The bath is half full. Xavier lowers himself down and I climb in after him, leaning my back against his chest. I’ve never felt more cherished than when I’m wrapped in his arms.

“I want this feeling to last forever,” I say.

“What feeling?” he asks.

“Cherished, loved.” My eyes widen when I realise the word I just used.

“It will last forever, because I will always cherish you, Shardonnay, and I do love you,” he says.

I turn my head around to look into his eyes. “I love you too.” My lips claim his. Turning my whole body round, I straddle him.

“I love you more.” He smiles into my kiss.

“It’s not a competition, Xavier.” I grin against his mouth. His hands travel down my back, then cup my ass, pulling me into him. His hard cock slides between the lips of my pussy. “Mmm, as much as I want to keep this going, we need to stop. At least for two more days,” I tell him.

“Why? What’s wrong? Are you okay?” He pulls back to look at me.

“I’m fine, but I still have my period,” I tell him, my cheeks heating up.

“Is that all?” he asks.

“Um, yes.” What else was he expecting?

“Babe, a little bit of blood is not going to stop me from fucking you. If you’re sure you’re feeling all right, then this is happening.”

I nod my head. I don’t even get the words out before he lifts my hips up and slides me down onto his shaft. “Oh god, I’ve missed you,” I tell him.

“I was only gone for a few hours.” He kisses up the side of my neck.

“I was talking to your cock.” I laugh.

“Well, he fucking missed you a lot more, trust me. This week has been fucking hard. Pun intended,” he says, lifting my ass and slamming me back down on him again.

“Fuck,” I yell.

“You need to come, babe. Give it to me. Give me everything.” He bites down on my shoulder and slams up into me. The combination of pain and pleasure has me soaring, way quicker than I wanted to be. Xavier continues to pump in and out of me, fucking me into another blinding orgasm.

“Oh god. Yes!” I can hear my screams echoing off the tile walls.

“Fuck yes, you feel so fucking good. This is mine, all fucking mine,” he says as his body stills. I feel warm squirts inside me before his shoulders relax. My lips capture his until he pulls away. “Stand up,” he says, lifting my body out of the water.

Before I can ask him why, or what he’s doing, he shoves a finger inside my pussy. My mouth opens in shock as I look down. I can feel his finger slide across one wall of my vagina, writing the letter X; he then twists his finger around and repeats the motion on the other side.

“You’re twisted, you know that, right?” I smirk down at him.

“It makes me extremely happy to know you’re marked as mine.” He withdraws his finger and stands. Xavier reaches down and removes the plug from the drain. “Come on, let’s shower.” He picks me up, lifting me out of the bath, and carries me into the shower. “I think you should get rid of your apartment, and move your stuff in here,” he says suddenly.

“Ah, what?” I ask.

“I want you to move in with me.”

“Um, I don’t know what to say.” What am I meant to say?

It’s too fast. It’s way too soon, that’s what I should be saying.

“Say yes.” His eyes are pleading with mine, begging me to agree.

“It’s not that I don’t want to. I spend just about every night here. But my apartment, it’s the last place I lived with my mum. I’m not ready to give up those memories,” I tell him honestly.