BETA credit and thanks go to my friend and talented writer GOODSHIPSHERLOLLIPOP

Walking down the hall of their building toward their place, Brittney was glad to be coming home for a quiet evening with her husband.

"Honey, I'm home!" she called, closing the door behind her.

"Hey Brit, I'm in the bedroom," he replied.

Making her way through their living room, the lamp having been left on for her, Brittney went straight to the bedroom.

"Oh Raul!" she gasped, her hands covering her mouth.

He had turned down their bed covering it in red rose petals. A round table covered with an elegant white cloth, and a plate of covered food with two chilled drinks sat between two chairs; all situated in front of the floor to ceiling windows of the bedroom overlooking the beautiful sparkling Christmas lights of New York. Tea light candles, mistletoe and more rose petals had been placed all around the room and made a path to their ensuite jacuzzi.

"This is so beautiful...and so sweet of you to do this." She smiled radiantly as he approached her.

"Well," Raul took her hands into both of his, "when you called to let me know that you would be late and we would have to cancel our date, I decided to bring our date home." He kissed her hands. "Besides, a date at home has its advantages." He smiled flirtatiously.

"Oh really? And what are those?" She smiled with a playfully naïve grin.

"First and foremost, we can wear what we want." He winked.

"Umm, yes," Brittney ran her beautifully manicured finger splayed hands down his bare muscular chest. "Which explains your undies. My favorite pair too...and I love the Santa hat." She purred, very sensually caressing his upper outer thighs and rear with a smile. "Any other advantages?"

"Yep. No traffic or crowds. Just us. And no waiting."

"Thank you for this Raul." She wrapped her arms around his neck, locking her hands together.

"My absolute pleasure, baby." He pulled her closer and they shared a sweet sexy kiss. "I missed you terribly today."

"I missed you. Let me change and we'll eat?"

"Sounds good."

"You like?" Brittney got Raul's attention a few moments later as she stood within the candle path in the doorway of their ensuite posed with her hands on her hips and one knee bent. She had donned a white silk and chiffon upper thigh length gown with matching cheeky panties that left nothing to the imagination and topped it off with her own Santa hat.

He looked at her from head to toe, his mouth agape. "Brittney. Baby. My favorite gown."

She walked toward him to join him at their table.

"You wore my favorite boxer briefs. Thought I'd return the favor." She smiled. "Ready for dinner? I'm starving."

"I'm ready to devour every square inch of you, my beautiful love."

The couple shared a smile and brief kiss before sitting down.

"Yum!" she exclaimed as he took the cover off the food. "Filet mignon...and look at these huge shrimp. Coconut, butterfly and scampi. This looks delicious. Let's eat so we have dessert."

"Yes ma'am, then after that I have some cheesecake for us in the fridge." He winked again.

"Umm, sounds great." She smiled seductively.

"We have a beautiful view of the city tonight...and this dinner is delicious even if I do say so myself."

"I agree on both and I love Christmas lights...although, the view right here beside me is pretty amazing too. I want to be with you so much right now Raul."

"Patience my love. After all, I'm gonna need the energy."

They shared glowing flirtatious smiles and fed each other their last few scrumptious bites of dinner then sipped their drinks.

"I love you." Raul offered her his hand as he stood.

"I love you." She accepted and joined him. "You know what I'd like?"

"What's that?" He released her hands and pulled her close.

"To soak in the jacuzzi with you my handsome love."

"Your wish is my command, my beautiful wife. Lets go."

Raul filled their jacuzzi with warm water and a mountain of bubbles then topped it with more rose petals and the pair disrobed what little they had on and settled in each other's embrace amongst the warm bubble bath and ambient romantic glow of the candles. Her back to his chest, he wrapped his strong arms around her lacing their fingers together.

They soaked for a while whispering words of love and small talk, occasionally massaging and sensually kissing different areas of each other. Soon his desire for her was becoming evident which made her want him more.

"Baby?" he whispered huskily.

"Want to go to bed?" She offered.

"Please. I want you so much." He kissed a trail from her shoulder down her arm.

"I can tell and that's so sweet. I want you too, my love." She handed him a towel and grabbed one for herself as they stood. "Race you to the bed?" She smiled at him wrapping the towel around her body, her damp skin glowing in the candle light.

"Not a bit, come here." Raul wrapped the towel around his waist and scooped her into his arms. "I do want you, my beautiful love, so so much. But that doesn't mean we have to hurry." He kissed her, teasing her lips with his tongue.

"Mmm," she moaned against his mouth. "Tell me more."

He peppered her with sweet kisses as he spoke. "I'm going to take you to our bed, then apply your favorite lotion everywhere you need it. Next, I'm going to cover you from head to toe in kisses and more caresses. Then I'm going to slowly yet passionately make love to you, Mrs. Gutierrez, like I never have before," he concluded, kissing her deeply.

"That sounds so nice. I love you so much Raul."

"Love you more. Don't argue. You'll lose," he said with a smile, carrying her to gently place her on their bed of roses, discarding their towels and climbing in with her.

As promised, he covered her in her favorite lotion. Then taking her hand he kissed her palm , then the back of her hand and made his way up toward her shoulder then made a lingered stop to kiss her neck where he gently suckled a little too long.

"Raul, you're going to leave umm, wow."

"A love mark? Wear a scarf." He returned as his mouth continued down her neck then on to her other arm and back to her breasts where he lingered, massaging and kissing.

"Raul, please take me now. I want you. Umm Raul please." Brittney urged, her desire for him raging hot through her body.

"Are you kidding me? I'm nowhere near done with you." With that his lips and tongue found the warm taut skin of her belly and slowly and sensually he traveled down all the way to her feet and back up making a long lingered stop to kiss her breathless. Then he gently cupped her bottom and pulled her close with one hand then laced their fingers together with his free one. Her eyes were still closed from sheer passion. Their desire for each other running like smouldering lava.

"Brittany," Raul gently whispered. "Look at me, beautiful."

"Yes, my love." She managed, looking into his eyes.

"Can I make love to you now?"

"Yes. Take me now. Make love to me. And Raul, don't stop. Make it last..."

"Brit." He softly interrupted her. "We're taking our time. Slow and sweet. Like we never have before...let's make love."

Surrounded by roses, the romantic glow of the candles and the beautiful view of the city, they became one in slow, beautiful, loving passion.

A while later they lay exhausted in each other's arms, his left hand laced with her right.

"I love the way you make love to me Raul." she smiled against his chest.

"Really? Why is that?"

"You cover me with sweet soft kisses and take your time...make me feel so loved and cherished."

Carefully pulling away from their embrace to turn on his side and face her, keeping their hands linked, he looked into her radiant eyes. "That, my beautiful amazing sexy wife is because you are. I love you so much more than I could ever show you."

"Oh Raul, you're such a sweetie. Always have been my handsome love. Thank you so much for this evening. It's been so wonderful...the jacuzzi, making love. And dinner was delicious. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect date. We didn't eat the cheesecake though."

"My pleasure and we can have the cake for breakfast." He kissed her hand. "Besides, this date was easy to put together."

"How so?"

"Because I love you."

"I love you, Raul. I know its not the 25th yet but Happy Christmas. And thank you for choosing me."

"Happy Christmas to you...and thank you for choosing me."

After sharing one more sweet deep kiss, the pair settled into a deep content sleep.