John worked out with Matt for the rest of the day. They did the basics and nothing more. Matt gave John the gift and then headed out for a bit. John told him that he needed some time with Mallory to try to work this out with her. Once Matt had left, John headed upstairs to talk to Mallory. He hoped she wanted to talk. He had thought about it and he didn't want someone else. He wanted her to be this therapist.

"Mal, can we talk?" He asked as he walked in the office.

"Sure." She replied to him. "Take a seat."

"Mal, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you about taking it slowly. I know you are just trying to help me get better. I shouldn't have said what I did."

"John, I know this is difficult for you. You want to be like you were before and you don't want to wait. But you have to know, you need to follow my instructions."

"I'm sorry." He said getting up and walking over to her. "I shouldn't have tried to push it."

He leaned in to kiss her only to have her pull away from him.

"No, that doesn't solve anything. It just confuses the issue." She said walking over to the window. "You can't disobey me as your therapist and then expect to fuck me as your girlfriend."

"Mal, I don't think about you like that."

"As which one? Your therapist or girlfriend?"

"That's not what I meant. Mal, you're my girlfriend who just happens to be my therapist."

"Maybe being both is a bad idea." She said quietly. "Maybe it's time to choose to be one or the other."

"No, I want you as both." He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I love you and I don't want anyone else or trust anyone else to help me get better. I want you."

She sighed when he said that. She had wanted to make him sweat it out for a few days but she wasn't sure she could. She knew she always kidding him about how much he thought about sex and how much he wanted it but she knew she was just as bad. He could turn her on just by one kiss and she always caved.

"Mallory, please don't stop being mine. Don't stop as my therapist or my girlfriend." He said before kissing her. He felt her deepen the kiss.

She moved them to the sofa. She gently pushed him back on it. She then slowly began to undress. Once she was, she leaned down and kissed him again. She then helped him get undress. She once again leaned down to kiss him and straddled him.

"What do you want?" She whispered in his ear as she got close

"I want you. God, Mallory, I want you so much right now."

She kissed him as she slowly started to ride him. As they made love, Mallory put the current issue out of her mind. She knew that them having sex wasn't going to solve it. Before long both reached their climax. Once they had, she slowed the pace down a little bit before moving to lay beside him. She felt him wrap his arms around her. She knew they needed to talk about things. While the sex gave them a break in the fight it didn't solve anything.

"John, we have to talk about things." She said as they laid there.

"I know that but can't we just enjoy the moment." He replied to her.

"Sex doesn't solve anything. It confuses things." She got up and started to get dress. "John, this is why therapist never cross the line with patients. It's hard to be the professional therapist one minute. Trying to make sure the patient follow the rules. Then suddenly change and be the girlfriend who you having sex with. Then the line gets blurry and before long you're using the fact that I have sex with you to get me to change the therapy rules."

"Mal, I know sex isn't going to solve anything. I know I made the mistake about what I did and said yesterday. I should have listened to you about the therapy. I knew you were trying to make sure no further damage was done but I wanted to wrestle. I still do. I want to have my life back."

"I know you do but you have to know that you're not going to be exactly same. You are making excellent progress and I truly believe before long you will be in the ring again. But if you push yourself, you will end up permanently not being able to wrestle. You don't want that."

He got up and walked over to her. "I don't want that. Mal, I'm sorry. I promise to follow your rules in therapy and out of therapy. But please, I want you as my therapist and my girlfriend. Please say you want that."

"I know I want to be with you. I love you but me being your therapist maybe I should let one of my colleagues be it."

"Mal, I don't want anyone else to be my therapist. I want you to be both. I know we can make it work. Can't we try for a little while?"

"Alright. We will continue like we have been. But you can't disobey me anymore or the next punish you get will be no sex." She kissed him. "Because as the therapist and girlfriend I can cut you off completely."

"I'll remember that." He laughed before kissing her. It was then that he remembered the gift he had for her. "I have something for you."

"Okay, what is it?"

"This." He handed her a black velvet box. He watched as she opened it up.

"Are you serious?" She said when she opened the box. She was shocked when she saw the 4ct. pear shaped diamond ring in the box.

"Yes. I want you to marry me."

"I'm shocked."

"So, are you going to marry me or what?"

"Yes, I will marry you." She said as he put the ring on her finger. She knew it was a little soon but her mom always told her that love can happen in an instant and when it's right, its right.

"I know it's a little soon but I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. We don't have to be married immediately."

"I want to get married whenever you do. If you want to get married, now, let's get married now. If you want to wait for a little while, we can do that too."

"I think we should talk about it later. Right now, I want to celebrate that you agreed to marry me."

"You so have a one track mind." She laughed as he kissed her.

They started to make love again. She was shocked that he asked her to marry him. It was not something she thought he would do. But she wanted to marry him and she honestly couldn't wait until they were married.

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