Days later...

I lift myself off the bench after I finish working on my chest. I get off the bench and I grab a towel from my bag which I use to pat myself dry. I get a feeling that someone is staring at me and when I look around, I finally see who the culprit is. Standing across the gym is a medium tone woman basically eye fucking me and what confuses me is why she has a face full of makeup at the gym but hey, that's none of my business. I put my towel around my neck before grabbing my bag and heading out since my workout is done but as I am heading out someone calls for me

"Excuse me. Sorry for stopping you but I couldn't let you walk out without telling you how good I think you look" she plays with her hair

"Thanks"

"Do you come here often ?"

"I don't know why that's any of your business"

"I just wanted to know. Do you perhaps want to go out for a drink?"

"No thanks, I'm married" I show her my wedding ring

"She doesn't have to know"

"I'm not interested plus my wife is crazy and she would do some serious damage"

With that being said, I head upstairs to our apartment laughing at what just happened at the gym. This happens more often than you think and not once have I thought about taking these women up on their offers because I don't have eyes for anyone but my wife. I walk into our bedroom where I find my wife in an oversized t-shirt, my sweatpants, her white glasses with a cat eye frame, focusing on whatever is on her laptop screen.

"You're back early"

"I didn't do much today because I wasn't trying to overwork my body. You know my back has been killing me lately"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"At first, I didn't think it was that serious but it has been hurting for some days now"

"I'll give you a massage later and hopefully that will ease it but if it doesn't help then you need to see a doctor"

"Okay. The craziest thing just happened downstairs"

"What happened?"

"So I had just finished working on my chest when I got this feeling that someone was staring at me and when I looked around, I saw this girl basically eye fucking me. As I was leaving, she stopped me and she was on some we should hook up type of shit after I told her I'm married"

"I can't really blame her because you look scrumptious, unfortunately you aren't up for grabs"

"That's not the reaction I thought I was going to get from you"

"What did you think I was going to do?"

"I don't know, go crazy"

"I trust you Kofi and why would I get mad at some girl who was thirsting over a man I already have. Plus I would chop your nuts off if you tried that shit" I laugh at the last part because I know this woman does not play any games

"That's exactly what I told her because I know just how crazy you are"

"At least you know what's up"

"Are you done working?"

"Almost. Why are you asking?"

"I wanted to take you out" I say making her smile

"Where do you want to take me?"

"I can't say otherwise it'll ruin the surprise but just now that it's going to be something you haven't done in a long time"

"I can't wait. What time do you want us to go out?"

"Around 3"

"Okay, I'll be done by then"

"Now show me some love"

"No, I'll show you some love once you have showered because you stink"

"Damn... that's what's up. I'll keep this in mind the next time you want me to show you some love"

"You act like a baby whenever I say this. I didn't say I don't want to show you some love forever, I just said not right now because you kinda stink"

"Whatever"

I step into the shower and the water soothes my aching muscles just a bit. After washing the grime off my body, I step out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my waist and I join my wife on the bed

"I'm all washed up so can you give me some love now"

"Come here"

I hover over her and peck her lips before I start to deepen the kiss. My hands travel down her body and as I am about to slip my fingers inside her pants, she stops me

"Baby we can't"

"Why not?"

"I'm on my cycle"

"I'm a grown man and a little blood doesn't bother me"

"It's still too heavy to be doing that but I promise that I got you later"

"Okay. Have you eaten anything?"

"I had cereal"

"Oh, so we should head out now so we get something to eat"

"Alright, give me twenty minutes"

An hour later...

We're finally getting ready to go out and she wants to be all cute and color coordinate so I let her pick out our outfits of the day. She chooses grey graphic t-shirts with white wash jeans, pine green Air Jordan 1's for me and she settles for some white sandals that show off her feet that have French tips. She walks into the bathroom so she can do her hair and she leaves the door open allowing me to watch her from the bed. Her hair is currently in this high ponytail with long extensions and this is definitely one of my favorite hairstyles she has done. I mean her hair always looks great but there's just something about this hairstyle that does it for me.

