Epilogue
Forty-eight hours later…
I WOKE UP EARLY IN the morning flushed hot with arousal. It was still dark, and I’d only slept a few hours, but my entire body was alive and burning for him. When I felt his searing breath skate across my bare skin, I realized that he’d hiked up my shirt while I was sleeping. Now he had his mouth tightly wrapped around one nipple, his thumb and forefinger gently tugging the other one.
It was the most incredible sensation. Without a word, I opened my legs and let him pull off my panties and fuck me slowly, tenderly. His hips swayed against mine and he surged inside of me as our breath swirled and mingled, mixing and melding just like our bodies. I savored the steady, rolling weight of him on top of me, the snug, delicious fit of him inside me. I arched my back and closed my eyes and let him drive this course, happily along for the ride.
This was one of many times to come. And when we both came, it was breathtaking and as natural as the steady rolling of waves against a beach. All in the space of the first few moments of consciousness, our sweat sealed our bodies together. He collapsed against me and I basked in the afterglow thinking I would love many more mornings waking up just like this.
And so we had that before us…
His hand caressed my stomach, my hip as he nibbled on my ear and I turned my head toward him. “Mmm good morning to you, too, husband.”
“I think that’s my favorite way to wake you up, wife.”
“It’s also your favorite way to put me to bed at night. And to express your enthusiasm during the afternoon. I’m sure you’ll find that’s your favorite way to do other things around the house as well.”
“Looks like I’m going to have to get even more creative to add to that list.”
I threaded my leg between his, my hand traveled down his stomach to rest on his thigh. “How about you show me your second favorite way to get me out of bed in the morning?”
“Mmm.” He rolled to face me, his mouth swooping down toward my ear when—
Suddenly his phone rang with a weird sound. I recognized it instantly. A video conference call.
What the hell?
I looked at the clock on the bedside. It wasn’t even six a.m. Who was calling at this time?
Then I remembered the time difference. It was late afternoon at home.
Lucas was scrambling to pull on a t-shirt. “Fuck, it’s Adam.”
“Yeah, definitely don’t answer it naked. He won’t appreciate that.”
“I can be naked from the waist down.” He turned to me, asking me to straighten his hair, which I did. Then I flipped on the lamp and got the hell out of eye-shot of the camera. Because my best friend’s husband seeing my boobs would be more than awkward.
Lucas clicked to answer the phone. “Uh, hello?”
“Hey, Lucas. Did I get you at a bad time?”
“Hi Lucas, I’m here too. It’s a 3-way, but not the fun kind.” Jordan said. Figured.
“Hi Adam, Jordan.” Over the phone, Lucas shot me a slightly terrified look.
“Listen, before I get to the reason I’m calling, I’m on strict orders from the wife to make sure Katya’s okay. She was very worried when she heard that Kat had to leave the country for urgent family business.”
“She’s fine. She’s here with me. We’ve had a crazy past two days.” He ran his hand through his hair again. “In fact, uh, I was just catching a cat nap which is why I probably look like crap.”
“I wasn’t going to say anything but…” Jordan said.
“I’m glad to hear she’s okay. I’ll pass the message along to Mia,” Adam said.
“I’ll let Kat know to touch base with Mia, too.”
“So, as to why I’m calling. You left us in a bit of a bind on Thursday. The board was looking forward to hearing your presentation. Jeremy gave his, and they liked it and I had to present your slides and designs with only my own explanations. I really was half-assing it but without you or Jordan there…”
“Yeah, Jordan was kind enough to drive me to the airport. I appreciate that, man.”
“Glad we got you there on time,” Jordan replied.
Adam cleared his throat, presumably to get the conversation back on track. “Anyway, the board was really thrown that you weren’t there and let’s just say I wasn’t in the best mood either. And Jeremy did a really good job on his presentation.”
Stone-faced and pale, Lucas met my gaze over the top of his phone. I held my breath and crossed both my fingers. Crap. Crap. Crap. As much as I’d wanted him to be with me when I faced my family, I still didn’t want it to be the reason he lost his dream job. Would he resent me for it? Would it turn into a problem further down the line?
“I offered Jeremy the job as head developer and he’s excited to accept. And if you’re still up for the Director of the VR division, the board has approved that. I guess I didn’t fuck up your presentation that badly.” Yes. Yes. Yes! I jumped up and down, both thumbs up. I could tell that Lucas was paying close attention because he didn’t even glance my way to watch my boobs bounce.
“Uh, I, oh, yes, yes of course. I’m sorry you had to be the one to do it but thank you so much. Thank you.”
“Glad to hear it. You’ll be back from Vancouver on…?”
I had to slap my hand over my mouth not to bust out laughing. That’s right. They still thought we were in Vancouver when we were actually on the other side of the world.
“Wednesday night so I’ll be back to work on Thursday. Kat, too.”
“Great, is she around? I have good news for her too.”
My eyes went wide, and I shook my head. Then grabbed the sheet off the bed and covered up. “I’m here,” I waved my hand in front of the camera but kept my face far away from it. “I look awful, but yes, I’m here. You can tell me the news without looking at me, right?”
All three guys laughed.
