“Jason, please!” she said, begging him to take her a lot sooner than normal and letting him know just how turned on she was.

This wasn’t going to last long, he realized as he stepped back and released himself. Without a word, Haley got back on her knees and turned around. He reached out and took her hand into his as he sat down on the edge of the bed, his gaze never leaving hers as she moved around him and straddled his lap. He leaned in and kissed her, only pulling back seconds later so that she would follow after him. Her lips never left his as he laid back and wrapped his arms around her.

As he kissed her, he slowly shifted his h*ps from side to side, taking her in a way that he knew would drive them both crazy. It wasn’t long before Haley was mimicking his motions and taking it to a whole new level. When he felt her tighten around him, he gently pushed her up so that he could latch onto one of her large ni**les with his lips. He gently tugged on the nipple, suckling her hard as she arched her back to take him deeper inside her. Her movements became wild as she rode him. When he reached up and cupped her other breast, she lost it.

She was just barely done screaming his name when he flipped her onto her back and ground his c**k as far as it would go inside her. Instead of pulling out and thrusting back in, he continued to grind himself against her, knowing that he was hitting her cl*t in the process and loving the way her nipple hardened even further in his mouth.

Just when he didn’t think that he could hold back much longer, he felt her tighten around him and he let go. He licked and sucked her breast with abandon as he ground against her, praying that he wasn’t hurting her even as he had to admit that it felt so damn good.

Growling her name around her nipple, he ground himself one last time as he felt the last tremors of his orgasm leave him. As he leaned up to kiss his wife, he felt the exhaustion that he’d been fighting for the past few weeks finally catch up with him. Before he could manage to roll away from her, he felt himself drift off and he couldn’t help but smile. That is until the pinching began.

“Ow!” he snapped when it became obvious that she had no plans on stopping.

When he raised himself up so that he could glare at the little bully, she merely grinned that huge grin that she was known for and asked, “Where’s my present?”

“Present?” he asked, frowning until she went to pinch him again. “Ow!”

“Don’t make me break out the fists of fury!” she threatened him, looking so damn cute that he couldn’t help but chuckle as he reached out and picked up the box that he’d made her.

“We wouldn’t want that,” he teased as he moved off her so that he could sit up.

“No,” she said with a sniff, “we wouldn’t.”

“Will this keep your violent ways under control?” he asked as he placed the box on her beautiful stomach just above the light stretch marks that now marked her body from giving birth to their three amazing children. He loved kissing those marks. Every time Haley complained about them, he showed her exactly how much he loved them.

“Maybe,” she said with a pleased little smile and an excited squeal as she picked up the box and sat up.

With a smile and a prayer that he wasn’t about to disappoint his wife, he reached down and grabbed the quilt that Haley kept folded at the end of their bed and pulled it up until it covered them both. He sat back and got comfortable before he reached out and gently took the case from Haley’s hands. He waited until she was lying down tightly against him with her head cushioned on his shoulder before he opened the box.

“It’s beautiful,” Haley whispered reverently as she looked at the stone necklace with something close to awe.

“Yes, you are,” Jason said, looking down at his wife as she sent him a shy smile. Unable to help himself, he leaned down and pressed a kiss against her lips, savoring the sweet taste of her before forcing himself to pull back.

“There are so many stones,” she said, reaching out to trace her fingers along the bottom row of beads.

“Four hundred and fifty-six beads to be exact,” he said with a smile.

“That’s a lot of beads,” Haley said, snuggling up closer to him.

“You gave me a lot of wonderful memories, my little grasshopper,” he said, feeling his eyes tear up just thinking about all the wonderful memories that she’d given him.

“What’s that white rock?” she asked, turning her head slightly so that she could press a kiss against his shoulder as she pointed to the first rock in the necklace.

“That would be from the tree where we first met.”

She pulled her hand back. “You mean the one where you peed?” she asked, sounding grossed out.

“I had a lot of soda, woman! I had to go and the damn realtor hadn’t left the key where she’d promised!” he snapped defensively.

“So touchy,” she mumbled as she pointed to a little gray rock at the three quarter section of the necklace. “And this one?”

“This one is from the parking lot of your doctor’s office when we found out that you were pregnant with Joshua,” he said, smiling at the memory of holding Haley in his arms when the doctor shared the news with them.

“And this one?” she asked, pointing to a dark grey rock close to the beginning.

“This one is from the hotel in Boston where I got to hold you in my arms for the first time.”

“And this one?” she asked, pointing to the next rock.

“Is from the same hotel,” he said, looking down at her.

“Why did you get two from the same hotel?” she asked, looking adorably confused.

With a smile, he leaned down and brushed his lips against hers as he whispered, “Because that’s when I realized that I never wanted to let you go.”

And this is only the beginning……….