Forever My Soldier (Love Conquers Life Book 3) (14 page)

“Thank you so much for trusting me with this. You show me all the time how much I mean to you. I hope I can show you in return.” She leans in to kiss me as she wipes away my tear. Our kiss starts to deepen when we’re interrupted by the timer on the oven.

We both chuckle as we break our kiss. “I guess we should eat,” she says as she bites her lip.

“Yes, because after dinner I plan on making sweet love to my fiancée all night long.” I slip my hand over her cheek and into her hair at the nape of her neck. I lean into kiss her one more time, and the oven starts beeping again.

“Okay, we’re coming!” she screams like the oven can hear her.

“Not yet, but you will be soon enough, baby.” I wiggle my eyebrows, and she giggles as she stands to get dinner. I follow her into the kitchen to pull out some plates, but she tells me she’s set the table for us to eat. When I walk into the dining room, I see a setting for two with a couple of candles between them. I light the candles and dim the light in the dining room to give us a much nicer atmosphere.

She comes walking in with baked mac and cheese, my favorite. “Oh, I can’t wait to eat this. I hope you’re not expecting leftovers,” I tell her jokingly.

“Eat as much as you’d like, but you have made a promise for after dinner, so make sure you can keep it.” Her eyebrow shoots up in warning.

I burst into laughter. “Baby, there isn’t much that could keep me from that.”

She puts a huge serving of pasta on my plate and then takes some for herself. “So, are you ready to plan our wedding? I really don’t want to wait too long for you to be my wife.”

“Sure. Are you ready for my mother to become a pain in our asses? Because that’s what’s going to happen as soon as she finds out.” She bites into her dinner, moaning over how delicious it is.

“Woman, you keep moaning like that, and I’m going to take you over our dining room table.”

She freezes. “You wouldn’t!” She pauses to gauge my reaction. “We have people coming over to eat on this table tomorrow afternoon.”

“Well, I suggest you hush those moans of yours. It’s making me hard.” I take another bite, wanting to quickly get through dinner. I need to change the subject. My cock is starting to hurt from being crushed in my jeans. “Do you want a big wedding?”

“I don’t think I’ll have much choice. My parents have so many friends they’ll want to invite, and I’m sure your parents will too.”

“True.” I roll my eyes. “But we need to try to get them to realize this is our wedding. They’ve each had theirs.” She nods her agreement. “Do you have a dream honeymoon spot?”

“I didn’t, but I do now.”

“Oh, really? Are you going to fill me in?”

“Not now. It’s time for dessert. We have plenty of time for wedding talk once we surprise my parents with the good news.”

I smile as I stand, taking her hand. Little does she know, I asked her father for her hand, so he already knows it’s coming, and I’m quite sure he hasn’t kept the news to himself.

I blow out the candles and lead her into the bedroom, closing the door behind me. I wrap my arms around her waist, and as I look into her beautiful, brown eyes, I tell her, “You’ve made me the happiest man alive. Thank you for agreeing to be my wife.”

I lower my lips to hers, and she instantly opens to me. Our tongues collide, dancing and rubbing against one another in a very passionate kiss. I slide my hands up her back and under her shirt. I have no patience. I go straight for her bra as her hands go straight for my pants. I kick off my shoes as we continue to kiss.

She breaks away, pulling my shirt off, and then lowers her lips to my neck, gently kissing her way down my chest. When she gets to my nipple, she licks it and then gently glides her teeth over it. I moan as her hands work my pants and my boxers over my hips.

Her tongue glides down my stomach as she lowers to her knees. “It’s time for dessert.”

She wraps her lips around the tip of my now fully erect cock. I instantly moan at the amazing feeling of her warm mouth. She slowly starts to suck me in deeper and deeper. She stops and runs her tongue up my shaft to the tip again before taking me into her mouth.

“Fuck, Patty, I’m not going to last in that beautiful mouth of yours.” She suddenly starts working me over. Her tongue is rubbing all over my cock as she sucks on me. It feels amazing. “Baby, I’m going to lose it,” I warn her as I start moving my hips in rhythm with her. She moans, and the vibration sends me over the edge. I bury myself deep in the back of her throat, and she takes me like a champ, sucking down every last drop.

As soon as she’s done, I lift her off the floor and carry her to the bed. Placing her in the center, I tell her, “You got your dessert. Now I want mine.”

I peel her jeans and panties down at the same time, tossing them across the room. I pull her up and peel her shirt off, slipping her bra down her arms and tossing those aside as well. I place a soft kiss on her lips, but she opens them, sticking her tongue in my mouth so I taste my own release. At one point that would have bothered me, but with her I don’t care.

