Chapter Two

Warning: Chapter contains a little loving, not too graphic though.

Stripped down to the skin, Jason gathered Courtney into his arms, trembling from the contact of her naked body against his. He dropped his lips to her shoulder and took his time savoring the elegant curve to her neck. Nibbling on her ear, his fingers skimmed over her hips, traveling up her spine and made Courtney tremble as he did.

"Jason…" she sighed out his name as they lowered to the bed. "Jase…" as his weight pressed her into the mattress warmly; she wound her arms around his neck and brought his mouth down to hers. "I love you," she murmured into his lips.

"I love you, too."

And loved her he did, slowly, thoroughly and without abandonment.

After they lay exhausted in each other's arms, Courtney fit securely against him. "It's been so long since we had a moment alone together," Courtney commented, stroking a hand over his chest, still slick with post love making sweat.

"Yeah, too long," he added. He ran his hand down over her hip and up again, after all the times together, still mesmerized how amazing she felt under his hands.

"With work and Colter going back to school, Savannah getting over the flu we've hadn't had enough time to just be man and wife."

"I've missed you terribly," he murmured into her ear, his voice husky.

Courtney's body hummed by his absolute desire for her and it amazed her after all this time, he still wanted her after just making love. "We should make up for lost time," she said, kissing up his chest.

"We should," he agreed. He pulled her up into his arms and kissed her. That night, they definitely made up for lost time...

That afternoon Jason and Sonny were in the warehouse office, sorting through some discrepancies in the paper work. "Max was looking through the books and found that the numbers from Meyer's report didn't match the numbers in the book."

Jason shook his head, hating to be the first to say it, "Do you think Meyer did it on purpose."

Sonny sat back in his chair on a sigh and ran his hand over his mouth, "I don't want to. Meyer's been with us for years but…we can't rule it out. Everyone has it's price," he murmured. He couldn't trust anyone completely except for Jason.

"Okay. I'll call and set up a meeting with him."

"Keep it discrete. I don't want the other men hearing and tipping him off. If he is behind it, he could have others in with him."

"Okay." This is just great, Jason said glancing at his watch, more things to keep him from his wife and the surprise he had for her.

Sonny saw Jason's glance at his watch and asked, "You have somewhere to be?"

"Yeah but…I was suppose to meet Courtney for lunch today. With the kids and work we haven't been able to spend some time together and I have a surprise for her."

"You go then. We can deal with Meyer when you get back."

"Are you sure?"

"Go…have lunch…with your wife," Sonny told him.

"Okay, don't have to tell me twice. I'm out of here," Jason grabbed his jacket and booked it.

"Excuse me, miss."

Courtney turned around at the tap of her shoulder. "Yes?" she asked the man who sat at the table behind her.

"Do you have the time?" he asked.

As Courtney glanced at her watch, the man made a full assessment of the blond. She sure was gorgeous, he thought. He conveniently missed the wedding ring.

"Its 12:30," Courtney smiled politely at him.

"Thank you. Hey, I'm new in town. Is there any place around here to have a romantic dinner for two," he propped his elbow on the back of his chair and smiled at her.

"Well, there's a really nice restaurant at the PC Hotel," she told him.

"Great. Come have dinner with me," he said.

Courtney choked on the ice tea that she had been sipping. Before she could say anything, Jason had his hand on the guy's shoulder, "I suggest you quit hitting on my wife," he said and gripped the man's shoulder tightly.

"I'm sorry," the man winced at the pressure, held his hands up. "I didn't know she was married."

"The ring should have tipped you off," Jason commented. How much of an idiot can someone be?

"Jase, come on. No harm done," Courtney smiled a sympathetic smile at the man as Jason let him go. The man left immediately after he was freed.

Jason sat down next to Courtney, "Hello," smiling; Jason leaned over and kissed his wife.

"Hello to you, too. I didn't think you were coming."

"Yeah, I'm sorry…some stuff came up," He looked at her, "Have you seen any discrepancies in your club books lately?" he asked.

"I haven't seen the books. Meyer takes care of that…" she saw the implication, "Why? Is Meyer screwing with the books to our clubs?" she asked.

"We're not sure…You know what? Let's forget about it for now. I have something for you."

"Really? A surprise? Do tell…" she leaned forward, their foreheads resting together.

Jason reached into his pocket and handed it to Courtney. "A brochure?" she scanned the brochure and a beautiful smile came upon her lips, "This is where we got marred. Both times," she laughed as tears of sentiment gathered in her eyes.

"I booked us a room there for a week. A full week of just the two of us," he ran his fingers down her cheek, tipping her chin up for a kiss, "A full week of eating at the best French restaurants, sipping the best wines…or we could just stay in the hotel and find a way to entertain ourselves."

Courtney kissed him again, the heat of his eyes and their kiss almost too much for being in public. "When do we leave?"

"This Saturday, day after tomorrow."

"I can't wait."

She went to kiss him again but Mike came up to the table. "Now that you've given the whole diner an eyeful and put me in a very uncomfortable position, what can I get for you guys?"

Courtney giggled and Mike forgot all about his comfort as he saw the look of pure love and adoration on Jason's face for his daughter. "I'll have a bowl of chili daddy, don't forget the—,"

"Extra cheese, I know, I know," Mike cut her off saying and turned to Jason.

"I'll have the same, Mike, a little less cheese for me."

"I got you. Drinks?"

"Another ice tea for me."

"Coffee."

"Great, I'll be right back."

"Where were we," Courtney giggled as Jason brought her mouth back to hers.

Thanks for the great feedback! I'm glad you guys like it. This was a little Journey fluff and I'll be doing a little Carson fluff as well before the ish comes. Tell me what you think, can't wait for your feedback.