“Congratulations,” Ryan said. Jesse said the same thing.
“Thank you.” For several minutes he made conversation talking about their plans. “I’m going to take my wife for a little spin on the dance floor.”
The room went quiet as he led her out. Bella didn’t want any song playing and the band played a simple classic piece she liked. Everyone and everything faded away as he drew her in close.
“You look so beautiful,” he said, kissing her cheek.
“I feel beautiful. You’re handsome, breathtaking. You make me proud to call you husband,” she teased.
Laughing, he rested his chin on top of her head, closing his eyes.
“And my Dom,” she whispered.
Opening his eyes, he looked down at her. “You’ll always be my woman, Bella. For the rest of our lives I will give you everything you’ve ever dreamed about.” He dropped a kiss to her lips.
Commotion on the dance floor pulled them out of their moment. Maya and Chris were arguing. Daisy was breaking it up. In one swift move Maya threw Daisy into Chris’s arms to do the dance.
“Okay, I think they’re going to need a little work to get together,” Bella said.
“They sure have a lot of issues to work out.” He spun her away from the crowd, finding a private space for them to talk without anyone watching them.
“I love you, Jake.”
“I’ve got something more for you.”
He reached into his jacket to pull out the box. “I got the jeweler to make this especially for you.”
She took the box, opening it up. Inside lay a silver chained collar with the letter ‘B’ hanging in the center.
“What’s this?” she asked.
“It’s a collar. I want you to wear it and to show every other Dom out there who you belong to. No one but people within the lifestyle will know you’re a collared submissive.” His hands were sweating. They’d never discussed collaring her in private. He wanted a token of his ownership around her neck to stop others from thinking they could have her.
“Jake, Sir,” she said.
“What? Don’t you like it? Do you want me to get rid of it? I can. We can forget all about this and I can throw it away.”
He made to take the box from her fingers.
She shook her head, cradling the box against her breast. “Don’t you even think of taking my collar from me? This is so beautiful, perfect, and words cannot even begin to express how you make me feel.”
Tears gathered in her eyes and started to fall down. “This is so beautiful, Jake.”
“Do you want me to put it on you?” he asked, throat thick with emotion.
“Yes, please.” She gave him back the box. He took the case from her fingers and withdrew the collar.
Lifting up her hair, he eased the clasp together, securing the collar around her neck. Spinning her around, he placed the B in the center of her neck.
“How does it look?”
“Perfect.” Cupping her cheek, he slammed his lips down, claiming her for his own. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her body close to his.
“I don’t want to go back in there,” she said, groaning.
He rested his head against hers. “We’d be bad hosts if we don’t. Your father may shoot me.”
She laughed. “I doubt it. He can’t even fire a gun.”
Jake took her hand. “We’ll go in together,” he said.
“Okay.”
They took a couple of steps and Jake stopped. “Are you happy?”
“Why wouldn’t I be? I’ve married the man I fell in love with.” She cupped his cheek, running a finger across his lips. “I love you, Jake Smith, and I look forward to a future of being your wife, loving you more than anyone else, and giving you children.”
“I’ll hold you to that,” he said, claiming her lips.
They walked back to their wedding party together.
Epilogue
Two years later
Jake locked the door to their playroom satisfied with the punishment he’d given his wife. She’d walked across a busy road yesterday without even looking and almost got run over. If he’d not been there she probably would have been. He was so angry for putting herself and their unborn child in danger.
For the rest of the appointment, Jake didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Twins. They were going to have twins. Crap, he needed to get double of everything. The money wasn’t a problem. His main concern was his sub’s pale face.
Outside in the car, she held onto him tightly. “Two babies. We’re going to have two babies.”
“We’ll get through this, baby. I know we can.”
“How can you know?” Bella asked.
“We’ve got each other and we can do everything together.”