"I brought it up." She shrugged.
When I realized time had flown by and it was passed seven, I had to hurry us out of the restaurant to our next destination. Pulling up to The Gershwin Theater, Lilli looked a little perplexed.
"Ready?" I offered my hand and helped her out of the car. We headed into the theater, straight to the VIP section.
"Mr. Iverson," the attendant nodded to me. "Mrs. Iverson," he nodded to Lilli.
She paused momentarily, but quickly recovered.
"I’m still not use to being called that," she giggled, quietly, into my shoulder. I chuckled.
"Well, get used to it, Mrs. Iverson." We sat down in our box.
"So, what are we watching?"
I handed her the playbill.
"Wicked? Really?" I nodded. "I've wanted to see this."
"Good, cause I wasn't sure if this would be your 'thing'." Silently, I released a breath of relief.
We talked a little more about each other before the lights started to lower and the stage lit up. Lilli grew very quiet and stared intently at the performance. I mostly watched Lilli. Every so often she would lick and chew on her bottom lip, which turned me on.
She really did amaze me. She was clueless as to the effect she had on men. Not once did she seem to realize how the waiter stared at her or the way the men waiting to be seated at the restaurant turned to watch her walk by. The power she held was something she wouldn't believe.
At intermission she excused herself to the restroom, but I insisted on escorting her. If she thought I was going to let her be alone, she was crazy. I felt justified in accompanying her when I noticed two men eying her hungrily on her walk to the ladies room. Then I watched as they moved to stand near the ladies room. When Lilli walked out, one man stopped her. She shook her head and started to walk away, but he placed his hand on her arm to hold her back. That was it.
"Lilli, love, are you ready to return to our seats?" I stressed 'our' and stared daggers at both men.
"Yes, of course. It was nice to meet you both." She smiled politely and latched onto my arm. I was more pissed at how uncomfortable they’d made her.
I wrapped my arm around her waist both protectively and possessively, holding her to me tightly.
"Calm down, caveman," Lilli teased. "They just wanted my number." She patted my chest.
"That's not all they wanted," I growled.
"And how would you know?" She rolled her eyes.
"I'm a guy and I've been thinking about it all night."
"Then you are no better than they are." She snorted.
"But I'm your husband," I corrected her, "and by law I can think about it all I want." Smiling, I wiggled my eyebrows.
"You devious little shi –" The lights lowered to signal intermission was ending.
"Shh, the show is back on." I coughed to cover my chuckle and she smacked me. Grabbing her hand, I kept hold of it for the rest of the show.
When the show ended, Lilli smiled widely and joined in the standing ovation. She pulled her coat tighter around her as we exited and I wrapped my arm around her shoulders.
"It's so darn cold."
I caught her by surprise when I steered her away from the curb and toward a large horse drawn carriage.
"Aidan..?" I coaxed her to climb in. She paused and looked at me. "It's too cold," she whined.
"Just get in." She paused and crinkled up her face. I leaned in to her ear. "Do you think I would let you freeze?" she sighed and climbed up. I followed.
The carriage driver urged the horse to move and I grabbed a heavy blanket from under the seat, wrapping it around us. When Lilli buried herself into my side to keep warm, I mentally gave myself a high five. Her glorious curves pressed against me. I could feel her from shoulder to leather covered toe.
Heat collected between us and the cold disappeared. When she started to shift away, I held her tightly in place.
We rode through the cold clear night, talking about ourselves and asking questions until the carriage came to the end of the journey. I quickly ushered her into the warm car, but pulled her to my side once more. It didn’t escape me that she didn't resist.
Once home, I stopped at the front door before opening it. Lilli looked at me confused.
"What are you doing? Open the door it's late and cold." She urged with a smile.
"Technically this is our first date."
She rolled her eyes.
"So that means you have to freeze me on the doorstep?" She laughed.
"No, but I want to do something." I leaned in and kissed her lightly. Her hands slid to my neck and she pulled me closer. Slipping my tongue between her lips, she parted her mouth, giving me entry.
It took every tiny molecule in my body to pull away from her instead of going caveman again. I pulled back and smiled at her.
"Thank you." I whispered, my forehead pressed to hers.