Recipe For Love

by Clairisant2000

This is a sequel story to Baby Baby. It focuses on Sturgis meeting and falling in love with AJ's daughter Francesca. They face many obstacles along the way to their happy ending, one of which is how to tell her father about their relationship.

26. Chapter 26

Chapter 26

After she had left the office, AJ had to admit to himself that he, Kara, and the twins, were not the main attraction for her visits any longer. She was now focused on seeing Sturgis as much as possible, and as she suggested, there might be an announcement in the near future. He then needed to face the complication of whether the SECNAV would allow him to have his son-in-law in his chain of command. AJ was also concerned at how living on two different continents would affect their relationship in the long run. Maybe he could have Sturgis transferred to Naples.

Meanwhile, Bobbi Latham was sitting in a car right outside of JAG headquarters planning ways to get Sturgis back. She had followed him when he left at lunchtime to go to the airport, and she had been standing nearby when he greeted Francesca. Her fury burned bright when he kissed her hello, and it had not dimmed when she followed them to JAG and saw them go into the building arm in arm. Figuring that Sturgis would have to work for the rest of the afternoon, she now sat in wait for Francesca to come out, so she could find out where she was staying.

A cab pulled up to the gate and was admitted. A few minutes later, Francesca came out and got into it. Bobbi followed the cab to the Willard hotel and she allowed the valet to park her car as she followed her quarry into the hotel. Standing at the rack of 'what to do in the city' brochures, she listened while Francesca checked in and discovered that she was in room 1254. Filing that away for later, she walked back out of the hotel and returned to work to begin her plan to get 'her man' back!

Back at JAG, Sturgis had to restrain himself when he found that he couldn't stop looking at his watch and counting the time until he could leave to pick Francesca up. He berated himself for not bringing a change of clothes to work with him so he wouldn't have to stop at home and change first. Although he was sure that Francesca would probably not mind going out to dinner with him in his uniform, he wanted to show her that he had put forth the effort to make tonight special.

Francesca on the other hand was having a wonderful afternoon. She had unpacked her suitcases, taken her toiletries into the bathroom and settled into an incredibly sensuous bubble bath. She only used LilacRose products and loved the fantastic line of aromatherapy products they produced. They were only available online and Francesca had been using them exclusively ever since she had first tried them. Today, she chose a sandalwood and lime bath salts. She had every intention of trying to seduce Sturgis to spend the night with her.

She had been on the pill for several years now, because she had an active, but selective sex life. Although, there had been no one serious in her life since she had killed her last lover. Grinning to herself, she thought that that might not be the best thing to tell Sturgis though, if she wanted him to spend the night with her! Getting out of her bath, she applied her favorite LilacRose perfume of sandalwood and vanilla to her pulse points and began to dress for their date.

Being a fashion designer, Francesca knew what looked good on her and most of the clothes she designed were done with herself in mind. Most, but not all, of the clothes that were in her wardrobe were of her own design. There were a few designers that she liked and occasionally she purchased a gown or outfit by someone else. This evening however she planned to wear one of her own designs, but she needed to select what to put under it first! She considered wearing nothing under the dress, but thought that might be a bit brazen for a minister's son!

In honor of the holiday tomorrow, Francesca had chosen a blood red halter sundress with a plunging neckline and a non-existent back, to the waist. She was not able to wear a bra under such a dress, but luckily she did not need one. Pulling a transparent pair of red lace panties and red thigh high silk stockings out of the dresser, she quickly brushed her hair, and stepped into a pair of five-inch high-heeled sandals. Adding earrings and a bracelet to the outfit, she checked her watch and found that she was ready with five minutes to spare. A record for her! She giggled, 'I must be in love'!

To be continued…