“Yeah, sure. I’ll just imagine you being happy when I offer you the new team leader job on the white-box game testing. You get to hire your own team and train them to your specifications.”
I dropped the sheet and my jaw and let out a whoop. This time Lucas did zero in on my bouncing boobs when I jumped up and down. Good boy… that was more like it.
“Do you want me to narrate? She’s throwing her arms in the air and yelling and looking quite happy.”
“Thank you, Adam! I’m super excited.”
“Good. We’ll see you two back next week. I hope all is well with you and your family, Kat.”
“It is now, thank you.”
“All right, I’ll let you get back to your catnap.” Adam, ever the professional boss, didn’t even put air quotes around that catnap. Jordan totally would have done that.
Lucas signed off with the guys and I ran to him and jumped into his arms before he could even put the phone down. He wrapped those arms around me tight and pulled me off my feet. I went flying up, kicking my legs. “You can run but you can’t hide! I’ll still be over in the Den and you’ll be in the other building, but I’ll find you.”
“Good, maybe we’ll have a quicky in that bathroom off the workshop.”
“Gross, that sounds like something Jordan would do.”
I gave him a quick smooch. “That’s all I get?”
“I’m getting in the shower. More later. Guaranteed.” I ran for the bathroom.
“I’m still waiting for the full experience on one of those next level BJs!” he called after me.
Five minutes later.
SHE WASN’T IN THE shower three minutes before the phone rang again. This time it was Jordan and just Jordan. “Hey Jordan. I don’t know what you did to convince him, but thank God you did it.”
Jordan pulled a face. “Don’t thank me, thank your wife.” I threw and involuntary glance toward the bathroom. “Is she there?”
“She’s in the shower. Why what did she do?”
“Well Adam was, as I predicted, damn furious about the whole thing. Your leaving, my leaving. He ripped me a brand new asshole for that one. You owe me huge, junior.”
“I’ll make it up to you. But… what changed Adam’s mind if he was so pissed at me?”
“Mia…what do you think? Probably the only person on the face of this planet who can change his mind about anything.”
I shook my head. “And how did… hmm.”
“Yes, you’ve followed the logic trail. Sometime in the last day or so, Kat called Mia and asked her to work her magic on her raging Incredible Hulk.”
“’Hey, big guy. The Sun’s getting real low?’” I quoted.
He laughed. “Something like that. Anyway, I was hoping she was there so I could congratulate her on her ingenious thinking. But since she’s wet and naked right now, I better let you go so you can go at ‘er.”
“Thanks man, I appreciate you letting me know. I’ll keep you posted on everything and I will definitely be back to work on Thursday.”
“Right on. See ya.”
I dropped the phone onto the bed and stared in wonder at the bathroom door. Wow, when had she managed that? How? The only time we were separated in the last two days was during a three-hour flight layover. We’d split up to quickly tackle the problem of my lack of luggage. She’d sent me into a couple clothing and gift shops to buy some replacement clothes and underwear. Meanwhile she’d run to grab basic toiletries like a toothbrush, toothpaste and a razor for me. She must have made the call then.
She was sneaky, my wife. And it was time to give her a taste of her own medicine. Turned out shower sex was now my favorite way to scrub down with my wife.
Hours later, we were fully dressed and in tourist mode, threading in and out of a throng of people. We were in the Asan market scoping out souvenirs. Kat and I were each taking turns nibbling on a piece of lapsi titaura candy, savoring the unusual but tasty sweet and sour flavor.
“Mmm wanna know the best part of being on a secret honeymoon?” Kat asked between bites.
“What’s that?”
“We don’t have to drag home a shitload of souvenirs for everyone.” I pointed out a couple of interesting looking shops on the other side of the street and we crossed to that side. She asked, “What made you pick here, anyway? You never did tell me the reason.”
I smiled, nipped off another bite of the candy in her hand. “It might have something to do with the first three letters of the city’s name.”
“K-A-T. Awww, no really? Is that why?”
“Of course it’s why.”
“Huh, you’re just trying to one-up me in the creative department. I’m the one who suggested the secret spontaneous honeymoon in the first place and now you have to one-up me by being all cool with picking out Kathmandu, Nepal. You realize what this means, don’t you?”
“You humbly and politely accept defeat?”
“Annnnd you know me not at all! I will find a way to top your top.”
Suddenly she stopped walking and pulled her phone out of her pocket. “Hold on, someone’s texting me.” She read it and then laughed, read it again.
“What is it?” I asked.
She handed me the phone so that I could read.
Mia: Adam just let me know that he talked to you both about your new jobs! CONGRATS!!! Girl, you owe me huge. Which is why you and your hubby are now fully obligated to come to our skiing retreat in December. I’m planning on all our friends being there and it’s going to be EPIC. We got an amazing place…. So you’re coming, right? Yes. Yes, you are.
Kat and I looked at each other and laughed again. And after sharing another bite of candy and a subsequent sticky kiss, I sincerely wondered how it could ever get more epic than this.
Keep an eye out for the next adventure in the Gaming The System series. A Love, Actually-style romp featuring a ski retreat holiday adventure with the couples you love so well, including Adam, Mia, Jordan, April, William, Jenna, Lucas, Katya and Heath.
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