take a drive to Utah and see what it’s all about.”
“It’s all about sand and tumbleweeds. There’s not much to see until you get to Salt Lake City,” Randy said.
“Well now we have to do it. I mean even if it’s boring it could still be fun.” I laughed, and he looked at me and grinned. He’d relaxed so much the past few months, and I hoped it had to do with the two of us being together. Being with him made me so happy and I hoped I did the same for him.
“Like I said, as long as I don’t have to drive.”
“You never know, there might be some businesses there that would love your cookies,” I said.
“Our cookies,” he corrected. “Remember we put a little love in each one.”
“How could I forget that.”
It was getting darker and when we turned off onto the main road that would lead to downtown Tahoe excitement bubbled up in me. Seeing the glow of the lights reflected on the night sky also made me anxious to get there. We drove alongside the lake for a while, and I glanced at it a few times but couldn’t see much past a few random lights reflected on it in the distance. “I wish it was light enough to see the lake. I haven’t been here for a long time.”
“Me either, but if we stay, we’ll see it tomorrow.”
“I’m so glad Aunt Carol gave me tomorrow off,” I said, without thinking.
“You have it off?” Randy asked, his voice full of excitement.
“Yes, she said not to worry about it, and said not to show up tomorrow.”
“Now I really do wish we’d booked a room. Hopefully we’re able to find something.” His brow creased in worry before he glanced out toward the dark water. It was on the tip of my tongue to say something, but I knew it would be better once he knew. And it was too close now to ruin it.
“Don’t worry, there’s always an open room somewhere, and we’re not picky so it’ll be fine.” I reached my hand across the console and held his. The road straightened out as we got closer to Tahoe, and the darkness gave way to the lights of the small city located on the edge of the most beautiful lake I’d ever seen.
“Oh my god, I can’t believe we’re here,” Randy said, and leaned forward to get a better look. There were still remnants of snow on the sides of the mountains but the city itself looked like there had never been snow here at all. The casinos’ lights were all bright and cheerful, promising potential riches if you’d only give them a chance.
I followed the directions to the hotel and was thankful that I’d memorized it, so I didn’t need to keep checking my phone. As we drove past the last casino, Randy turned to look at me. “Where are you going?” he asked.
“Just up here.” I pointed in the direction of the hotel we were booked into. He craned his neck and read the sign before looking at me.
“Are we parking here?”
“Not exactly,” I said, and pulled up to the parking attendant at the entrance. “Let’s get our stuff.” I turned the car off and handed the attendant the key, still without really telling Randy what was going on. He followed my lead, and we took out our bags and the food we’d packed to bring. I also took out a small ice chest that held the food I’d bought with Shelly.
We walked into the hotel and Randy’s eyes widened. It was very open and inviting, with a large fireplace taking up most of one wall with two sofas and several chairs pulled in close to it. Ignoring everything else I walked up to the desk. “Hello, I have a reservation for Eli Canton.”
The man at the front desk tapped out my name on his computer before looking up. “Oh yes, we have you booked in a suite. Did you have any luggage you need help with?” He looked between Randy and me waiting for an answer.
“No, we’ve got it all.”
“Very good, I just need your signature here. And here’s your keycard. Did you need two?”
“Yes please.” I signed the paper he’d given me, and he handed us both a card.
“You’ll want to take that elevator to the fourth floor. Your room is the second on the left. Have a good stay and let us know if we can help in any way.”
“Thank you,” I said, and took Randy—who had yet to say anything—by the hand. I pressed the button for the elevator and as soon as we stepped on board, he turned to look at me.
“So, we’re staying here?” he asked.
“Yes, and I made us reservations for dinner too. But we have time, and it’ll work out perfectly with the show.”
He smiled before pressing me against the wall of the elevator and kissing me. “I love you so much,” he whispered.
Seventeen
Randy
Iwas so stunned I couldn’t react when we’d walked into this beautiful hotel, and when we were alone in the elevator it all hit me. Eli had once again surprised me. “You’re so good at this. I wanted to surprise you, but you’re so much better at it.”
“You surprise me every day,” he said, and unlocked the door to our room. The door swung open and in front of us was a view of downtown Tahoe. The streets were abuzz with other people doing the same thing we were: celebrating a special holiday. Eli took my hand and led me over to the window. “I wanted you to know how much you mean to me. You’re special. And I wanted to make sure you know that.”
“Eli,” I whispered as I took it all in. “It’s beautiful.”
“Let’s put everything away. I made us a little snack for when we got here.”
“You did? I thought we had a snack on the way?”
“That was just an appetizer. We have dinner reservations in a few hours so we can relax here until then. Unless you want to go to the casinos?”
“I want to sit here with you and stare out this window.” I wasn’t kidding, the view was amazing.
“That’s what I hoped you’d say.”
It was then I noticed our room had a separate bedroom and there was even a small kitchen. Eli walked into it with the small ice chest I hadn’t noticed before he took it out of the trunk. A few minutes later he carried a tray over to the chair I sat on and handed me a glass of wine. He then proceeded to set down the charcuterie board he’d just created.
“You just did this?” I asked and looked at all the different foods he’d brought.
“I couldn’t get an early reservation and I didn’t want us to be sitting here starving. After we eat, I thought we could go and wander around before it’s time for our reservation. Then after that we’ll go to the show I booked.”
“Eli, you thought of everything,” I said and sipped the delicious wine he’d chosen. “This is really good.”
