Waiting For Love (Love In Montana Book 2)

It was nearly an hour since Rex had left, Ember slowly got up to finish her kitchen work knowing fully well that everything was over. Rex had escaped without informing her. Huh! All men were the same.  They couldn't be trusted.

As she walked into the living room, the main door suddenly unlocked and Rex staggered inside carrying a mountain load of shopping bags, suitcase full of clothes and much more. Ember's mouth hung open seeing him. It seemed as if  he had robbed a departmental store!

"Where were you ? I thought you'd gone to get a few pictures, " said Ember, perplexed. Rex grinned.

"Did you miss me? Did you think that I ran away? You did, didn't you?" He asked wiggling his eyebrows.

"I was celebrating that you went away," she lied, going towards the bags that he brought in. His hand stretched and wiped a semi-dried teardrop off her cheek.

"Celebrating with tears?" Asked Rex, tenderly looking at her.  He realized that she might have been crying thinking that he had left but knew that she wouldn't admit it aloud.

"Uh.. these are tears of joy. Okay? So what have you got here?" She asked, opening the shopping bags excitedly like a child. The first one had groceries and food items to last them a week if not more. She excitedly opened the next one. It had all grooming stuff, men's shaving kit, toothpaste,  men's bodywash, moisturizer, cologne and so on and so forth. She looked at him with curiosity.

"Are you opening a men's beauty salon here or what?" She asked.

"No silly. They're for me. You wouldn't kiss a caveman would you? At Blake's house, I was fine without a toothbrush but here I had to buy them all," he said with a shit-eating grin seeing her horror-stricken expression.

"You're sickening, " she said rolling her eyes.

She opened the next bag to find ice creams, cookies,  muffins, brownies and every other thing to woo her. "What are these for?" She asked.

"Tools to win you over. Granny had told me long ago that you love them," he admitted. Ember shook her head and went to the next bag. It had more groceries.

"Don't touch this one unless of course you really want to," he said pointing at the last bag. Ember's curiosity was piqued. She opened it and saw  that the bag was full of clothes that he had bought for himself but what caught her attention were the ten packs of men's underwear and numerous boxes of c*ndoms. She quickly left the bag as if stung and looked up at him with horror.

"So many underwear?" She asked with curiosity.

Rex grinned. "What? I took only a distended and old one to Blake's house. You wouldn't want to see me in that everyday?" He asked. Ember closed her ears and ran towards the kitchen.

"Shut up Rex. I wouldn't want you to walk around in your underwear, whether old or new, in my house," she yelled, her face red with embarrassment.

"Okay then. I'll roam around without one," he said peeping imto her kitchen. "By the way there were other things inside the bag. Hope you haven't seen them?" He said with a chuckle.

"Why did you buy those?" She asked, blushing all the more.

"You mean the c*ndoms? Obviously, I don't want you to get pregnant, right now, " he shrugged. Ember just gaped at him. Did he have to be so blunt?

"I'm not having s*x with you Rex, " she told him pointedly.

"Okay you don't. I'll make love to you," he said, walking away whistling.

Ember just couldn't stop her rapidly beating heart, she could hear him in her bedroom arranging his stuff in her closet. She fidgeted here and there unnecessarily wasting time. She had no wish to listen to his rotten mouth spew out dirty words.

"Ember, help me, will you?" He yelled.

"No, help yourself, " she yelled back. There was a loud crash and she ran into the bedroom to see him on the floor with his suitcases and bags.

"What happened to you? Can't you do a thing without my help?" She said trying to pull him up but he was like a buffalo refusing to budge. "Uff, you're so heavy. I can't help you, " she said trying hard but instead fell onto his lap. Blushing to the roots of her hair, she tried to get up but Rex wrapped his arms around her and kept her pinned to himself.

"Ember, " he breathed slowly, his eyes searching her face. Ember stilled and looked at him. She saw the way his eyes were fixed upon her lips as if he was fighting the urge to kiss her. Inwardly Ember didn't want him to fight the urge. She secretly wanted him to kiss her.

"Okay, I'll help you arrange your clothes," she told him. He came back to his senses and got up with her as if she weighed nothing at all.

The next few minutes they were arranging his clothes, accessories in the bedroom. Then they arranged the food and grocery items in the kitchen.

"I'm exhausted, " she said, sinking into the sofa.

"Me too. I've never done housework in my entire life," said Rex, sitting beside her.

"Sorry that you had to," said Ember feeling guilty.

"Hey, I love doing housework with you, " admitted Rex and Ember giggled.

"Really? You're the first one who loves doing housework, " she pointed out.

"Only with you. It makes me feel like we're married already," said Rex with a smile. Ember gaped at him. This time she didn't protest. Actually she too liked the idea of being married to him. Rex was happier when she didn't protest and accepted the fact that they would marry someday. It was an improvement from their earlier situation and Rex was glad of it.

"Let's watch a movie," said Rex to cheer her up. Ember nodded. They surfed Netflix and chose a good movie and sat down to watch. It was a rom com and Ember had never laughed so much in her entire life. She had no idea when she had scooted close to Rex on the sofa. They laughed and laughed, rolling over one another.

Afterwards, they argued about which movie to watch next. While Ember wanted to watch another rom com, Rex wanted to watch a horror movie.

"I'm scared of horror movies. So, the answer is no," said Ember, sticking to her choice.

"I can't watch another romance, seriously, " said Rex.

"I can't watch horror, seriously. I wouldn't be able to go to the washroom alone afterwards. I wouldn't be able to sleep," said Ember with dread.

"I'll go with you everywhere. I'll be cuddling you to sleep so what's the problem?" Said Rex.

"You'll go to the washroom with me? Are you crazy? No way," said Ember, pushing him away from her.

"But I'll sleep with you," he grinned. Ember blushed thinking about it. She had no idea how she'd sleep with him.

"No, you'd be sleeping here on the sofa, " she told him.

"This is too small for me and I sleep in the nude so can you wake up and see me sprawled here in the morning?" He said with a grin seeing her red face and horrified expression.

"You can sleep on the bed but please with clothes on," she said glaring at him.

"Only underwear then," he said with finality in his tone.

"Noo, then I'll sleep on the couch," she said, getting up.

"I won't let you. You're so delicate, I'll wrap you in my arms and cuddle you to myself and sleep, " he yelled. Ember closed her ears as her whole body flushed with embarrassment.

"I look delicate but I can kick, mister," she warned him but he just chuckled.

Ember checked the pantry and refrigerator to decide what yo make for dinner. This housework thing was becoming so interesting now. She wanted to cook something delicious for Rex. She wanted to please him. She hadn't cooked anything much in the last few months for herself. After Rex had broke up with her she had lost the will to live but now there seemed to be a renewed energy in her. She hummed a  tune as she made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. Rex came into the kitchen to take a peek at what she was making.

"Mmmm, smells delicious, " he said, his nose near her neck. Ember was unsure of what he meant. Did he mean the food or was it her neck? Her neck wasn't delicious so maybe he meant the food, she deduced.

"Wait till you taste it," she said, not daring to turn her face for his was just a couple of inches away from her face. If she turned they would land up with their noses or lips touching.

"I will soon," he promised, his hand on the other side of her.

"Rex it's not cooked yet," she answered, totally confused by now as to what they were talking about, food or her?

"Who's talking about food?" He asked and walked away with a chuckle leaving her stunned. Would he kiss her and make love to her tonight?