The morning was more hectic than the prior nights they’d slept together, but neither cared as the morning had brought their mutual declarations of love for each other. It felt so right to be working together to get ready for work and school. Even Jack had a job he promised a client he’d return to and finish.

They completed everything a little bit late, making no apologies for what they both saw as one of the best mornings of their life. In addition to the obvious joy of professed love for each other, Haley and Jack were incredibly relieved to find their feelings weren’t one-sided. They’d both wanted to say it long before they did, but now that they had, it didn’t matter who’d said it first.

Haley arrived at work in even higher spirits than her colleagues had seen before, assuming correctly that Jack was the reason. She had one good friend there that she confided in who was over-the-moon happy for her.

Jack arrived at his client’s house ready to continue his work. A woman about Haley’s age and nearly as attractive had hired him to build a frame around a large flat-screen TV to make it look more built-in rather than just hanging on the wall. Describing what she wanted, she’d been a bit cagey explaining why she needed such a big screen in her bedroom. He was nearly done when he broke for lunch, getting quite a surprise when he returned.

A movie was playing, and before he could see the screen, the soundtrack told him it was pornographic, with lots of gasps, cries, and screams of delight. Worse than that, once he was in the room, the woman walked in from her bathroom completely naked and sat on the bed, saying nothing and assuming he’d figure it out.

“I’m sorry Helen, but I’ve got a girlfriend whom I’m very much in love with!” he confessed happily. Seeing her disappointed look and feeling generous in a different way, he added, “You know, what you’ve given me as a down payment covered my materials. The rest is on me!” He packed up his tools and left whistling joyfully.

Even Cindy and Evan were affected as they’d never seen their mother so happy, and the feelings were contagious. They were the picture of perfect behavior, running happily into the cafeteria where they attended YMCA before school care. Even when she picked them up after a rough work day, her elation was infectious when she told them they were all going out to dinner with Mr. Jack to celebrate.

They chose an Italian restaurant called Amici’s, a big step up from a pizzeria but still casual enough for small kids. After placing their order and receiving their drinks, Jack proposed a toast.

“To all of us!” and the four clinked glasses.

When picking up on signals her little brother was too young to see, Cindy asked what they were celebrating and why everyone was so happy.

“Mr. Jack and I have decided we’re ‘bestest’ friends, and we’re all going to be spending more time together!” Haley explained while Jack smiled at her diplomacy.

“Yay! High-five, Mr. Jack!” Evan cried holding his hand up for Jack.

“Now are you going to get married,” Cindy asked.

Haley looked nervously at Jack, having not told him she’d asked this question before. The challenge was answering her question without seeming like she was rushing things but not sounding like it was out of the question.

“Cindy, I told you the other day that Mr. Jack and I are just really good friends, and now we’ve decided to be each other’s best friend. Nobody’s getting married … yet,” she replied, looking at Jack, happy to see his acceptance of her answer. Cindy seemed satisfied as well.

They had their meal with lots of joyful discussions, and Jack suggested dessert as well, something they seldom got when going out to eat. After cannoli, tira misu, and spumoni, they all piled into the car and drove home, Evan falling asleep on the way.

Arriving home, Jack carried Evan to his bed, where Haley made sure he was tucked in. Cindy stayed up to do some second-grade homework, was rewarded with a bit of TV, and then she was off to bed as well.

Haley returned to the family room to Jack and two glasses of wine. She sat close and leaned over to stroke his cheek and offer a kiss.

“I love you!” he said for the first time since the morning revelation.

“I love you, too!” she replied. “It feels so good to say that!” she added with another kiss.

“I’m sorry, Haley,” he said as she sipped her wine.

“What are you sorry for?” she asked, moving closer and running her hands through his hair.

“I’m sorry I made you wait so long to tell you how I felt. It was just …”

“Jack, we both felt the same way,” she interrupted, “Don’t worry about it!”

“I’m not worried … not anymore. Please. Let me finish,” he added when he saw she was about to interrupt again. “I wanted to tell you after just a couple of weeks, but I was afraid it was too soon, and you might think I was just saying it because of the sex, trying to keep a gorgeous young woman in bed. Truth is, the compelling desire to tell you kept occurring during or just after we’d had sex. But, I want you to know that even though I love you when I’m holding your bare breasts or deep inside you or when you’re sitting on my face,” they both chuckled. “I love you even more when we’re walking through a park arm-in-arm, riding muddy bikes through a thunderstorm, or just having a glass of wine, like now. It seems crazy that I could feel as strongly as I do in just a couple of months, but I was taking my time to be sure of my feelings, and now I’m sure. I feel like I love you as much as I’ve loved anyone,” he finally finished, wiping tears of joy from her face.