I watch her sing along with Summer Walker as she does her makeup, realizing just how lucky I am to call her my wife. I would be the biggest idiot if I lost someone that beautiful, driven, caring, smart, that cooks so good, that keeps me on my toes with her sassy attitude, someone that keeps me grounded, someone that I know I can always count on and someone who is basically my pornstar. I walk into the bathroom and I hug her from behind and watch her do her thing

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like what?"

"You're just staring at me and not saying anything which is kinda weird"

"I just think you're beautiful"

"I think you're beautiful too" she says, making me smile

"Are you done so we can head out?"

"Yeah, I'm done"

She grabs her bag and I grab my wallet before we head downstairs to my car. I pull up to the mall and it takes me close to ten minutes to find parking because it seems like everyone decided to come to the mall today.

"Okay, so we're going in there and you can get whatever you want, it's all on me"

"For real?"

"Yes baby. You've been working like a maniac and hopefully shopping will take your mind off work for a little"

"Thank you baby"

Our first stop at the mall is a clothing store where we spend over an hour. It really feels like she tried every article of clothing in the store and I can't complain because I told her she could go all out

"Is this everything?" I ask when we put all the clothes on the counter

"I think so"

"Your total is $1,160.62. Cash or card" the shop assistant says

"Cash"

I hand her the cash and we grab the bags before heading to the car so we can leave the bags there because there is no way we are walking around the mall with all these bags. We go to the beauty supply store, a shoe store, a jewelry shop before we sit down at a restaurant. I get some fries and a chicken burger while she gets chicken marinara

"Thank you for taking me shopping baby"

"You're welcome but that's not it for the day"

"There's more?"

"Yeah. I was thinking we could get some bikes and ride round then get some ice cream. Then watch the sunset later since watching the sun set is kinda our thing"

"That sounds good to me"

We leave the restaurant after 5pm and get ourselves some bicycles. I haven't done this in a while and it feels so good to be doing something so carefree with the woman I love the most. I love that even after all these years, the spark hasn't died down between us and we are still able to do things like this.

"If you can't keep up with me old man, just say so"

"I'm trying to spare you the embarrassment of losing in front of all these people"

"Sureee..." I laugh as we race down the street

After riding around for a bit, we stop at an ice cream truck where I get a vanilla cone while she gets a chocolate dip cup. We head out to the beach and we find a secluded spot where we just sit and talk. Us watching the sunset like this reminds me of the first time we hung out. It doesn't feel like a lot of time has passed since that day yet it has been three years

"This reminds me of the first time we hung out"

"I was thinking the same thing. I remember how shy you were then"

"I thought you were very handsome so I didn't know how to act because I didn't want to turn you off"

"I thought it was cute"

"Whatever" she rolls her eyes playful and she turns her attention to the view in front of us. I can tell she is in deep thought by the way she plays with her bracelet

"What are you thinking about?"

"Our future. Us having kids running around the house"

"You know you did promise me four kids"

"When?"

"The morning of us leaving Hawaii"

"That was dick talk"

"Really? I could have sworn you meant it"

"When the dick is good, you'll say yes to anything without even realizing what you're talking about"

"Hmmmm... but I can't wait to start a family and it's really all up to you when we start trying because your body is the one that is going to carry the babies"

"So if I said I wanted us to start trying right now, you would be up for it?"

"I wouldn't have a problem with that, we could even start on this beach"

"You're silly. I want to wait for a little so we can get a hang of things before we decide to bring another life into this world. I have a lot on my plate right now and I don't think it would be the best time to get pregnant"

"I completely understand"

We spend an hour just sitting, talking and enjoying each other's company before we head back to the car. As I'm driving home, she moves her hand that was on my thigh onto my bulge. She unbuttons my jeans and unzips them before her warm hand disappears into my briefs

"Baby we can't do this now"

"Why not?"

"I'm driving and I want us to get home safely"

"I won't do too much. I just want to thank you for today"

"Okay"

As soon as her mouth makes contact with my piece, I have to pull off the road because there is no way on earth I am going to be able to concentrate on driving while she does her thing. I would share the details but it would be best if I didn't because it got very nasty. All I can say though is that she owns my soul.

We get back to the apartment and order pizza before we start watching a romcom while laying in bed. We end up falling asleep some time during the movie with her head on my chest and her leg thrown across mine. I feel content and there's no place I would rather be right now but little do I know that the peace I feel now would suddenly be stripped away.