The idea of a chat freaked me out. Was it about us? Was it about my father? Was there some shoe about to drop that would overwhelm me even more than I was overwhelmed already? I needed to push everything negative in my head away right now. I didn’t want to give him any sort of negative vibe. I didn’t want any stress putting a black mark on today. And if he was stressed about that phone call, I needed to try to erase it.
I was thoughtful for a second, “I’m not only grateful for my awesome pink laptop.” I kissed his earlobe.
“Mmm.” He replied, cupping my bottom with both hands.
“I’m grateful for it and…” I said.
“And?”
My fingers threaded into his hair, “And the lovely jewelry you bought me while we were away.”
“Mm hmmm,” his hands squeezed my rear end and I could feel him bulging bene
