grabbing my glass of wine to sip it. It amazes me how quickly he can go from lusting over me to making his rude comments that he enjoys so much.
He continues with his small talk, sipping his wine, telling me about his meeting he had today and I laugh at his idiotic jokes and drink my wine. It doesn’t take long before we have another bottle at our table and he’s filling our glasses. I drink mine in moderations because the last thing we need is both of us drunk, plus I also don’t want to end up sick either. With how little I eat, I don’t handle my alcohol very well.
“Are you ready to head home soon baby?” I ask in my sweet voice in hopes that we can end this night early enough to avoid any confrontations.
“Actually I had something planned for after dinner. It’s a surprise!” he replies as his lips quirk up into a smile.
We finish the bottle of wine at our table and once he’s sipped the last that’s in his cup he stands up gesturing for my hand. I place my empty wine glass on the table and place my hand in his. He wraps his arm around my waist grabbing me firmly.
“Let’s go baby,” he whispers into my ear and his hand moves down squeezing my ass.
As we step outside after he has paid the bill, I shiver at the cold breeze and he holds me tighter, comforting me and I lay my head into his shoulder accepting his kindness. He grabs his cell phone calling his driver. The one thing about Travis is he has never driven drunk. He always calls his driver to get him and will just send someone to pick up his car later. Good thing he’s rich! Once he ends the call he embraces me with both arms, shielding me from the breeze. His lips find my forehead and I look up at him as he gazes at me with those brown eyes that once lured me in and that are now hazed over from alcohol.
“Steph, I know I’ve said this many times, but I love you. I’m hard on you because I love you so much. I don’t want to lose you. I just…I don’t know what I would do without you.”
“I’m right here, Travis. I’m not going anywhere,” I whisper, but deep in my gut there is a feeling that there isn’t complete truth in what I’m saying. So many times in just the two years of marriage I’ve thought of leaving and then I remind myself I’m not worth anything more.
He tilts his head down and our lips meet. He taste of sweet wine and I swoon in the moment. His mood swings drive me crazy, but every chance I can get I take advantage of the sweet and charming Travis that he can be. As much as I love him right now and am excited for the surprise he has for me there is still the part of me that is telling me to run… run from what may come from this man if he drinks too much. I don’t though. I stay wrapped in his strong arms. This is our anniversary and I want to do all I can to enjoy it. If I don’t step out of bounds or provoke him then it’s possible it may go smoothly.
As the sleek black car with tinted windows pulls up, Travis opens the door placing his hand on my lower back and helping me in. I scoot over as he squeezes in next to me. His hand placed on my knee and I lay my head on his shoulder while the driver takes off.
“Thomas knows where we’re going?” I ask Travis as I notice he doesn’t give his driver any directions.
“I informed him today of my plans for you tonight,” Travis reply’s with a wink as his hand slides up my thigh reaching the bottom of my short dress and squeezing me tenderly. I sigh at his affection. Maybe I am always concentrating too much on all the bad things he does because right now he is what I want. Either way I refuse to let anything ruin this evening. I’m