I pull away, looking into her eyes as I slip down her body to take her nipple into my mouth. “God, I love your breasts,” I say as I massage one and suck the other into my mouth. Her nipples are so hard they’re like little pebbles. I glide my tongue over one of her nipples, bite down gently, and then make my way down her body. I really wanted to take my time, but I need to taste her.

I place my hands behind her knees, pressing her legs into her chest. I kiss her pretty pussy and lick from her ass to her clit. She flinches, but I’m not letting her go until she’s exploding all over my face. I repeat the process again, starting at her ass and licking all the way through her folds to her clit, but this time I suck her clit into my mouth. She moans out as she tries to move her legs.

“Stay still,” I tell her, ready to devour her clit, licking and suckling on it.

“Carter, please. I don’t think I can come like this.”

“You can and you will.”

I lower my lips to her again. This time I attack her clit, licking it hard and fast. I want her to explode for me like never before. She presses her legs against my hand, and it makes me want to laugh. I know she’s losing it, and it’s going to be fun.

All of a sudden, she screams my name, and I brace myself as she tries to straighten her legs. She’s shaking as her orgasm rips through her body, but I don’t let up as I continue licking her clit. She’s begging me to stop, but I’m not done yet. I want one more. I let go of her legs so she can at least lower them to the bed as I continue to devour her.

“Honey, I need a break,” she moans, but there’s no way I’m stopping now. I know she’s getting close again. I bury my fingers deep inside of her as I continue to lick between her folds. “Oh my God, Carter,” she screams out as I quickly remove my fingers and insert my tongue. Another orgasm tears her apart, and I’m licking up every last drop of it.

She’s panting. “Holy shit,” she says as I climb back up her body.

“Are you ready for one more?” She nods. “Good girl,” I say as I slip my cock slowly inside of her. She gasps at the pleasure she’s feeling from having me so deep. I slowly slide my cock in and out of her. She lets out a small groan.

“What’s wrong, baby?”

“Stop teasing me and give it to me the way I like it.”

I thrust my hips forward, slamming my full length deep inside of her. “Is that what you want?”

“Yes, please give me more,” she begs as I start pounding my cock into her. “Yes, Carter,” she moans, and I lose control.

“Patty, I can’t hold on. You need to give me your release.”

I continue my assault, when suddenly her entire body shakes and her pussy tightens around me, sending me over the edge.

“Fuck, baby,” I say, slamming into her one last time.

She’s panting as I drop my body down on top of hers. “That was incredible,” she says as her eyes start to close. It’s not that late, but that was really exhausting.

I kiss her neck. “Come on, baby. Let’s get cleaned up, and then I’ll snuggle you in bed while you get some sleep.”

We both climb out of bed and saunter into the bathroom. Within a few minutes, we’re back in bed with her in my arms. “I love you, Patty.” I kiss the top of her head, and in a few minutes time, she’s fast asleep.

Chapter 13

Carter

It’s Christmas morning, and of course I couldn’t help but wake Patty up by making love to her. It’s our first Christmas together, and I want to make it special for her. As I watch Patty stroll off to the shower, I can’t help but wonder how Derek’s and Bella’s night went. I know she spent the night because she’s been staying there since her stalker made himself known. I hope they had as nice of a night as we did.

I quickly throw on some sleep pants and hurry out into the living room to find my cookbooks. I browse through the breakfast one until I find a recipe that looks good, is easy, and won’t take too long to make. I get busy making my girl a special breakfast. Patty has quite a bit of cooking to do, and I don’t want to mess up her timing. The frittata I’m going to make won’t take long at all, and it’s healthy too. I follow the instructions to the T and quickly place it in the hot oven.

As I’m closing the door, Patty walks out of our bedroom wearing my favorite jeans and a Christmas sweater that looks adorable on her. “What are you up to, handsome?”

A smile spreads across my face. “Handsome, huh?” I ask, teasing her.

She walks up to me, places her hand on my chest, and slowly glides it down my body. “Yeah, you heard me. Handsome.”

I press my lips to hers for a chaste kiss. “I made you breakfast from my new cookbook.”

“Really?” she asks, excited.

“Yeah,” I respond, genuinely excited about it. “I made us frittatas.”

“Yum, I can’t wait to eat. I’m starving. Maybe I should have a snack,” she says, rubbing her tongue over my nipple.

“Love, you need to behave yourself. We have a lot to do right now, and you’re all clean and pretty for our guests to arrive a little later.”

She pouts at me. “Maybe I should’ve waited to shower.”

I laugh. “You’ve become insatiable, and I love it. I promise to make sweet love to you all night long. How’s that?”

She bites her lip. “I’m going to hold you to that.”

