When Elizabeth woke up the next morning, her hand searched for Bill but he was gone and then she heard the running water and realized he was taking a shower.
She got out of bed and dressed in one of Bill's t-shirts before she checked on David. She opened the door to the nursery and found him sleeping peacefully. She closed the door and went down the hall to check on Anne Marie.
Her long brown hair was splayed across her pillow as she slept soundly. Elizabeth walked into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee. She stretched; yawned and felt strong arms encircle her waist.
"I missed you when I got out of the shower." Bill feathered kisses along her neck.
"I know." Elizabeth agreed, "It's only been a couple days but it seemed strange not to wake up in your arms."
"Well, I'll just have to fix that by taking you back to bed so we can wake up again." Bill picked her up and strolled down the hall to their bedroom.
As Bill gently tossed his wife on the bed and had just joined her there just as his cell phone rang, "Damn, Bingley."
He glared at the phone before he growled, "What."
Bill heard a low chuckle on the other side of the phone, "Wow, Darcy I thought after your honeymoon you would be in a better mood."
"Cut the crap, Bingley." Bill said not even trying to keep the irritation out of his voice, "What is it?"
"I just got a call from the concrete company and their truck has been in an accident." Charles Bingley told his boss.
"Well, tell them to get me another one." Darcy barked into the phone, "We need to get those foundations poured otherwise I'm going to have men sitting around all day with nothing to do."
"I've already called them and it's a busy time of year so they don't have another truck free until tomorrow." Bingley explained patiently.
"Damn." Darcy snarled, "I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Is there trouble at the site?" Elizabeth asked as she looked into the face of her husband.
"The concrete mixer had an accident on the way to the job site and they don't have an extra truck to send." Darcy grumbled, "I need to have the foundation's poured today otherwise I will lose a day of work."
Elizabeth smiled and reached for her phone, "Well let me see if I can help." She looked up into Bill's confused eyes, "Charlotte's brother John has a local concrete company so let me see if he can help." She held up her hand as a voice on the other end picked up, "John, this is Elizabeth."
"Elizabeth, it's been a long time." John Lucas said with surprise.
"Yes, it has been." Elizabeth agreed.
"It was Charlotte's birthday." He laughed, "I don't remember much about that night and woke up the next day with a horrific hangover."
"I remember." Elizabeth was suddenly self-conscious when she felt Bill's eyes on her, "John, the reason I'm calling is because my husband has a concrete emergency."
"You have a husband?" John voice rose in pitch, "I don't remember Charlotte saying anything about that. When did you get married?"
"I just got married on Friday." Elizabeth smiled at Bill, "It all happened rather quickly and I didn't get a chance to tell anyone." Elizabeth laughed, "I didn't even tell my mother."
"Oh." John breathed, "So how can I help you?"
"I'll let Bill explain to you." She paused for a moment, "It's been nice talking to you." She handed Bill the phone.
Bill took the phone and quickly explained the situation to John.
Elizabeth waved at Bill and headed toward the shower. The shower felt good and made her feel refreshed enough to face the day. She wrapped a towel around herself and went into the bedroom.
Bill's eyes found hers the moment she came out of the bathroom and he crossed the room in a heartbeat as he gathered her into his arms and kissed her hard on the lips. Elizabeth responded as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You're so damn sexy that I can't seem to keep my hands off you." Bill's voice was deep with desire as he discarded her towel quickly and let it slip to the floor. He lifted his wife easily into his arms and walked her to the bed. He gently lay her down without ever taking his lips from hers.
Elizabeth's hands moved over Bill's body, "You have far too many clothes on." She complained.
Her husband just chuckled with delight and removed the offending clothing. Elizabeth rose up to meet him as his lips found hers. He feathered kisses down her neck as his hand cupped the fullness of her breast in his hand. He ran a thumb over her nipple and heard a soft moan as Elizabeth caught her breath. His lips found her breast and closed over her nipple and suckled.
Elizabeth arched off the bed at the pleasure of his touch. Her hands ran along the contours of his back and as she reached his rear, she lightly raked her fingernails along his hard muscles.
He groaned as the sensation washed over him, "Elizabeth, I need you."
"I'm all yours." Elizabeth breathed against his neck.
Everything else was forgotten as the couple slaked their needs with each other as their passionate lovemaking drove them to new heights.
As they lay together afterwards, the ringing of the phone brought the pair back to reality.
Elizabeth picked up the phone and handed it to Bill as she said with a smile, "Damn, Bingley."
"What." Bill answered gruffly.
"Where the hell are you?" Charlie asked annoyance creeping into his voice, "You said you were coming over an hour ago."
