Loving Her (Mitchell Family #9)(55)

“I asked you nicely, you know.”

“Yeah, I know. I’m sorry. You expected me to stand in that shitty underwear store twiddling my thumbs. I was giving that woman something to go home and tell her church group about.”

Miranda shook her head and threw her bags in the backseat. She climbed into the passenger seat and crossed her arms.

I got in and sat there for a second before turning to face her. “Come on, baby. Didn’t you see her face? She was starting to have a stroke.”

Miranda started to laugh, but stopped herself. “Don’t say that.”

“Fine, she was about to shit in her Depends. You know she was.”

I didn’t have to wait long for a reply.

At the same time as me, we both burst into laughing fits. It felt like we were young again, even before we were a couple.

“You’re still embarassin’, Ty. Now I’ll have to pay full price back home for the same item.”

I pointed toward the store. “I can go back in.”

“Forget it. Let’s just head back to the quiet room and get back in that tub.” She leaned over and kissed me slowly, as if she was telling me that somehow she’d gotten turned on by my antics.

I leaned over enough to kiss her. “So you’re not mad?”

She shook her head and kissed me again. “No, I’m not mad. I probably should be, but I certainly know who I’m married to. Besides, it ain’t like I have to see that woman again.” She laughed and looked down for a minute. “Plus, I may have sent Van and Amy a picture of you naked on the balcony this mornin’.”

I pulled away and just shook my head. I should have known she’d send it. When I saw her taking it, I promised that I’d sneak her phone away and delete the photo before she could. She’d always promised that photos had been deleted when they weren’t. I knew how she liked to save them for ammunition. “I’m sure they liked it.”

“I highly doubt it. Most likely Conner will frame it and hang it in the barn.”

I rolled my eyes, imagining him getting off on one upping me.

By the time we rolled into the hotel lobby it was getting dark. We’d stopped by a drive-thru and loaded up to take it back to the room and eat. Our coats were wet from the rain, so we removed them before doing anything else. Once we entered in the elevator and the doors closed, I looked over at my wife, who was already looking at me. I did something without regard in that split second.

I hit the emergency stop button, and the elevator came to a halt. Miranda’s eyes got huge as she looked around and realized what had happened. “Oh my God! What did you do that for?”

“What? On television it stops and you can start it right back up.” I pushed on our floor, but nothing happened. After a few more seconds, the red phone for emergencies started to ring.

“Hello?” Miranda had her arms crossed, and she wasn’t thrilled about our predicament.

“Sir, we’ve alerted the elevator company of the issue. Are you the only passenger?”

“No, it’s me and my wife. Can’t you just reset it?”

“Unfortunately, an elevator mechanic needs to come and reset it. Are there any medical conditions that we need to know about? Are you and your wife okay?”

“We’re fine.”

“It might take an hour for them to come. I’m very sorry for this, sir. I’m going to call the manager and see if we can credit your room for one night because of the inconvenience.”

“That would be great. Thanks, dude.”

I hung up the phone with a smile on my face, sat down, and started pulling out the food that we’d bought. “You need to sit down, baby. It’s going to be a while before they come.”

“Are you f*cking kidding me? How can you be so calm about it?”

I took a bite of fries and smiled as she sat down across from me. “Because we’re getting our room for free tonight due to the elevator malfunctioning.”

“Shut up. Are you serious?”

“Dead serious.”

She grabbed her food out of the bag and started laughing. “Only you would get so damn lucky.”

I cocked my brow and smiled. “Speaking of lucky, how about you take off your clothes and give me some elevator sex?”

“How about you take off your clothes and beg?”

“Will it get me laid?”

She scrunched up her face and shook her head. “Probably not.”

I can’t say I didn’t try.





Chapter 30


Miranda


It took an hour and forty minutes for the man to come and reset the elevator. I almost peed my pants because I had to go so badly. Ty insisted on talking the entire time, and I was ready to drop kick him to knock his ass out for some peace and quiet. Even our phones didn’t have service, so we couldn’t call or talk to anyone.

My eagerness to get into the room was obvious, and I was pretty sure my husband knew to give me some alone time. He retreated to the balcony without saying anything to me.

When I came out of the bathroom and found that he was still out there, I decided it would be a good time to take a nice hot bath. I went back into the bathroom and started the water. Once I undressed, I got in even before it had filled up.

It was nice, feeling the hot water soothing every inch of my body. Within seconds, I was closing my eyes and enjoying the peace and quiet.