“I wouldn’t hold your breath,” she stormed and then walked away from him and shut the door in his face. Derek thought about going after her for about a minute, before he realized that would just end up with them in bed again, with nothing solved.
He could bide his time for a little while longer but if she didn’t come to him soon then he’d implode. He strode to the far end of the hall and walked into the only other room with a bed in it. He jumped in the shower and froze his erection away, before climbing into her small bed. He laid there for hours, picturing her in his huge four poster, king sized bed, which made him hard and miserable again. It didn’t help at all with her scent seeming to be soaked into the bed and surrounding him. He groaned as he tossed and turned.
They had to come to an understanding before too long, or he wasn’t going to make it. His body just couldn’t take the pain.
Jasmine slept unbelievably well. She felt a tiny bit of guilt over taking Derek’s bed but what a bed it was. It was huge and comfortable and the sheets and covers were soft and silky. She had laid down, thinking she’d be awake for hours but the next thing she knew it was morning. She stretched out her arms and realized she had no aches anywhere. She was thinking she should’ve bought a bed like this years ago.
She took a long shower in the master bathroom and was delighted when four different heads all applied varying amounts of pressure over her body. She stayed in there for about an hour and the hot water never ran out. She couldn’t wait to try out the deep tub with the jets.
Jasmine came down the stairs to find Jacob and Derek sitting at the table, eating some cereal. Jacob was his usual talkative self, sputtering about his new room and how he couldn’t wait to have his friends over. She smiled to see her son so happy and excited.
Derek looked up at her and she almost gasped out loud at how rumpled he looked. He had dark circles under his eyes, like he hadn’t slept at all and his clothing was even wrinkled. She didn’t know what to say, considering she’d slept better than she ever had in his comfortable bed, while he looked like he had tossed and turned the entire night.
“Good morning,” she finally said, almost singing the words, she felt so good. Derek said nothing; it was more of a grumble. She had to fight the laughter. He was even gorgeous grumpy, rumpled and snarling.
She cleaned up their breakfast mess, enjoying the high tech appliances in the kitchen. She wanted to get more groceries so she could do a bunch of baking. She couldn’t wait to smell the sweetness of pumpkin bread scenting the house.
“We should leave soon, I want to go to the furniture store, so we can fill up this place,” Derek finally said. He was on his second cup of coffee and seemed to be looking a little bit more alert.
“That sounds like fun,” Jasmine said. She really wasn’t all that interested in furniture shopping. She’d rather get groceries or books but she didn’t think it was a good time to mention that, not in his current mood.
“I’m going to go change, it looks like you’re ready so give me about a half hour and we’ll take off,” he said, as he practically stomped out of the kitchen.
Derek came down the stairs, still with dark circles but looking as gorgeous as ever in what he considered as his casual clothes. He was wearing dark slacks and a white button down shirt. He looked unbelievably good and it took everything in her not to run her hands up his body.
Jasmine and Jacob followed him out to the SUV and soon they were off towards town. He pulled the car off the road and parked near a huge furniture store. The building had to be at least three stories high. She got out and started to follow them towards the doors, when she spotted a second hand book store a few doors down. It was huge and calling her name.
“Can I meet you guys in the furniture store?” she asked. He raised his brows in question. “There’s a book store over there I want to check out. I should only be a few minutes,” she almost pleaded.
“You don’t need to buy used books. I can buy you whatever you want, new,” he said, perplexed that she’d want to buy second hand books.
“Oh no, there are treasures in there, Derek. You can find autographed copies and discontinued books. You can find original covers and ancient copies. It’s a total treasure hunt in a used book store,” she explained to him, with genuine excitement pouring out of her.
“If you really want too…” he said, like he couldn’t imagine the excitement.
“Perfect. Go ahead and pick out whatever you want for the house. Just leave the library for last please. Oh and please don’t get anything that is black, or any brown fabric and I really don’t like leather because makes you sweaty when you sit on it. Other than that I don’t care how we furnish,” she said in one breath. She really wanted to get to that store. Derek nodded to her and she turned and rushed through the book store’s doors.
Derek watched her as she disappeared and then looked at Jacob like she was crazy. “Mom always gets like that when she finds a new book store. She will be in there all day. I usually try and find a book to read in one of their comfy chairs, cause I know it will take forever. She always feels bad about how long she’s taking though, cause she buys me a big ice cream sundae afterwards,” Jacob said, trying to decide if it was worth it to follow his mom.
“I will take you out for ice cream and you won’t have to sit in the bookstore all day,” Derek said, as if reading his thoughts.
“Yeah,” Jacob said, clearly making his choice and following his dad into the huge furniture store. “Can I have a new bed? I know my bed is good but I’ve had it forever and I really want to get a bunk bed so my friends have somewhere to sleep,” Jacob pleaded with him.
“You can have all new furniture for your room. You’re a big boy and it’s time you got a desk and new dresser and other things that fit you better,” Derek said, not able to deny his son a single thing. “Let’s go get your stuff picked out first,” he finished and grabbed Jacob’s hand.
Derek was starting to feel better as he watched Jacob’s excitement over his new things. The kid was so enthusiastic and excited about everything and Derek was humbled by Jacob’s appreciation of everything he got.
Derek realized Jasmine hadn’t spoiled him in a bad way. Jacob was a good boy in so many ways. He was appreciative of things and always polite to everyone around him. He was so unlike other children and he was really starting to realize Jasmine wasn’t the materialistic person he’d once thought she was.