“Good. What can I do to help you right now?”

“You can peel the sweet potatoes and then the carrots that are in the fridge. They’ll take the longest to cook, so I’ll get them prepared in casserole dishes now and then throw them in the oven in a little while.” She looks at her watch, already stressing about time because I let her sleep in.

We’ve just finished getting the side dishes together when the oven beeps, telling me that our breakfast is done. I slip on two oven mitts and pull it out of the oven.

Patty takes a deep breath. “Mmm, that smells scrumptious.”

She grabs two plates, places them on the side of me, and then gets her cup to make some more coffee while I cut us each a nice size slice of the frittata.

After quickly eating my breakfast, I’m off to take a shower, but as I approach the room, I hear my phone chirp from my bedside table. I take a look and see I have a text from Patty’s father.

Troy: Did you ask her?

Carter: I sure did.

Troy: Don’t toy with me, son. What did she say?

Carter: LOL she said YES!

Troy: Awesome! My baby girl is having a great Christmas then.

Carter: She certainly seems to be.

Troy: Good. See you soon.

I put my phone back on the nightstand and then walk into the bathroom to start the shower. My mind drifts to Patty teasing me in the kitchen this morning, and it makes me smile. Maybe I should’ve bent her over the counter and gave her what she wanted. My cock twitches at my thought. What am I thinking? The entire family will be over in a few hours. Pushing away my naughty thoughts, I quickly wash my hair and then my body so I can get back to helping her.

Once I’m all set, I hurry back out to the kitchen so I can put the rest of the frittata away and not leave a mess in the kitchen. However, when I get there, Patty’s already cleaning it.

“Baby, I was going to clean that up after I was done with my shower. Is the frittata cool enough to put away?”

“Yes, and don’t worry about the mess. I don’t mind helping you clean up after you’ve made me such a delicious breakfast.”

I go into the cabinet, pull down one of the containers, and begin cutting the frittata up into smaller pieces to put in the fridge. Once I’m done, I go into the living room to put on some Christmas music.

“I can’t believe the time already. We really slept late this morning,” she says.

“Enjoy it now because once we have kids they’ll be waking us at five to open gifts.” I chuckle from the living room.

Patty takes the huge ham out of the fridge and begins preparing it for the oven. She yawns. “I hadn’t even thought of that. There will be no waking me in the middle of the night for sex.” She grins at me.

I take her by the waist. “I better make sure we get lots of it now.”

She smacks me playfully. “You had your chance. You said I had too much to do.”

Patty puts the ham in the oven. We’re tidying up a short time later when we hear a knock at the door. I look out the peephole to see Bella and Derek standing there. I open the door, and they burst through, excited to see us. Everyone shouts Merry Christmas and exchanges hugs. Derek places gifts under the tree, and when he gets back to the kitchen, he tells Patty that everything smells really good.

Bella is beaming with excitement. “So, what did you get for Christmas?” She’s staring at Patty. A huge smile spreads across Bella’s face as Patty holds up her left hand to show off her engagement ring.

Bella and Patty both squeal with excitement as Derek nudges my arm. “I take it she said yes?”

“Wait, you guys knew?” Patty says, shocked.

“Not we,” Derek says. “Me. I knew, but I wasn’t going to ruin the fun of you telling your BFF, so I kept it to myself.”

She runs up and hugs him. “Thank you so much.”

She turns back to Bella. “So, you’ll be my maid of honor, right?”

“Of course I will,” she says excitedly, taking Patty’s hand. “Carter, you did a wonderful job picking the ring. It’s stunning.”

I thank her and turn to Derek. “Hey, man, if it weren’t for you I probably would have lost her. Would you be my best man?”

“I’d be honored.”

We shake hands and man hug as the girls continue freaking out over our engagement. We stand around the kitchen and talk. As Patty starts to ask them if they want to exchange gifts, there’s another knock at the door. We both look at each other, confused, because Derek and Bella are early, which means our parents aren’t due here for another hour or so, but I walk over to the door and I open it to find our parents all standing there.

“Sorry we’re early, but your mother was dying to see her son,” my father says as they hug me.

“We were all dying to get here. It’s our first Christmas together, and everyone is getting along nicely,” Troy says. They all walk into the house holding desserts and some gifts. Patty hugs everyone and takes coats to hang in the coat closet while Bella is collecting the desserts that our parents brought. I take the bags they were carrying and put them next to the tree.

Glancing around, I can’t help but smile at our family. Everyone is sitting around the living room, joking and having a great time. It’s an amazing sight.

I stand up, pulling Patty with me, and walk in front of the tree. I place my arm around Patty. “I want to thank you all for being here with us today. Even if you are early,” I add jokingly. “This is the first of many Christmases together for us, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds. We’re all going to be family soon because Patty has agreed to be my wife.”