“I was going to book us a couples massage, but I wasn’t sure you’d like that, so I booked us breakfast tomorrow at the top of the tram. That way we’ll get a great view, and hopefully a delicious breakfast.”
My mouth dropped open, and my fingers twitched with the need to show him the surprise I had in store for him. But something told me to wait. “It’s all perfect, and I’d much rather have the breakfast than the massage.”
“Oh good. It just sounded like a fun way to start the day, and since we’re only here tomorrow I wanted us to do something that wasn’t inside a casino.” He smiled and finally tried the wine himself. “Oh, this is good.”
“This is the best Valentine’s Day ever.”
“Wait until you see where we’re eating,” Eli said, and took another sip of his wine.
We sat for a while without worrying about the time or deadlines, or anything that we normally did, and just spent time together. We talked about things that we thought were funny and places we really would like to go to whether on a road trip or otherwise. The city below us went on in a rush of activity while finally we both had time to slow down and focus on each other. It hit me then, even if we had no plans to go out later it would still have been perfect. Eli had given us something we rarely had. Time.
We finished the food he’d brought and the bottle of wine, but neither of us were in a hurry to move. So, we didn’t. We sat a while longer and just relaxed. “The room is beautiful,” I told Eli as I craned my neck to look.
“You haven’t even seen the bedroom yet.” He grinned and that smile told me we’d be having fun later.
“Want to give me a tour?” I waggled my eyebrows at him, and he stood with his hand out.
“Come on. Let’s check it all out. Then we should probably think about getting ready.” He led me to the kitchen he’d used earlier and showed me how it was nice for being so small. Then he led us to the bedroom. He’d moved our bags in here at some point and I hadn’t even noticed. The bed was massive and filled the room. One wall was glass with a great view of the mountains, and at the foot of the bed was a fireplace with a television mounted above it.
“Whoa, Eli, this place really is nice.”
“Wait until you see the bathroom.” He led us through a door to a room that was nearly the size of the bedroom. One corner was a big glass shower with jets everywhere and plenty of room for the two of us.
“Oh, would you look at that, I think I could go for a shower, how about you? Suddenly feeling very sweaty and funky.” I lifted my arm and made a face making Eli laugh at my antics.
“It would be a shame not to use it. I mean it’s just sitting there all clean and shiny and oh look, there’s even shampoo and shower gel.” Eli stepped closer while I pulled my shirt over my head.
“Come on, Eli, we’ve got a date to get to, and one quick shower sounds amazing.” He turned to face me and pulled his shirt off followed by his pants as soon as he’d toed off his shoes to slide them down.
He reached in and turned on the faucet and after adjusting it, so all the jets were on us, stepped in. “I’m excited for later, but this is amazing,” Eli said as he pulled me close. We were both wet and hard, and I didn’t mind at all when he took us both in hand and started to stroke. I rested my head on his shoulder as we watched what he was doing.
My hips started to move along with his and the shower was filled with the sounds of us as Eli pulled us closer and closer to a mutual ending. Steam swirled around us, and in that moment the only thing on my mind was how this man knew exactly what drove me crazy and knew exactly when to do it. He tipped his head up and his eyes met mine. His were filled with so much heat. So many emotions. And so much love.
I wrapped my hand around his and he took my lips in a searing kiss. His tongue pressed against my lips, and I opened my mouth to him. His hips stuttered and I knew he was close. He grunted, and that’s all it took to pull me over. We stood there panting and I waited for my heart to return to normal while Eli guided us under the spray of water. “I love you, Randy. Happy Valentine’s Day.”
“I love you too.” I didn’t say more because I knew I’d tell him what I’d done, and I wanted to make it special for him the way he’d made this night special for me. “I love you so much.”
Eighteen
Eli
We dressed for dinner and shared looks of longing even though we’d just gotten off together. There wasn’t another person I could think of that I could imagine feeling this way about. Randy had my heart, and anything else he wanted.
“What time is dinner?” he asked and rummaged around in the bag he’d packed.
“Eight, I didn’t want it to be too early.”
“It’s perfect.” He smiled at me before walking closer. “This whole night has been perfect so far. Thanks again.”
“Hopefully you feel the same after dinner and the show.” I knew he’d love dinner, but the show was a random choice I hoped would be good. Neither of us had been to a show in a casino so even if it wasn’t good, it was new and different, and we were experiencing it together.
“Oh, I’m sure I will,” Randy said, and kissed my cheek. “Are we ready?”
I patted my pockets before I remembered I didn’t need my keys, because we’d be walking just down the street to the casino the restaurant was in. “I’m ready,” I said and together we walked out of the room. When the door to the hotel opened to the street the cold wind reminded us once again winter wasn’t quite done, we huddled close and hurried to the warmth of the casino.
Walking into the casino was like walking into a blast furnace. My cheeks flushed at the sudden change of temperature, and Randy’s widened eyes told me he felt the same way. “Which restaurant is it?” he asked and looked around. There were several restaurants, but the one we were going to was in the far back of the casino and on another floor.
“Back this way.” We walked through the noise and flashing lights of a million slot machines, neither of us giving in to the temptation to drop a coin or two in. Both of us turned and looked back over the casino as we rode the escalator up to the next floor. When we stepped off the restaurant was right in front of us.
We stood there a moment and Randy looked around, a sweet smile on his lips, then he noticed the one restaurant I hoped would be the one that blew his mind. “No, are you kidding me?” he asked.
