"Hi Mama, hi Papa!" River-rose squealed as she hopped out of the car.

Hayze chuckled as she skipped up to her parents who were sitting on the porch swing talking and drinking tea.

He shut the car door and locked it before walking up the pathway of his parent in-laws house.

"River, my dear. You look wonderful," her mother said as she stood up to give her daughter a hug.

She gave her mother a hug before leaning down to give her father a hug.

"When did you get this short dress?" Her father asked dissaprovingly as he pulled on the material of her dress. "If there was a breeze, i'd be able to see right up y-"

"I think she looks quite cute," her mother cut in. "It's nice to see her wearing a dress. I could never get her in one." She looked at Hayze and gave him a small smile. "Though, why are you wearing sneakers with your dress?"

River stood on her tippy toes and twirled around. "Hayze likes them and i do too," she said as she stuck out her foot and wiggled it around, showing off her puma suedes.

He chuckled and stepped up beside her before hugging her to his side.

"Why are you two here without a warning? Don't tell me my daughter is already pregnant."

Hayze could hear River's breath hitch before she hid her face into his chest. "Papaaaa," she whined, hiding her blush.

"I wouldn't mind you being pregnant," her mother added. "I'd like a grandchild."

"I wouldn't mind either," Hayze whispered so only she could hear but then he looked over to his in laws. "No, she's not pregnant. She's only eighteen. We just wanted to stop by and say hello."

"Oh, how sweet," her mother sighed. "But are you guys sexually active? Or are you not at that stage yet?"

"Mamaaa," River groaned.

Hayze laughed quietly before subtly trailing a hand down her back and to her plump bum. He gave a gentle squeeze and she looked up at him with wide eyes. "I think that type information should stay between the married couple. But i will say, we are much closer than our wedding day."

River's mother clapped excitedly. "That's good. Its nice that this is working out with it being an arranged marriage and all."

Hayze had to hold back a groan. He hated that it had been arranged and he would have prefered asking her to marry him after they'd dated for a while but there were pros to this too.

One being he got to live in the same house as her sooner and he got to see her in those cute little skirts and dresses.

"Has Hayze been treating you well?"

"Oh, papa." River jumped excitedly and pulled away from Hayze. "He's wonderful. We cook and do a lot of things together. He's even gotten me a snake!"

"What!" Her mother screeched.

Hayze had to keep himself from face palming.

"Snakes are dangerous."

"Not my Kiko. He's non v-venomous and he's small and really cute."

The whole time, Hayze found himself smiling down at his wife. She was too cute.

"He has such wonderful gardens and a little feild full of flowers at the back of his house. I paint the sunrises there all the time. He's got a husky named Blue and he's such a protective dog. Hayze even gave me my own personal garden where i can plant all my pretty flowers and herbs."

"You've been spoiling her," River's father commented.

River's father was glad Hayze was giving her things he could never actually provide. His little girl was getting the attention she deserved and she looked a lot more happy and a lot less pale.

"If you look at it that way, yes. But, only because she deserves it."

She turned around and grinned up at him and he gave her his own happy smile in reply.

"You two are so cute," River's mother smiled. "Why don't you sit down?"

"Actually, we have to get going. We've got some business to finish," Hayze said as he held out his hand for River. "Hopefully we can get together soon."

"Yes, that would be nice," her father said.

"Bye papa. Bye mama," River said before she grabbed onto Hayze's hand and he led her to the car.

"Bye River!"

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"Can you get me that pen over there, please?" Hayze asked River as he pointed to the black, graphics pen sitting on a shelf.

"Okay." River hopped off the couch and grabbed the pen before coming over and placing it on the desk in front of him.

"Thank you, pretty girl."

She gave him a little smile before circling around his desk. "What are you working on?" She asked curiously

"I'm trying to do the back of the the beach house," Hayze said as zoomed into the plans on his graphics tablet.

"You haven't eaten anything all day. Do you want me to go grab you something from the pastry shop?"

Hayze looked up from the tablet and smiled at his wife. "Yes. Here, take my card," he said as he passed it to her. "Be careful."

She rolled her eyes. "It's just down the street."

"Don't roll your eyes at me."

"What?" She rolled her eyes again, but more dramatically. "Like that?"

She gasped as he pulled her down over his lap and lifted her dress. "What are you doing!?" She exclaimed as she tried to pull the dress back over her bum.

His large hand was suddenly on her bum and kneading her plump, soft flesh. She moaned quietly and he felt his length twitch in his pants. "You like that?" He asked huskily.

"H-hayze. Someone might see," River said softly as she pushed her pale bum that was barely covered by the sheer, light pink boy shorts into his hand.

"You don't seem eager to move away," he chuckled as he gave her bum a generous squeeze and then a light smack that made it jiggle a bit. "You're ass is pale. I think once i get my projects finished i'll take you on vacation somewhere where you can tan. We'll finally get our honeymoon."

"Really!" She squealed as she tried to get up off his lap. He lifted her and then adjusted her so that she was straddling him and then lifted her dress over her bum again.

