Page 5 of Happily Ever After
"After I ran away, and you and I met and spent time together, I felt like I could breathe freely for the first time in a long time. Like this mattress, I was unfurling again. I could just be me, and you liked what you saw... loved it even."
Ade's arms tighten around me. There's a smile in his voice. "Still do... like and love who you are immeasurably."
Smiling, I let out a contented sigh.
Everything turned out in the end, even when for a long time it seemed like it never would.
"Tiero and I could never have worked. No amount of love and soul connection could have changed that," I admit.
Deep down inside, I always knew that. If I'm being honest with myself, I realized it the first moment we met. It didn't stop me from exploring our connection, and I'm glad I did.
I could never regret what Tiero and I shared. And if it wasn't for him, who knows if Ade and I would have crossed paths again. "If you had believed in your relationship with Tiero, you would never have given me the time of day. And I'd die a miserable oldfart. But lucky for me,"-kiss-"I now will live,"-kiss-"happily,"-kiss-"ever,"-kiss-"after." "I never stood a chance against your charm. And your reverse psychology of no hanky-panky until I was certain I wanted to be with you worked very well for you." Ade winks at me. "I told you, I was very good at hanky-panky." "And you weren't lying." "You know I have more moves up my sleeves." "Do you? I would have thought I'd seen them all by now."
"Not even close."
"How about you show me one of them?"
"Right now?"
"Mmm," I hum as Ade kisses along the sensitive skin of my neck.
"I suppose I could be persuaded. We need to christen this new mattress after all."
About time.
Standing on my tiptoes, I reach up and pull his head to mine. Without hesitation, Ade takes my mouth, taking charge of the kiss.
Feeling somewhat playful, I decide not to make it too easy for him. I don't challenge him often in the bedroom or wherever else we end up having sex. Often enough, it's against a wall or any other suitable surface—we're really not that picky. When the hunger for each other strikes, it needs to be satiated, and neither of us is willing to wait.
But tonight is different. I'm in the mood to test his patience... and mine.
Chapter Three
Aiden
Ella melts into my kiss, her full breasts pillowing against my chest. Her arms snake around my waist, her hands wandering beneath my shirt before grabbing the edges and lifting it over my head. It forces our lips to part, and she seizes the moment to pivot us around by one hundred and eighty degrees. We sway for a moment as if we were dancing before regaining our balance.
Laughing, I lower my head to claim her mouth once more. As soon as our lips connect, her tongue boldly reaches for mine, and it drives my arousal from simmering to boiling.
I can't get enough of my wife-to-be. I hope this never changes.
Ella's fingers roam my back, and then travel to my abdomen, stoking that fire that only burns for her.
All the while, she's walking us backward until the back of my knees bumps against the now mostly inflated mattress.
Ella pushes against my chest until I follow her unspoken command and lay back. Propping myself up on my elbows, Iwatch her as she loosens the tie on her wrap dress, letting it fall open.
Fuck me. She's stunning.
She's wearing a skimpy, dark-green bra and thong, and all I want to do is tear it off her.
Those perfect curves, those large, loving blue eyes, and that shy yet wry smirk on her beautiful face. A guttural groan echoes in the room, and I'm pretty sure it came from me.
Ella's eyes light up, and the hunger in them feeds my own.
With a shimmy of her shoulders, the dress falls to the floor and pools at her feet.
Pointing at my shorts, she demands, "Take them off."
