Three days later
“You spoiled me on my birthday, now it’s your turn,” I whisper to my angel as I wake her up with a poke in her hip. It’s my dick doing the poking, my hands are wrapped around her as she giggles into my chest.
Oh, fuck, do I have a day planned for us. First, I’m gonna fuck her stupid, then she can open her presents, I’ll attempt to make her breakfast and we’re going to head out to the botanicalgardens, as I know she’s been gunning to see the Japanese section.
She’s only gone from strength to strength with her yoga app. The attention she’s received being in the press with me here and there has certainly boosted her platform, and it’s been very positive. I always remind her about that little block and delete mechanism when people get a little crazy. At first it worried her about getting attention from being with me, especially after the whole Aaron episode, but in all honesty, it hasn’t been bad press at all. We kinda keep out of the spotlight and do our own thing. I’m so proud of her for taking a chance on herself and seeing her dream become a reality.
“I can feel what you have in mind,” she says, lifting her head to blink up at me.
“Yeah?”
She bumps her hips against mine and I laugh. “Hey, you know to ignore him by now.”
“Why would I want to do that?”
“Because I have presents.” I waggle my brows.
Her eyes gleam with excitement. “What have you been up to now?”
I push myself up so I can reach under the pillow and pull out a little cardboard bag I’ve been hiding all morning. “Two little gifts are in here, the rest will unfold as the day happens.”
“Cryptic,” she laughs as I whip the bag out and jostle it around in front of her.
She manages to grab it and sits herself up, diving right in there and pulling out the first box. Prizing the lid off, she gasps down at the gold charms I picked out. The first charm is two gold letter J’s with a tiny diamond holding them together, the second is a hockey stick with a puck, the puck being a tiny black diamond.
“For your charm bracelet,” I say. “I thought it would be a good reminder when I’m away that I’m your guy. Not that you need reminders.”
“I love it!” She beams, leaning over to kiss me. “Thank you, you know how much I’ve been wanting to add some new charms.”
“I’ll put them on for you before we head out. There’s something else,” I say.
This box is flat and slightly larger, and I’ve no idea how she’s going to take this.
She pulls the ribbon off and opens it up. There’s a key inside attached to a lotus keyring. Her eyes flick to mine, a little confused smile on her face. “What is it?”
“The key to my heart,” I muse, holding my hand over my chest and batting my eyelids.
She giggles and picks it up out of the box, twirling it around on her finger.
“Seriously, though, it’s a little studio space. Just for you,” I say.
She blinks in rapid motion.
“Above our new place,” I add.
“What?” she shrieks, nearly dropping the presents on the comforter with excitement.
“I found a cute apartment close to the stadium, it’s walking distance to the botanical gardens, so you can go there any time you want. It has a vacant space above it that used to be an old ballet studio.”
“Jay, this is amazing. Oh, my god!” The tears in her eyes say it all, she reaches to me again and crashes her lips to mine. She hasn’t even seen the portrait I’ve drawn of her since I’ve started dabbling in art again, it has her signature lotus logo in the background. I have it framed out on the breakfast counter as a surprise for when she gets up.
“I know it’s a lot. But will you move in with me?”
Tears spill over and roll down her cheeks. We’ve been looking together and waiting for the perfect space to come up. When I saw it, I knew we could do something to make it our own, so I bought it. Just like that. I have another couple of years on my contract, so we know we’ll be here for a little while.
“Of course I will!” She throws her arms around me and I hold her tight. “My own studio too!”
“It’s going to be perfect. Coach Carter wants us all to take a weekly class, he thinks it will be good for our flexibility. So, see, you already have your first clients.”