Patty removes her hand from behind my back, holding up her hand to show everyone the ring I’ve placed on her finger. Everyone is clapping, and her mother and my mother are hugging her as they look at her diamond ring.

Sandra turns to me with a small smile. “Very nice job picking the ring. It’s beautiful.”

“Thank you.” I offer a small smile in return. I know she didn’t like me at first, but I appreciate the effort she’s making now.

Troy stands up and clears his throat as he holds up his glass. “To the happy couple,” he says with a huge smile. “Patty, Carter made me a very happy man the day he called me and asked permission to take your hand in marriage. I know you two will have a very long, happy life together. As your parents, the five of us wanted to start you both out on the right foot, so for your engagement gift, we have all contributed to give you this.”

He hands her an envelope, and with her hands shaking, she opens it. Her jaw instantly drops, and her eyes are welling with tears. “What is it, baby?”

She shows me the piece of paper, and I’m left speechless. It’s a check for one million dollars for us to use to buy the house of our dreams.

“This is too much,” she says to our parents in total shock.

“I agree.”

“We have all talked this over and knew you would say that, so we’ve all agreed you have two choices. You can take the money and either build or buy the house of your dreams or the five of us will shop for one for you and put it in your name. We really want you to have this.”

Patty looks at me. “You know they’re not going to make turning this down easy.”

“All I ask, Carter, is that you treat my baby girl like the princess she is. She’s my world, and I would do anything for her.”

“I won’t let you down. You have my word.”

I step forward to shake his hand, but he pulls me into a hug and whispers, “Welcome to the family, son.” When we pull apart, he says to me, “Good, then take the money and build or buy my daughter the house of her dreams.”

Patty wipes a tear as she steps up to hug her father. “Thank you so much, Daddy.”

“Your mother, Richard, Jackson, and Mia were in on this too.” We both hug each of them and thank them for the generous gift.

“What is it?” Bella asks. She hasn't seen the note or the check. Patty shows her the piece of paper. Her eyes go wide, and she hugs Patty. “I'm so happy for you guys.”

My father and Troy pretend to be Santa and hand out gifts. We all sit around, laughing and joking. My mother and Sandra have already started asking questions about when we’re getting married, and of course Sandra is requesting we hold the wedding reception at the club.

“Mother, can we get through the New Year’s Eve event? Then we can happily start planning my wedding.”

“If we must,” she says, a bit disappointed.

My mother gives her a small understanding smile.

We’re almost done opening presents from our family when the oven beeps. They’ve given us some nice things for our house, and Patty’s mom got her and Bella some beautiful matching earrings. Apparently, she’s been doing stuff like that since Bella’s family walked out on her.

Patty thanks everyone and then jumps up to get dinner out of the oven. My mother excuses herself to help Patty in the kitchen as she gets to work warming the side dishes. I look over and smile as I watch the two of them working. They make a great team. Patty warms some veggies while my mother prepares biscuits. The rest of the family is in the living room having a great conversation and cleaning up wrapping paper. Even Sandra and Richard are talking with Troy about the wedding. My dad is talking to Derek about our New Year’s Eve event, and we all laugh as Sandra jumps in, refusing to tell us what she came up with for midnight.

Patty yells over from the kitchen, “Begging will do you no good. When she has her mind made up, she won’t change it. You’ll have to wait and see what she has planned.”

Patty announces dinner is ready, and everyone makes their way to the kitchen so they can make a plate. The dining room table is ready, so as soon as we’ve made our plates, we take our seats and enjoy this meal.

During dinner, Richard and Sandra fill us in on their upcoming trip to Europe. That, of course, brings up the topic of our honeymoon and where we’re going.

“Patty says she knows what she wants to do, but she hasn’t told me yet.”

“Why not?” Sandra asks, totally shocked.

“We only got engaged last night, Mother. Besides, for me our honeymoon is easy. I want to go back to where it all began.”

Troy and I speak up at the same time. “The lake house?”

I smile and nod. “Why not? If it wasn’t for my father being so stubborn, we wouldn’t have met and we wouldn’t be sitting here today. Thank you, Daddy,” she says with a giggle.

“See, my stubbornness has paid off. You’re most welcome,” he says with a smug grin.

Patty’s brow shoot up. “You’re lucky it’s hard to stay mad at you. I was really upset at first.”

“Baby girl, you can be mad at me all you want, but when it comes to your safety I don’t mess around. Look what happened the one time I eased up. Ben kicked the door in and nearly attacked you. I won’t make that mistake again.” He gives her a stern look.