Just a little wrap up chapter (with some sweetness and some smut) because I didn't feel okay just leaving it unfinished. For everyone who took time to read what I've posted, I appreciate you so much!
"Okay, I'm not waiting anymore! I'm going to take pictures by myself if you all don't hurry up!" Beth yelled, no one in sight but she could hear everyone scattering around.
"Mama, you take a picture?" a little voice yelled before its owner came flying around the corner.
"Oh, Lia. Who gave you juice?" Beth asked, picking up her daughter, examining her white dress and teal tights.
Now four years old, Lia had grown into her own person. Still the spitting image of her father, but she had long dark hair and slightly lighter skin. For the longest, Beth had hoped she'd maybe, somehow start to resemble her but no such luck. And she was more than okay with that.
"Papi did." Lia answered.
"Of course he did. No juice until after pictures. Rio!" she called out, putting Lia back down and confiscating her juice.
"Why are you so loud today?" Rio asked, coming around the same corner that had just produced Lia.
"Why would you give her this before pictures? You look so good."
"You dressed me so of course you think that." Rio said, looking down at his navy polo shirt and khaki pants.
"I couldn't take any chances. And what in the world is taking everyone so long?"
"Nobody wants to take these corny ass pictures." he answered honestly.
"That's too bad. We're doing it anyway. Jane! Kenny! Emma! Danny!" she yelled upstairs.
"I'm right here." Kenny called out from the next room. "Why are you being so loud?"
"See? I'm not the only one wonderin'." Rio pointed out, laughing.
"All I'm asking for is a decent family picture. Just one good picture. Is that too much to ask?"
"Alright, alright." he said, looking into Beth's irresistible puppy dog eyes, then giving her a kiss.
"No, Mama." Lia protested, trying to pull Beth away from Rio.
"What did I tell you about that, Lia-bug?" Rio asked, picking Lia up. "You have to share me with Mama."
"You should've stopped it when she was a baby but no. It was hilarious then, huh?" Beth asked, smirking at Rio.
"Can we get this over with?" Danny asked, slowly making his way down the stairs.
"Oh, you look so handsome." Beth gushed.
"I know." he replied, shrugging and walking away.
"Alright. Emma, Jane, let's go!" Rio called upstairs.
"We're coming!" they shouted down in unison.
And down the stairs they came, both wearing teal coldshoulder tops and white capris.
"So pretty!" Beth complimented.
"Okay, let's get this show on the road." Rio said.
"Show on the road!" his mini-me repeated.
Getting perfect pictures was like pulling teeth. She couldn't get her boys to smile and she couldn't get her girls to stop acting annoyed.
"Okay. I don't care who likes it and who doesn't, we're gettin' these pictures for your mama. Smile like you mean it and if you're tired of bein' out here, I don't wanna see that feelin' on your face. Come on."
She gave him a quick kiss and they got some perfect pictures.
Not long after dinner that evening, everyone huddled up and watched a movie together. Beth and Rio seemed to be the only ones who could hang as all of the children fell asleep.
Beth could see Rio facing her out of her peripheral so she turned to face him and smiles stretched across their faces.
"What are you looking at?" she asked when their eyes didn't break contact.
"You." he answered as simply as he could.
"Why?"
"'Cause I love you." he told her, pressing a kiss onto her lips.
"I love you too." she replied, smiling against Rio's mouth. "Tomorrow, let's have a kid-free house."
"You got it, mama." he assured her.
And when the next night came, the house was kid-free. Beth cooked dinner and, like they seldom got the chance to do, they sat alone at the dinner table in their pajamas right next to each other and enjoyed a good meal. They ate, they drank, they talked, they constantly caught one staring at the other.
"You done eating, babe?" she asked, getting up from the table and grabbing she and Rio's empty plates. "I have a surprise for you."
"You comin' back in here naked?" he asked, smirking and rubbing his hands together.
"No, but you might enjoy it just as much."
"I doubt that." he said, eyes stayed on her body as she walked away.
But he changed his tune when she walked in with a small platter of cheesecake-stuffed strawberries and a bowl with a can of whipped cream in it, sitting it all on the table.
"Pretty damn close." he corrected himself, laughing.
"You mentioned wanting some the other day so I made you some for tonight." she said, reclaiming her seat beside him and filling the bowl with whipped cream.
"Thank you, baby."
