Shit. How do I explain my piercings to a four-year-old? Oh yeah, son, these were just a result of a really drunken night, and ever since I met your mom, I thank my younger drunk self for shoving three piercings in my cock. Seems like a reasonable request, but let’s wait until you’re older and I’ll take you myself. We can bond over our dicks!
After I use the bathroom and wash up, I head back into the bedroom. I stop short when I see Cohen wrapped in Melissa’s arms, both of them smiling brightly at me. My heart is so full of the love these two made possible.
“Greg, our son seems to think I need to go to timeout?”
Oh, my wicked wife.
“Is that right?” I question.
“It would seem that someone’s wiener was a bad boy this morning and our son was doing the noble thing in warning his mommy so she wouldn’t get in trouble?” Her laughing voice mocks.
“Mommy! You touched it! That’s naughty!”
I groan and drop my head, but Melissa just laughs.
“Cohen, you don’t need to worry about that, okay? Mommy just moved in her sleep, but I didn’t see anything so I’m not in trouble, right?”
I look up at Melissa and laugh when she winks at me. Cohen seems to be taking in her words and deciding on whether or not I need to be arrested by the wiener police for a mad wiener.
“Okay!” He shoots up from his spot on the bed, bouncing slightly. “But! I still want wiener-rings!”
“Shit,” I hiss.
“Baby, you can’t have that for your birthday. Your daddy is an adult and that is why his wiener looks like that. Why don’t we forget about wiener-rings until you’re an adult, okay?”
Well, thank Christ one of us can speak with some reason.
“Okay! Then I want a puppy. And a pool. And a monkey. And a car . . . No, a truck like Daddy’s.”
I walk over and give them both a kiss before leaving the room to start the party prep.
Wiener-rings. I need to wear a damn chastity belt around this kid.
Later that day, the last kid finally leaves and our friends have settled into the kitchen to enjoy the end of a successful party. I have finally forgotten all about my early morning wake-up call. There was a close call with him telling Dee that his mommy got in trouble, but luckily she’s used to Cohen’s little quirk.
Cohen hasn’t stopped bouncing around since the last kid left. Luckily Sway scooped him up, and they have been playing with the cars Coop gave him for his birthday. For the last five minutes, all I’ve heard are whispers, vrooming, and crash sounds, so when the living room goes silent, I look up and meet Sway’s excited gaze.
“Son of a bitch,” I mumble under my breath.
“Daddy! What is a Swaygasm? Dilbert, you’re so funny!” He laughs, hugs Sway, and runs off. He’s been calling Sway by his given name since day one, and it still sounds hilarious coming out of his little mouth.
“Sway?” I press.
“Oh sweet Lord above and all things yummy! Oh, my Gregory, I knew I loved you for a reason. Those piercings always do the trick, you naughty boy!” He laughs and follows behind Cohen, probably to go eat more cake.
“You’re lucky he didn’t ask to see them again.” Melissa comes up behind me and wraps her arms around my waist.
I drop the bag I was collecting trash in and turn so I can hold her close. “And you’re lucky we didn’t have more questions from Cohen this morning. Damn, Beauty, I was two seconds away from dropping between your thighs and going to town. God, I need you.”
She smiles, her beautiful face full of peaceful happiness. “Tonight. I promise we can lock the door and barricade ourselves in and you can go all Beast on me.” Her hand curls around my neck and she pulls my head down to her lips, sealing the deal on her spoken promise.
I growl, grab her ass, and pull her closer into my body. Oh yes, tonight I will have my wife.
BONUS SCENE ‘THE GIFT’
Melissa
“Babe! Izzy’s on the phone!” Greg yells from the kitchen.
I roll my eyes, hurrying down the hallway and into the kitchen.
“Would it be so hard to, I don’t know, walk to where I am when the phone is for me? I don’t think Izzy likes your caveman brand of man.” I smile at my husband, taking the phone from him before giving him a small kiss.
“You need to do better than that, Beauty. I’m off for the day with Cohen for some manly bonding.” He doesn’t even give me a second to tell Izzy to hold on before hooking me behind the neck and crushing his lips to mine. His kiss, hard and possessive, never fails to turn my body into a tightly strung mess.
God, I love my Beast.
He pulls away, giving me one of his devilish smiles before walking out of the kitchen. It takes me a second to recover from his kiss and remember that Izzy is waiting for me. When I place the phone to my ears, I can hear her soft giggles coming over the line.
“Oh my God, Izzy! I’m so sorry!” I laugh.
“It’s nothing, Meli! You don’t think I’m used to all of that alpha hotness? Ax would probably have had me bent over the kitchen island before I had a chance to end the phone call. I swear these men are just something else.”
We both laugh, because honestly, she isn’t wrong. Our guys are as alpha male as it comes—and it is delicious.
“So, I’ve got a favor to ask,” she says. Her voice is unusually hesitant.