Empty Net

“How?” he asked, his hand squeezing hers as his body went tense.

“He was really rough with me in bed. He never hit me, but he would make me take it the way he wanted. He also liked to choke me when he climaxed. It did nothing for me, but he got a kick out of it. He was really mean when he talked to me sometimes too. But it’s fine, I’m over it,” she added quickly when she saw him shake his head.

“I am going to kill him,” Tate sneered.

“No, you’re not. What good would that do? He is gone. It’s me and you now. Nothing else.”

“I wish you would have told me that before, baby, I would have decked him at the Christmas party.”

Audrey giggled. “And then Elli would have killed you. It’s no big deal, it’s over. It’s not like I think of it, or that I’m even worried about him anymore. I was in a bad, desperate spot, and I thought I was in love. I was ready to take anything as long as he stayed with me.” She squeezed his hand as she said, “But now I know what love is, Tate. You made me realize my past mistakes with guys.” With a laugh, she added, “Thank God, I woke up next to you three months ago.”

Tate kissed the back of her hand again and smiled over at her. “Thank God, for sure.”

Audrey smiled as he seemed to relax. He took a turn and then another until they were in the city of Lebanon. Driving down a road Audrey was familiar with, they ended up at Thompson Storage.

“What are we doing here?” she asked as he parked. Looking out the back window, she saw people gathered around the gate as Tate shut the engine off.

Looking back at him, she found him grinning at her. “I figured we have watched enough Storage Wars that we can give these people a run for their money,” he said. “I have a pocket full of cash, and we are going to buy us a locker.”

Audrey let out a squeal. “Shut up!”

“If I shut up, how am supposed to say, yuuu?uuuuu?uuuuu?upppp?ppppp?p!” She was in a fit of giggles as she wrapped her arms around Tate’s neck. “You’re the best,” she whispered against his lips.

“Am I?”

She couldn’t contain her laughter as she and Tate mimicked the show’s famous, “Yuuu?uuuuu?uuuuu?uuuuu?uuuuu?uuppp?ppp!”



Audrey was surprised they were still dressed when they made it inside her condo.

Tate couldn’t keep his hands off her, and she couldn’t keep hers off him on their way back from Lebanon. They came home empty-handed, but that was by choice. They had fun screaming the famous “yup,” but there wasn’t anything they wanted. It was a disappointment in one way, but at the same time, she would have never gone if it wasn’t for him. He continued to amaze her every day, and after their amazing special date, she was in a rush to get him naked.

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