Don’t Forget to Remember Me (45 page)

“Julia. Babe.” I shook her shoulder gently.
“Wake-up,” I said softly as I pulled her naked body against mine.
She moaned in protest to the sun streaming into the window.

“Sleep. Need sleep.” She turned to me and
buried her face into the curve of my shoulder. I could hear the
smile in her voice. “My husband kept me up all night.”

I grinned and tightened my hold. “Mmmm…I
like the sound of that.” She stretched in my arms, like a satisfied
cat, the movement pressing her pliant body more firmly into mine.
She was warm, and willing, soft and loving…mine. I didn’t realize
that I’d said the word aloud but I must have.

“Yes,” her voice hissed softly before she
nibbled on my lower lip slowly. “Yes, Ryan!”

I smiled against her mouth. Right here, in
this bed, was my entire life and if I never left it again, I would
be happy as hell. My face hurt from the smile I couldn’t
contain.

“I love you, Mrs. Matthews.” She sobered and
lifted her right hand to gently brush the hair from my forehead.
Her slightest touch caused me to ignite. I gazed in wonder as her
little pink tongue darted out to wet her luscious lips. “Julia…” I
bent to brush her mouth with mine. “Don’t tempt me, babe. We’re
late for brunch and we only have two hours until I have to be on
campus.” It occurred to me that it was the last time that I would
go there. It must have shown on my face because Julia instantly
picked up on it. She knew me so well.

“Hey,” she said gently, the back of her
fingers brushed along the line of my jaw. “Are you sad, sweetie?”
Her soft green eyes filled with sympathy.

“Uh…sure, some; especially
Dr. Brighton. He’s been a great professor, a valuable advisor and
good friend.” I was contemplative but pulled her closer, until
every bit of exposed skin was somehow touching. “But, I’m
so
happy, Julia. We’re
starting our life together. I have everything as long as I have
you.”

Her lower lip shot out in
an adorable pout, but it wasn’t a sad one. I watched the emotions
cross her features, and pulled her into a tight hug while her arms
clasped around my waist. “I love you,
Doctor
Matthews,” Julia said softly with a series of
kisses along the line of my jaw. “Scruffy boy,” she
teased.

I rubbed my chin along her cheek and she
squealed loudly, following by a fit of giggles when I continued.
“Ugh…do you want me to look like a lobster at your graduation?”
Julia protested. “That hurts!” Her hand reached around and pinched
my ass as hard as she could, her face wrinkling with the effort. I
laughed happily.

“So did that!” I protested with a grunt.

Over her shoulder, a ray of sun landed on
the bridal gown now hanging over the back of the bathroom door
causing a rainbow of prisms to dance around the room. So beautiful.
What an amazing picture she made wearing it, the memory alone stole
my breath.

I rolled onto my back,
taking her with me. She sat up, straddling my hips, looking
glorious as she looked down at me. Her hair was a wild mess, but,
her face glowed with happiness and her naked
body…
perfect
. I sighed softly as I
ran my hands and my eyes over her, down her sides, softly cupping
her breasts and then gliding down to her hips. I bit my lip as my
body responded beneath her.

Julia cocked her head to one side. “We don’t
have time, my love,” she murmured and reached out to touch my face.
“The others are already waiting.” Her eyes softened, full of love
and my heart swelled.

I nodded. “I know.” My thumbs rubbed back
and forth over her hip bones. I couldn’t help myself, I pulled them
forward and surged mine in return. “I always want you, Julia. It
doesn’t matter if I’ve just had you minutes before or if there is
somewhere else I need to be. Right now, I’d blow off brunch with my
family,and even my own graduation, just to spend the time alone
with you,” I said seriously.

She smiled and bent forward to kiss my lips
softly. Her tongue came out to lick along my upper lip and I raised
my head so I could kiss her back more fully. She tasted so good and
felt amazing. My hands tightened on her again as I pressed my
arousal into her soft flesh, slowly grinding against her. I could
feel the heat, the wetness starting between her legs. It was like
magic between us.