“Oh my God, Jack! That was beautiful! It was the same for … uh!” she stopped him from interrupting. “My turn. It was the same for me. I felt … something … for you when you were just building my staircase. I think I told you it was nice having someone in the house when I got home. It made me feel less lonely, but that’s why it took me so long to tell you. That first time together was magical, but I didn’t want you to think I was some lonely and desperate single mom looking for someone to care for me and my kids. I knew you were special that first time, but seeing the way you were with Cindy and Evan, that feeling started growing, and whether we were in bed or on muddy bikes, I knew I wanted more of you in my life. I love you so much!”

They stared at each other for a couple of seconds before she pushed him down on the sofa, smothering him with kisses on his face and lips, and he reciprocated with arms tightly around her.

“After all we’ve just said, would it seem insincere to …”

“No, it wouldn’t,” she said, knowing what he was about to say. “Take me to bed and make love to me!”

Sitting up and then standing, she jumped into his arms, loving the feeling of her strong man carrying her to her bed to ‘take her’ as he had that first time. He laid her down on the surface, and she pulled him down on top of her to roll to the center of the bed, each with a leg between the others.

A flurry of hands in sensitive areas led to the hurried removal of clothing barriers, each wanting to feel the other’s flesh on theirs. Laying atop her and between her legs, he wanted to be inside her right away but thought he should make sure she was ready. He moved down to take her magnificent tits in hand and mouth but lingered only briefly before sliding down further to test her readiness with his tongue.

“Oh, Jack!” she cried as his tongue took her temperature between slippery wet lips. “I want you inside me! Now! Please!?” she pled.

He left her pussy behind after one long lick, top to bottom, with the flat of his tongue. Moving back up to kiss her lightly and repeatedly, he guided his stiff staff in by feel, running the tip up and down her slit to gather some of her natural lubrication before one smooth, balls-deep lunge.

Gasps accompanied pleasured smiles as they felt the joyful joining that meant more now with their new status. Open or closed, their eyes saw the elation in the other’s face as he glided smoothly in and out of her silky sheath.

“You feel so good wrapped around me!”

“Mmm! And you in me!”

Their bodies moved together in perfect unison, her hips rising to accept each new push and falling as he pulled away, their pace leisurely building to a climax they wanted to share. They could feel and see it coming in their faces and when her eyes were pleading with him to join her, he stepped up the pace only seconds away himself.

“Cum with me, Jack! Cum … with … me … OHHhhhhhmmmm!” she sighed, feeling the pulses of his ejaculation and jerking hips coincide with her trembling thighs.

“I love you so much, Haley!” he whispered in her ear, lying atop her as their breathing calmed.

“I love you too!” she said, pushing him up with her tits squashed against his chest so she could see his face. Their eyes danced, taking in every inflection of utter joy.

They rolled to their sides, still facing each other, kissing and touching, wanting only to give more. Without saying a word, her hand falling on his flaccid cock asked the question, ‘Again?’ and a smile was the only reply she needed.

Pushing him onto his back, she knelt between his legs, caressing his cock first with her hands and then her tongue. It didn’t take long for him to respond, and she loved the feeling of him growing with her touch. Like everything tonight, it was unhurried, prolonging the passion in their tender touches.

She smiled with pride when she took him fully into her throat, enjoying the lustful look on his face when he realized it. They both knew this wasn’t the time to deep throat him to the end, but stored the thought away for another time, knowing now there would be many more.

Straddling his body on her knees, she guided him to her dripping slot and sat, feeling him slowly filling her up, both sighing and smiling with the feeling their newfound love had wrought. Her hips squirmed in every direction except up and down, the slight movements inside her enhancing the full penetration.

Her hands on his chest were replaced by her tongue when she bent forward on her elbows, licking and nibbling on his nips, while his hands were on her ass, guiding her hips in ever larger gyrations, though never coming apart. They felt like they could cum like this without a single thrust, but she wanted to feel him stroking her inside and began lifting her hips.

Rocking her hips as he came out, bent his rigid rod and pushed it against one side or the other only to be taken back in as their hips came together in time. She tried to hold on to cum with him, but it overtook her quickly after a few rapid thrusts, her quaking hips adding another sensation for him.

“Oh my God!” she said with a squeaky voice as she sat up and rode him with her hands back on his chest, the orgasm still quivering inside. “Oh fuck!” she cried in a voice uncharacteristic of their languid lovemaking when he reached for her dangling tits with one hand while the other found her clit.

