Chapter 37
“What?” she asks shyly but her eyes twinkled with delight.
“Marry me,” he repeated.
“We can’t-”
Ben grinned, picking up on the small tinge of hope in her voice. “We can,” he said firmly, pulling her along with him.
They went to a small jewelry store that was open along the strip and he picked out two bands, paying double for them to engrave them both immediately. As soon as they were done, they headed to a small, nearby chapel. They gave the people their details and driver’s licenses. Ben had to squint his eyes, trying to make out her last name. After a few minutes, it came to him… it said Préz. Just like she had said.
They asked where the happy couple wanted their official paperwork mailed. They talked and Ben agreed after she told him about how much her house meant to her. The certificate would be sent to her house. Benjamin watched as the recorder lady filled in the information on the papers.
“What about your family?” Dora asked.
“I will call them.” Since they had some time to wait, he called them. But they didn’t understand him. While they waited, they sat there, hugged, and spoke softly.
“You two are up,” they called to Dora and him.
“Ready to be my husband, Nemo?”
“Yes, ready to be my wife, Dora?”
“Yes!” she moaned, making him chuckle.
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Benjamin led her to where they were meant to be. “Can you call us Dora and Nemo?” he asked and the preacher guy tilted his head.
“I’ll work it out,” he said with a laugh.
“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here tonight to…”
Ben tuned out his talking, looking slowly at Dora, who was looking back at him. His arm got tapped and he winked at Dora.
“I do,” he said, placing the ring on her finger. Benjamin chuckled when they had to tap her arm, too.
“I do,” she said, putting his ring on his finger. As soon as she was done, he kissed her, only faintly hearing the preacher still talking.
“Okay, sign here, but you have to sign the legal name you use,” he said, handing him a pen. He signed Benjamin Parks and handed the pen to Dora.
“Your turn, Mrs. Parks,” he said. He couldn’t help but smile as he watched her write her last name as Parks.
The preacher signed something and handed it to them. “This is our copy, the legal copy will arrive in the mail in eight to ten weeks,” he stated.
They kissed, making their way back out of the hall. He pulled her to the loveseat, placing the paper down so that he could get his hands in her hair.
“Benjamin!” he heard get yelled. “Thank God I got here before you got married.”
Ben pulled back and frowned as he looked at Alexis.”
“Eh, no, you’re late, meet my wife, P-
“Dora,” she yelled, making Ben chuckle.
“Dora,” he said, kissing her.
“Hello,” Alexis huffed, sounding tired.
I know you,” Dora said as she narrowed her
“Why do I know you?”
Alexis looked at her, shaking her head. “I have
I seen you before,” she countered.
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“No, that’s not it. Hum… Oh, I know… you look like an angel!” Dora giggled. Benjamin felt a tingle in his veins. He loved her laugh. She was so happy and nothing like his ex Raegan.
“She is well over her limit. Come on. is time to get her and you home,” Alexis scolded, pulling the two of them.
“Stop being mean or I will ask God to kick your ass, meanie,” Dora hissed out.
Benjamin fell down from laughing, taking her with him to the ground. “She is very mean,” he agreed with a nod.
“Jesus Christ,” Alexis sighed. “Will you two just come with me?”
“No. I promised a friend that I would go back to my room,” Dora slurred. He laughed when Dora took a sizeable swig from the bottle. Taking the bottle, Ben had a big swig before Alexis took it from him.
“You will give that back once we get to the hotel. Dora, don’t worry. We are staying at the same hotel, remember?” he told her, standing up. No sooner was he stable than he helped Dora to her feet.
As Alexis hailed a cab, Benjamin kissed Dora, feeling more bewitched by her with every passing second.
“Hey, no hanky panky!” Alexis yelled. “Get in,” she carried on as she opened the cab door.
Alexis only allowed Dora in before getting in next to her. “Can’t I sit next to my wife?”
“No,” Alexis answered and he huffed as he got in. Alexis walked them all the way up to his floor. Ben unlocked the door and grabbed the bottle from Alexis, before picking up his wife.
“For God’s sake, be safe!” she hissed as she walked away. He went to tell her to fuck off, but Dora laughed, making him look at her.
“Sorry, this person I met on the plane said something similar. Only he told me to carry and I thought he meant a gun.
Ben only hummed as he moved inside the room and set her down. “Let me make love to you,” he whispered to her as he removed her dress.
“Take me.”
The soft touches and caresses of skin–to–skin filled his mind, as they both succumbed to the ecstasy. After several moans, they both shared more of the bottle, and it had never tasted sweeter than the taste after she drank from it.
“I will just be a few minutes,” she reassured as she moved backward to the door.
“But I will miss you.”
“My room is only two doors down. You keep this one open and I will keep mine open. I just have to grab some stuff for the morning.”
“Can’t you get them tomorrow? What if you forget me?”
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“It has been a few years since I forgot my night out,” Dora stopped talking.
