Bette turned to look at Tina. The blonde raised her eyebrows a little, and gave a little shrug.

“Then…thank you, Kelly and Kara. Really quite unexpected!,” Bette exclaimed.

Kit was passing through and saw the four women standing in the vestibule.  She picked up on Tina’s stiff
posture and cool glances at Kelly.  Uh oh.  She decided to walk over to the group, to relieve Bette and Tina from their “hostess” duties with these particular guests.

Bette and Tina walked off, explaining they were going to store the ultra-expensive and rare wines, a few minutes after Kit had joined them.  Bette continued to hold Tina’s hand as they headed towards the wine cabinet in the kitchen.

As they got to the wine cabinet, Bette carefully opened the boxes, and then laid the two bottles on a small shelf while she reached back into a safe-like interior cabinet.  She keyed in a code, and held open the door that swung open, then laid the new bottles in, and then shut the door.

Tina had been at her side as Bette stored the wine.  The blonde bent to store the boxes in a side cabinet, guessing that they were probably collectibles also.

After Bette carefully laid the two bottles in the special section of their wine cabinet, and shut the door, she swiped Tina’s hand to her lips and wordlessly kissed her fingers.   Tina gave her a small smile.

“Did you see that dress?,” the blonde asked, searching Bette’s eyes.

“Did you see the wine??,” Bette exclaimed in a more incredulous voice almost at the same time.

Tina smirked, “Are you telling me you didn’t notice that deep V neckline that went down past the midpoint of her chest?”

Bette scrunched her eyebrows, shaking her head, her thoughts still struck by the generous gift of the two women. Those bottles easily cost many thousands of dollars each.

Seeing Tina was preoccupied by Kelly’s dress though, she answered her wife’s question, “T… honestly, if you had been in a turtleneck tonight, you would be far sexier to me than she could be in a v-cut mini….”

“So you did see her neckline,” Tina interrupted her, teasingly, in a husky voice as she kissed Bette softly.  The tingle she felt when around Bette deepened to an ache whenever Bette said she was sexy.