She turned her chair to face him before grabbing a strawberry and dipping it into the whipped cream. Rio turned his head to face her and parted his lips, his eyes going back and forth from Beth's face to the treat in his hand. Once the strawberry reached his lips, he looked her in the eyes as he took a bite. He let out a low moan, knowing that almost as much as Beth loved to make him moan, she loved when her food did the same.
"Good?" she asked.
"Hell yeah." he answered, chewing and swallowing, savoring the bite.
She finished the rest of the strawberry and he wasn't lying; it was really good. She licked her lips, but must've had a bit of whipped cream left because Rio's eyes were stuck on her mouth as he leaned in and placed his hand on the back of her neck, bringing her lips to his. He licked the whipped cream from her top lip before parting her lips with his tongue. She closed her lips around his tongue and slowly pulled back, sucking on it.
"You want some more?"
"I want you." he said, turning his whole body to face her now and his free hand landing on her hip.
She smiled against his lips before he started kissing her like her mouth tasted even sweeter than their dessert. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched Rio's hand reach towards the bowl of whipped cream; he dipped two fingers in and disconnected their lips. Beth opened her mouth, receiving his fingers and making a show of sucking the cream off of them.
He was visibly aroused and she couldn't keep her hands off. She put a hand on his knee and let it roam up to grip his erection through his sweatpants.
"You ready to go to bed?" he asked her, shocked when she shook her head.
"We never have the house to ourselves. I want it right here." she explained, watching excitement exude from his face.
Beth pulled the front of Rio's sweats down just enough to reach in and pull his hard cock out. She stroked him, then straddled him. His eyes watched her tongue dart out and wet her lips. She very lightly dragged her fingernails up his cock.
"Ah shit." he groaned, quickly coming out of his t-shirt.
She grinned at his reaction, kissing him as he unbuttoned her silk pajama top and sliding it off onto the floor. She pulled him closer to her, her bare breasts rubbing against his skin. Rio reached towards the bowl again, this time letting his whipped cream covered fingers play with one of Beth's nipples then the other. His mouth followed and she could feel herself getting wet as he brought her breasts up to his wet mouth, licking the whipped cream off and sucking her nipples. He brought his mouth back to hers and stood up, quickly lying her on the table, not daring to stop kissing her. Her hands moved to his back and her legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him against her, squeezing his hardness between their bodies.
He grabbed her thighs, forcing her to unwrap her legs. He removed her pajama bottoms and panties before he swiped up the can of whipped cream. He touched between her legs with the cold can, making her deeply exhale. He brought the nozzle up between her breasts and tilted it, whipped cream squirting out and onto her alabaster skin. He lead a trail all the way to just above her landing strip, then sat the can back on the table.
Rio spread her legs and laid a kiss on her clit. The teasing was driving her wild. He pressed his lips onto the trimmed strip of hair, letting his chin rest against her clit.
"Rio, please" she begged.
"Like you said, we don't ever have the house to ourselves. I'm gon' take my time." he said, lips still rubbing against her.
He moved upwards, his tongue scooping up the whipped cream bit by bit followed by nips at her sweet, wet skin until he reached the last little bit between her breasts. He had his arms hooked under her thighs so she was wet and open for him. She reached between them, stroking his cock up and down a few times before he removed her hand.
"Fuck. Rio, I need it so bad." she moaned.
"Not yet." he said, reaching over and grabbing a strawberry from the platter.
He brought the fruit down between them, spreading her lower lips with one hand and dipping the fruit into her wetness with the other.
"Oh god." she said, shakily, her hips jerking at the little bit of contact.
He put the soaked fruit to her lips and she took a bite, the flavors of the treat and herself bursting on her tongue. Before she could even swallow, Rio's mouth was on hers as he brought the fruit back down for a second dip. This time, he ate it as he was face to face with her, both of them enjoying the new taste of their dessert.
"Babe, I want you to fuck me. I need you to fuck me."
He gave her what she wanted, what she needed, what she was quivering and hungry for. He hooked his arm back under her leg and thrusted into her, sliding in easily. The noises that came from Beth sounded like she came already, but her hips thrusting upward to meet Rio's let him know that things weren't over. He leaned down and laid wet kisses on her jaw, hitting the inside of her at an angle that had her squeezing his cock. His kisses moved to her neck then her ear.
"Mm, you feel so good, baby." he moaned directly into her ear.