Pounding into her pussy with his rising hips, Haley cried out when she came again, with Jack not far behind. His arms tightly around her transferred the feeling of her shivering and shaking body to him, and they rolled to their sides with him still between her legs, shrinking inside her.

“Holy shit!” she gasped when she could finally speak. “Incredible!” she added, being frugal with her words.

Brushing her hair from her face, he stroked her cheeks, offering many gentle kisses. Her closed eyes fluttered open with a beautiful smile that said she’d never felt better. He pulled her in for a hug that felt like their bodies merging into one, each wanting just to feel the other.

“Will you stay?” she asked when she pulled away.

“Of course I will!”

“I love you, too!” she replied, hearing his love in his simple response.

She turned around with her back pressed against his chest, the spooning bringing his soft dick between her cheeks. Her head rested between his shoulder and bicep as he wrapped his arms protectively around her, and sleep followed quickly for the new lovers.

Haley woke before the alarm clock but didn’t get up, enjoying the feeling of a man, her man, in her bed. She could hear Cindy and Evan playing happily, and for the first time, she started wondering about the future, theirs and hers. She didn’t dwell on it, but it shook her a bit to think that as good as this was right now, it might not last if either of them felt threatened by further commitment.

“Good morning, baby,” he said quietly, using that term of endearment for the first time as he stirred awake.

“Oh? Am I your baby?” she asked with a smile. “Yeah, I’ll be your baby!” she said, answering the question for him.

The morning’s activities went smoother than the day before, and everyone got off to their daily routines on time, though between jobs, Jack had nowhere he had to be.

At home, he tried, unsuccessfully, to keep busy; his excitement made doing anything meaningful impossible. He finally settled on reading the newspaper over coffee. The doorbell surprised him, and the surprise turned to joy when Haley jumped into his arms with the opening door.

“Haley! What brings you here?”

“It was a slow day, so I decided to bring you lunch! Pastrami, okay?”

“I love pastrami! Come into the kitchen!”

She closed the door, almost tripping on his toolbag sitting next to the front door.

“Am I keeping you from a job?” she asked when he noticed.

“No. I just finished one yesterday.”

“What was that?” she asked with idle curiosity.

“Oh, just a simple job for Helen Connors,” he replied, assuming Haley knew their neighbor.

Haley knew her all right and her reputation. Strange cars in her driveway during the day were now accepted as the norm by anyone who noticed except her husband. Haley and other women avoided her at any neighborhood functions as someone not to be trusted.

“Helen?” she asked with concern. “What did you do for her?” she asked, afraid of the double meaning that question could impart.

“She had a big screen TV in her bedroom that she wanted framed so it looked like it was built-in,” he replied casually as he set the table and poured drinks for them both.

“I guess you know of her, shall we say, daytime activities?” she asked.

“Yeah. She even came on to me yesterday,” he said, always having felt honesty was best, especially in a new relationship. When he saw the look on Haley’s face, he explained further. “Haley, nothing happened! As soon as she did, I told her I had someone I was very much in love with and left.”

“Does this happen often?” she asked, her fear of another philandering man in her life coming to the fore.

“It’s happened before,” he replied, sticking to his honesty policy.

“So, is this job just a way to attract young women who might fall for their handy man?” she accused. She thought she might be getting way ahead of herself and being unfair, but the fear of repeating a mistake took over, and she started to cry.

“No! Haley, I love you and only you! I would never do that!” he said, trying to take her in his arms, but she pulled away.

“Enjoy your pastrami!” she said sarcastically and turned to leave.

“Haley! Please! Don’t go!” he pled, following her to the door, but gave up when she ran to her car in the street, slammed the door, and sped off with screeching tires.

Jack shook his head, and with his tears starting to flow, he closed the door, admonishing himself for being too honest. He’d done this before with his wife, knowing that what she didn’t know about an honest mistake wouldn’t hurt her, but in his mind, a lie of omission is still a lie. In that case, the woman had tried to kiss him, but he ended it there.

He felt so unjustly accused, thinking he’d handled himself properly, remembering the pride he felt when he told Helen he was in love with someone else. With no thought of giving up on Haley, he started planning what he would do next to win her back, knowing he had to get past the worry of this happening again if she was so unsure of his love.

Haley sped away with tears blurring her vision, and she stopped at the end of the street to wipe them away before she got in an accident. As she fumbled in her purse for a tissue, she briefly wondered if she’d been too harsh, but the memory of the betrayal she felt with her husband took over, and she returned to work, her slow day allowing all these conflicting thoughts to remain firmly planted in her brain.

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