The kiss grew more passionate, but she
turned her head to the side, leaving my mouth wanting, so I let it
roam over the side of her face, until it came to rest on her
temple.

“Ryan. I want you, too,
but we have to go.
Your
parents and
I
have waited four damn years to see your
ass up on that platform, getting your degree and that crimson
collar. You’re
going
.” She smiled wickedly then grasped around my erection.
“
This
, can wait until later.” She
laughed when my eyes widened and then jumped off of the bed and ran
into the bathroom. Within seconds I heard the shower
running.

“Ugh!” I groaned and lifted my head to look
at the throbbing appendage, still hard as steel. I sat straight up
and bounded off the bed, briskly walking into the bathroom. Julia
was already in the shower, humming some nondescript song. The room
filled with steam, the mirrors full of condensation; the air thick
and heavy.

I was in the shower with her in a flash, my
arms enfolding her at the same time she jumped in surprise.

“Ryan, you scared me!” she said.

I slid my hands down her body, slick with
soap, her skin like silk beneath my fingertips, roaming over the
luscious curves of her butt, to the back of her thighs. Her lids
fell and her mouth opened as I bent slightly to lift her and bring
her legs around my waist. There was nothing I wanted more than to
make love to my wife.

“I’m soooo hungry; and, not for brunch.
Baby…Don’t say no,” I whispered against her mouth.

Without speaking, her fingers slid into my
hair and pulled my mouth to hers in a deep kiss, our tongues
reaching out to circle and lave each other. It was all the answer I
needed. I pushed her up against the shower wall and slid into her
body. “Uhhhh…” I groaned against the curve of her neck as my hips
surged into hers over and over. “I love you.”

Her fingers tightened and started tugging on
my wet hair, her mouth reaching up for mine again in obvious want
as her body clenched in rhythm around mine. I pulled out almost all
the way and pushed back in hard as we kissed hotly. Last night had
been gentle and slow where now it was needy and desperate, fast and
hard.

I had her in my arms, her heat around me,
her mouth demanding beneath mine, and I loved every second of it.
Giving and taking what we wanted and needed from each other. “Oh,
Ryan…” she moaned into my mouth. I felt her body responding to mine
in our beautiful mating dance, the answering tightness building
deep inside, getting ready to explode. “Uh, baby, don’t stop…” she
breathed as her hips rocked in unison to mine. “Don’t stop.”

“Oh, God…Juuullliiiiiaaaaaa.” The air rushed
from my lungs as my body tensed and her fingers dug into my scalp
and shoulder blade. I could feel her tumble over the edge, her body
shaking and clenching tightly around my cock as she sucked every
last drop from me as I shot off deep inside her.

We were both left panting, my arms still
wrapped tightly around her and she turned her face to kiss the
curve of my neck. I could feel her breath on me, despite the steam
and heat from the shower. Her hand pushed the wet hair back off the
side of my face and we both looked into each other’s eyes.

“I love you,” we said in unison. I was
smiling like a stupid schoolboy and I didn’t care. Her lips pulled
back when she laughed softly at the expression on my face.

“Yes,” she nodded, “we are definitely
missing brunch.”

I laughed in agreement. Time was ticking
away, yet I felt no desire or urgency to disengage or to remove my
arms from around my delicious little wife. “Definitely, but, I
don’t care.” I placed a soft kiss on her mouth and nuzzled her nose
with mine.

A loud pounding resonated through the rooms
and I let Julia slide down my body and reached around to shut off
the water.

“Crap. Whoever it is must be breaking down
the damn door,” Julia muttered and grabbed for the towels. She
threw one at me and hurried into the other room rapidly wrapping
one around herself, hair dripping as she went.

“Hey! Julia, Ryan!! Dad sent me to get your
asses out of bed!” Aaron’s voice boomed in the hallway outside the
suite. “Enough marital humping already!” He was laughing his ass
off, knowing full well his voice carried through the hallway to the
other rooms.