"Oh!" she shouted, his words, his dick, and his warm breath working in unison, making her toes curl. "Ohhh!"
Her moans urged Rio to allow his long, slow thrusts to gain speed. Her hips caught the rhythm and met his thrusts magnificently. Rio's hand caressed its way to Beth's ankle before taking hold of it and resting it on his shoulder, getting a loud yelp out of Beth as he drove deeper inside of her.
She'd be sore in the morning, but it was worth it.
Rio nearly pulled out, leaving just the tip of his penis inside of her.
"What's wrong?" she asked, trying to catch her breath.
"My wife so fuckin' beautiful. After years of me damn near beggin', she married me."
She smiled.
"I did. And I'm so happy I did. It's been a wonderful week of marriage." she said. "Now come on and fuck me."
He wasted no time getting back into a fast, steady rhythm. He brought her legs back around his waist and leaned down, pressing his chest against hers. Her hands landed softly on the sides of his face and she brought his face to hers, passionately kissing him. Her hands gripped his face tighter and her eyes squeezed shut as she contracted around him.
"Fuck, Rio!" she moaned loudly into his open mouth. "Don't stop."
And he didn't. He stood tall and continued to fuck her. Despite her body shaking, he kept pumping in and out of her wet warmth. Just when she felt like her climax might be nearing its end, she felt four sturdy fingers pressing just above her center and a thumb quickly running back and forth across her clit. And before her first orgasm could wane, another wave hit her. It was strong, it was overwhelming, and it would've been unbearable if it hadn't been so damn pleasurable. Her body scooted back on its own accord much to Rio's dislike.
"Unh-unh. Stop runnin'." he said, grabbing her hip with the hand that wasn't working on her clit. She felt impossibly wonderful around him; so warm, wet, and tight, squeezing him until he came inside of her.
Her body tensed up as Rio's actions prolonged her second orgasm. Finally, he slowed down and moved his hand from between her legs, up her stomach, then grabbed her breast.
"You sticky, baby." he said, leaning down, kissing her unattended breast, then up her jaw and finally her open, waiting mouth.
"You think we need a shower?" she asked in response.
"Oh, we definitely do."
"Don't pull out. You're an old married man now. Let's see if you still got it." she teased.
"Girl, grab that whipped cream."
She laughed and grabbed the can of whipped cream.
"Best believe I still got it." he said, lifting her up from the table with ease, still inside of her.
"I love you so much." Beth said, moaning at the change of angle.
"I love you too, Beth."
You see, when he said that Lia was worth it, he meant it. He meant that Beth and her children, who were now like his own, were worth it. Worth the fights, worth the drama, worth the indecisiveness when it came to whether he wanted to go legit or not. Granted, it took some time to come to his senses, but he did it. After getting back into the game, it didn't take even a whole year for him to realize that he couldn't bare always being away from home. There was nothing in this world that was more precious or important than what was always waiting for him at home: Beth and their children.
She had been okay with him living the life he was used to, as long as he never brought trouble into their home. And maybe acceptance for who he was, was all he needed. Beth loving him in spite of all the bad things made him feel like she was loving all the bad things right out of him, like she believed in him in ways no one had ever believed in him before. Made him feel like he could accomplish anything. So maybe he wasn't built to work a 9 to 5 at an auto shop. But he was built to own a luxury car repair business so he did it with the help of Beth. He was built to go into neighborhoods that had nothing, neighborhoods like he grew up in, and buy warehouses and properties and buildings and renovate them. He was built to change the lives of young boys and girls who were in environments that all but pushed him into a life of crime. He was determined to change their paths, to give them safe places to have fun and be creative.
And for the longest time, Beth wasn't interested in getting married again. She'd been there and done that and it wasn't something she thought she'd ever want to do again. But every single day, she fell more and more in love with Rio. More in love with the stages of the man he had become since the moment they found out she was pregnant with their baby. Through the years, they talked about it often but she always just said she would think about it. Until they were having dinner as a family and one of the children brought it up. They all laughed about how it seemed like they were already married, but they children didn't hold back at all when expressing how awesome it'd be if they really got married.
So they gathered at the courthouse with their friends and family and took a chance. Because it would always be one thing or another if they focused on what could go wrong. They both decided that taking a chance on them was truly what they wanted. Taking a chance on them was...well, worth it.
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