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“Let me make one thing very clear. When I say I’m fine and I don’t need to have sex, I mean it. I don’t need you to try to find me someone else I can stick my cock in. I’m a little offended that you think I’m motivated exclusively by my sex drive. Would I have liked to have had sex with you tonight? Yes, but mistakes were made, and now that isn’t possible. That’s okay. We learn from the mistake and move on. The next thing I’d like to do tonight is to go to sleep with a lovely petite woman snuggled in beside me. I don’t want any middle of the night surprises either. Just a good night’s sleep. Understood?”
She nodded sadly, and he gave her a kiss. “Let’s go to sleep.”
He got under the sheets and shut off the light. Tina tucked herself up against him, and he sighed contentedly. A few minutes later, he was still awake as he felt her fidgeting. He wondered if she was fretting about failing to please him. He’d made his position as clear as he could. He wondered what he was supposed to do in this kind of situation with a submissive. Should he have punished her in some way? He thought that was ridiculous as she was already in pain from the cramp.
“Tina, what’s wrong,” he said quietly.
“Nothing,” she whispered.
“No. The truth,” he growled.
She was quiet for a few seconds. “I’m horny.”
Ben snorted.
“It’s not funny. I’m too sore, but I’m still horny.”
“Then, that is your punishment for not listening to me. If you go to sleep now and are up to it in the morning, I’ll take care of that itch. For now, tough. Go to sleep,” he said with a grin. He could almost see her pout in the darkness.
Ben was asleep in minutes. For Tina, it took a little longer.
Ben’s appointment with Dr. Granger was far more successful than his previous session, and he let her know that. Hannah was right. He did have an easier time opening up to women than men. He was optimistic about his future sessions, and she arranged to see him twice a week initially.
After he checked in with Hannah and gave her a big hug that left her breathless, he headed home and stopped to check in with Gabriella to see how the vacation booking was going. He’d suggested that she keep the itinerary she had initially planned, but if finding places to take a party of eight meant she had to upgrade significantly, she should go ahead as he was covering it.
She greeted him with a smile, and he gave her a huge hug as well.
“Ben! Put me down!” she squealed. “You’re in a good mood! I take it your session with the new doctor went well?”
“Yes, she’s much easier to talk with than Dr. Rao was,” he grinned, setting her back down. God, he loved the feel of her against him, so he kept his arms around her.
Gabriella smiled as she noticed Ben was hesitant to let her go. She tilted her head up, and he kissed her sweetly, sending tingles all the way down to her toes.
Finally, he let her step back. “How goes the vacation planning?” he asked with a smile. She led him into her office, and they sat on her couch.
“Really well! The flights to and from are booked, flying into Paris and flying out of Nice. We’re set for accommodations in Paris. I’ve booked a couple of chateaus on our way south, so we can use those as bases to explore the surrounding regions. We also visit the French Alps and do a day trip to Chamonix. The last place we stay is a gorgeous resort hotel next to St. Paul de Vence. It’s a beautiful walled town on a hilltop close to the coast and just west of Nice. It has fabulous little shops, excellent dining, and we can relax at our hotel by the pool. We’ll be there for a few days so we can drive into Nice and explorer there as well.”
She grabbed Ben in a big hug and grinned up at him. “I’ve been to France many times, but I have to say I’m more excited about this trip than I’ve ever been on any of my previous visits. I can’t wait!”
He smiled down at her. “Well, you’re going to have to wait until July. We still have to get through the next three months before we go, but I’m really excited about it too. Are everyone’s passports up-to-date?” She sat back and ticked them off her fingers.
“We’re ready. I got the kids new passports earlier this year, and mine is new. I believe Cat’s got her daughters updated just last year. How is yours?” she asked.
“I think I’ve got another year on it,” he replied.
“Maybe you should renew it, so all of our passports are similarly recent,” she suggested, and he nodded.
“So… are we going to be able to arrange some alone time on this trip?” he asked.
“Yeah, that may be a little tricky since there will be eight of us. I did my best to get as many rooms as possible in each place we stay to give us more options for who gets to share a room with who. The wildcard is Daniel. At thirteen, he’s too young to have a room of his own, and he’s the only other male in our group. He’ll be uncomfortable staying with anyone other than his sister, me, and probably you.”
“I certainly don’t mind sharing a room with the boy. He’s a great kid, if a little serious,” Ben acknowledged with a smile.
“That would be great! I think he needs to see he can relax a little. He’s been taking the role of ‘man of the house’ to heart a little too much, and he’s missing out on just being a goofy kid!”
“When we’re in Paris, you and I will get one evening by ourselves to go on a date. You and Cat also have a date evening. The other evenings we are all together unless other arrangements are made at the time,” she said with a smile and a twinkle in her eye.
“Paris at night could be very romantic!” he smiled back.
“I’m counting on it!” she grinned. “I’m planning on us having another date night at the end of the trip. Cat as well. We should have time for it. On a different topic, how is it going with Tina?”
“I took her shopping yesterday with the McKellen twins. Tina had almost no clothes, and now she’s set for the summer and the fall,” Ben remarked.NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.
“You went shopping with the twins?” Gabriella said with hesitation. “How on earth did that get arranged?”
“When I visited Daphne to apologize for my abrupt departure after finishing her daycare, the twins offered to show me where to get Tina good clothes, not at the mall. Of course, they showed up in tight school uniforms and pigtails. I suspect they did that on purpose to undermine my cherished memories of their childhood. Where they got the idea to do that… DAMMIT! It was Trish! She’s working with the twins!” he blurted as he finally recognized her deviousness at work.