Julia and I gaped at each other.

“I think you need to answer the door, hon,”
Julia said flatly as she grabbed some underwear from the suitcase
and ran back into the bathroom. I went to the door amidst more
pounding.

“I’m coming, Aaron! Jesus!” I called. When I
swung the door open he was leaning on the doorjam.

His eyes widened as they
raked over my half naked and wet body. “For Christ’s sake, Ryan!
You miss your wedding brunch and you’re still in a fucking towel?”
Aaron was all dressed up in a dark grey suit, white collared shirt
and red and grey striped tie. “Or is it; in a towel,
still fucking
?” he asked
with a smirk.

“Did someone die? You never wear a suit,” I
teased flatly, turning back into the room.

“Shut up. You know it’s under duress,” Aaron
admonished. “Get your pathetic ass dressed, would ya? We have to
go. Dad said he’d take Julia with him and Mom.”

“She might go with her parents, not
sure.”

“Well, see? If you’d show up when you’re
supposed to, you’d know Ellie and Harris are going with Paul and
Marin, and Jen and Julia with Mom and Dad. I’m here to get your
sorry self, so move it,” he said dryly. “You have fifteen minutes,
Ryan.” He sat on the couch and grabbed the remote.

I went to the bathroom door. “Just a second,
Aaron.” I cracked the door open to poke my head in the door. Julia
was combing her wet hair and dressed in a matching blush lace
string bikini panty and bra. It was almost the same tone as her
skin and emphasized her womanly curves. My eyes roamed over her
form in the mirror. “Baby, Aaron is here and hustling me out, so is
it okay if I come in and shave?”

She rolled her eyes at me. “What do you
think?” She smiled and threw the comb back onto the vanity before
reaching for a bottle of lotion and propping a leg up on the toilet
as she worked it into the skin of her calves and thigh.

“I wish I had time to do that for you.” I
lathered up my face with shaving cream and ran the razor under the
running water as she switched to the other leg.

“Just get a move on, Matthews.”

“We’re going ahead and Dad and Mom will take
you and Jen.”

“Okay. Is Aaron here?”

I nodded between strokes of the razor.
“Watching TV.”

Julia stepped behind me
and wrapped her arms around my waist, one of them sliding up over
my abs and to my chest. Her fingers splayed out and she placed a
wet open-mouthed kiss on my back between my shoulder blades.
“I’m
very
proud
of you.”

“Couldn’t have done it
without you and
your
pushy little
ass.”

She laughed and moved toward the bathroom
door. I glanced at her, my eyes falling on the firm round curves.
“Mmmm, and what a luscious ass it is.”

I was soon pulling a fully
dressed Julia into my arms for one last kiss before I walked out
with Aaron, passing a flustered Ellie on the way. She would help
Julia pack up the gown and the rest of our things. We had one night
left in Bosto
n;
then on to New York and
the rest of our lives. Happiness flowed until I thought would
burst. Aaron put his arm around the top of my shoulders. “Let’s do
this and blow this Popsicle stand, brother. Fucking
A…
we did it
!”

I dabbed at happy tears.
Elyse squeezed my hand as we watched Ryan and Aaron claim their
degrees. The officiate called Ryan’s name followed by
‘
graduating
Summa
Cum Laude’
, placed the
red collar over his gown and handed him the leather-bound degree. I
leaned forward and watched Gabriel sitting on the other side of
Elyse, a look of love and pride on his handsome face.

Even
Jenna, never one to
really show any flowery emotion,
was crying
. My parents were on my right and my father’s hand came out
to close around mine. Everyone that mattered most in the world was
here. Ellie and Harris were sitting directly behind us. I watched
as Ryan walked to the right side of the platform, he waited while
they called his brother up to get his degree and then they shook
hands and hugged before exiting and returning to their seats. Two
boyhood dreams now realized. My heart thudded, realizing being away
from Aaron might cause Ryan some stress, but this was a day to
celebrate.