"Charlie, calm down." Bill tried to placate the angry man, "Everything is taken care of and the concrete will be there any time now."
"How the hell did you pull off that miracle?" Bingley asked in astonishment.
"My lovely wife has contacts." Bill said with a grin as he leaned down to kiss Elizabeth, "That was an unexpected bonus."
Bingley seemed distracted for a minute before he came back on the line, "The truck is here so I have to go."
After Bingley disconnected, Bill sat the phone down on the end table and with a lascivious smile, "So what shall we do now?"
Elizabeth looked at the clock and gasped, "I have to get ready for work otherwise I'm going to be late."
Bill sighs heavily, "I guess I should go too." He ran his hand down Elizabeth's curves, "I'm going to miss you."
"I'll miss you too." Elizabeth admitted as she kissed him.
After a busy morning, Elizabeth was working at her computer finishing up orders and creating the purchase orders for ordering the product.
Elizabeth answered the phone absently when it rang, "Elizabeth Bennet."
"Elizabeth Bennet." The voice on the other side of the phone growled, "Bennet."
"Bill, don't be angry," Elizabeth begged, "I just haven't gotten used to my new name yet."
"I'll forgive you this time." Bill murmured quietly before he got to the reason for his call, "I was hoping to take you out to lunch but I've been so busy that I'm not going to have time to get away from the job." His voice became low and soft, "I miss you and I was hoping that you could come to me for lunch."
"I'd love to." Elizabeth said with a smile, "I can probably get away in an hour would that work for you?"
"That would be perfect." Bill answered as his voice grew husky, "I can't wait to see you."
"Me neither." Elizabeth breathed, "I'll see you soon."
Charles Bingley caught his boss when he hung up the phone, "Is she coming?"
"Yes." Bill raised his eyebrows quizzically.
"Good," Charlie sighed, "Then maybe then you'll stop moping around." He turned to go before he stopped and turned to face Bill, "I almost forgot; John Lucas stopped by to make sure that everything had gone alright this morning. He would like to meet you."
Bill followed Bingley to where John Lucas waited. Darcy felt an irrational jealousy for the man who stood before him.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." John said as he took Bill's proffered hand, "I was glad I could help. I would do anything for Elizabeth."
A stab of pain hit Bill like a bullet as he fought his instincts and said, "You've known Elizabeth for a long time."
John's laugh was spontaneous, "Yeah we go way back."
Bingley interrupted, "John, we are so grateful that you were able to help out on such short notice." He glanced from his boss to the other man, "Your Company is one that I would like to do more business with in the future."
The three men talked business for a while and Bill was surprised that the time had gone by so quickly when Elizabeth pulled onto the job site. She took a cooler out of her car and made her way over to her husband.
John moved away from the other two and gave Elizabeth a huge hug and swung her around in a circle, "Lizzie Bear, it's so great to see you."
"John put me down." Elizabeth's voice was commanding and he put her down.
"Sorry Lizzie, I just couldn't help myself." John said with a wink.
"Gentlemen," Bill interrupted with apparent agitation, "We'll have to excuse ourselves because Elizabeth doesn't have much time for lunch."
Elizabeth looked up at her husband with surprise as Bill took her hand and led her away from the other two.
Bill led her to the furnished model home and when he shut the door behind them she asked, "What was that all about?"
Bill pulled the cooler out of her hand and set it on the floor, "I couldn't wait to get you alone." He picked her up and walked her to the bedroom and with a soft velvet voice said, "I have plans to christen this house."
A while later, Elizabeth lay in her husband's arms with a smile on her face, "You certainly know how to show a girl a good time."
Bill laughed and kissed her, "Only you, my love." He lifted her until she sat on his lap, "This is a very comfortable bed."
Elizabeth giggled, "Well of course it is, Mr. Darcy, I am very good at my job."
He arched his eyebrows, "As well as some other very pleasurable things." He claimed her lips as he drank deeply of her.
Elizabeth sighed, "I hate to cut this short but I have to get back to work."
"I don't want you to go." Will's eyes devoured her.
"I have to." She leaned down to kiss him before she got out of bed, "But I don't want to go either." She slipped back into her clothes and started to straighten the covers, "You are not making this easy."
"That was the point." Bill raised his eyebrows in invitation before he reluctantly got out of bed and helped Elizabeth make the bed.
After he dressed, he followed her back to the front room where she opened the cooler and pulled out a sandwich, "Your lunch is in there, I brought you a sandwich and some potato salad."
She kissed him goodbye, "I have to go by the apartment after work and get some of my things so I'll be a little late."
Will breathed deeply as he watched her leave. He sat down at the table to eat his lunch before he went back to work.