"Sì. Would you like that?"

"Yes," she grinned and then arched her back as he squeezed her bottom. "Please," she moaned.

"Okay then. Pack your bags for a beach vacation then."

He gave her butt a tap and she got off his lap and waited for him to adjust her dress for her.

She looked down at his lap and then at him. "I never got to help you with that," she said as she pointed at the bulge in his pants.

"I'd love for you to, but maybe next time. Go get the pastries now."

"Okay. Be right back."

A few minutes later there was a buzz at the door. "Its Rudi."

Hayze let him in and not even five seconds later, the door came swinging open. "Hey there."

Hayze shook his head in amusement. "Ciao," he said before looking back down at his tablet.

Rudi plopped in the seat in front of his desk. "I saw you're wife a couple of minutes ago."

"Yeah, she went out to go get us some food."

"Really? From the mens clothing shop?"

Hayze looked up from his tablet. "What?"

"Yeah. She went into the mens shop with some guy who looked around her age."

Hayze's jaw clenched. He took a deep breath and thought about his sweet girl. "Maybe they just happened to be walking in at the same time."

"Why wo-"

The door opened and River peaked through with a smile on her face. "I'm back." She walked in with a big bag over her right arm and a drink tray and a plastic bag on her left. "Oh, hi Rudi. Do you want a pastry? I brought a few extras because they looked so good." When she noticed the look on their faces, she froze. "What happened?"

"Come here," Hayze said as he pushed back his chair.

Rudi brushed his hands along his pants and stood up, peering out the window for a second.

She came around his desk and placed the bags on it before standing between his legs.

Hayze trailed his hand up her leg and under her dress before hooking his arm under her crotch so he could squeeze her bum.

She squealed. "What are you doing?" She whispered. "Rudi's right there."

Just as she said that, the door clicked closed and he smiled smugly at her. "Not anymore."

He harshly squeezed her bum. "Who does this belong to?"

"M-me?"

"Wrong, try again," he chuckled. He just loved teasing her to see her reaction. She was so cute.

"Um... you?"

"Sì. Sound sure of yourself this time." He gave her bum a rougher squeeze and she jolted over his arm. "Who does this belong to?"

"You Hayze," she whimpered quietly.

He took his hands from underneath her dress and then trailed them up her waist until he reached her breasts.

"Hayze" she hissed as she tried to pull away but he just hooked a leg around hers. "What if someone walks in?"

He kneaded her small, plump breasts in his hands. "These fit perfectly in my hands. So that means their just for me. Who do they belong to?"

"You."

"That's right. Get on your knees."

She looked at him with furrowed eyebrows before slowly sinking down onto her knees.

He softly brushed his finger over her lips before leaning over and taking her bottom lip into his mouth. He pecked her lips and then kissed her hard making her grab onto his legs to steady herself.

"Your lips, who do they belong to?"

"Yo-you," she panted.

He wrapped a long strand of hair around his finger with his black wedding ring on it. "This gorgeous, silky black hair. Who does it belong to?"

"You."

"Sì. Who do you belong to babygirl?"

"You," she said, slightly in a daze.

"Exactly. You belong with me and no other man, sì?"

"Sì. Just you."

"Brava ragazza," he praised as he kissed her forehead and helped her off her knees. "What did you get from the pastry shop?"

He could have sworn he heard her mumble 'bipolar husband' as she searched through the pastry bag, but he let it go.

She held out two muffins, two crossaints and two almond danishes. "Pick one."

Hayze took an almond crossaint and sat back in his seat. He worked on his plans as they ate.

"Oh!" River squealed excitedly as she jumped out of her chair. "I got you something."

Hayze looked up and cocked his head as she started pulling out boxes and clothing. "Those are for me, pretty girl?"

"Yes. I was looking through your closet the other day and you don't have many casual clothes, so i just..." She held up a dark blue, slim fitted long sleeve shirt with three buttons at the top and tan pants. "Got these. I hope they fit." She passed them over to him and then pulled out a big shoe box and then took some black Tims out of it. She dipped her hand into the bag one more time and pulled out a large white and blue sweatshirt along with sweatpants, grey joggers and one pair of jeans.

"Thank you," Hayze said as he scanned over all the stuff. "I like these. Maybe I should get you to do my clothes shopping now on."

She giggled and shook her head. "I wouldn't mind."

"What card did you use?" He asked as he placed the stuff back into bags.

"Um... my card," she said quietly.

"Your card?" He asked gruffly.

"Yes," she replied, her expression nervous.

"Pretty girl, you know i'd like it better if you just used my cards to buy the things that you want," he sighed. "I want to take care of you."

"You do take care of me Hayze. But it wouldn't really be much of a gift if i used your money to buy you gifts. Please, just let me have this chance."

"Okay." That money is being put back into her account later. Tims are expensive enough as it is

"And don't even think about trying to put the money back in my account. I'll be checking," she added.

He chuckled and pulled her down to press a passionate kiss on her soft lips. "My bella rosa."