I’d had an amazing day. The day I’d been dreading turned into a perfect day except for the odd moment. I knew Sofia had tried to cause trouble between Alex and me, and it shocked me he hadn’t believed her. Now we were in the car on our way to Alex’s home and we were both quiet, for once it wasn’t an uncomfortable silence. Alex hadn’t let my hand go since we got in. I was so nervous, it’s our wedding night, we're husband and wife and it’s strange to think just a few days ago he’d blackmailed me into this. He’d changed his attitude towards me and it was a struggle to keep my guard up against this Alex because he reminded me so much of the old Alex, the one I fell in love with. All the sweet things he’d done couldn’t be for appearances sake could they? I wanted him with every breath in my body and when he looked at me when he held me close on the dance floor and I’d felt his hardness against me I got the feeling it was exactly the same for him too.

His hand squeezed mine when the car came to a stop, and he helped me out of the car and dismissed Arnold before leading me into the house and straight to his bedroom. The door opened slowly, and I got the feeling he was nervous which was silly because Alex didn’t get nervous. When I got a look through the door, I gasped in surprise. Candles were lit all over the room and there were rose petals scattered on the floor and the bed. It was romantic, so romantic it left me speechless.

“Do you like it?”  It sounded like he cared.

“I love it.”

“Good. I have one more thing for you.” He pulled me into the room and closed the door. He walked over to his drawers and pulled a black velvet bag from the top one. When he was standing in front of me again he took my hand and placed it palm up. “I think it’s about time you had this back.” He told me as he tipped the contents of the bag into my hand.

Again I was speechless. In my hand, I held my rose necklace. The most special gift he’d ever given me. “You kept it?” I ask stunned.

“I couldn’t seem to throw it away Callie. In fact, I threw nothing of yours away.”

As I was still processing his words, he stuffed the bag into his suit pocket and took the necklace out of my hand. I turned to give him my back and reached up to hold my hair out of his way so he could fasten it round my neck. He turned me back to face him and kissed the tip of my nose. The look in his eyes caused me to freeze. I knew my love for him was beaming from me I couldn’t hide it anymore, didn’t want to hide it anymore, but I’d never expected to see the same look in his eyes. It made me feel bold and gave me the confidence to reach up on my tiptoes to kiss his lips. It started out as a soft and sweet thank you kiss, but it didn’t take long to transform into a kiss that blew my mind. I couldn’t get enough of him and he was with me completely. He suddenly pulled away and rested his forehead against mine.

“If we don’t stop, I’ll take you here and now. Is that what you want?”

Silly man. “Yes, I want that.”

He looked taken back for a second before he gave me a sweet smile. He picked me up and carried me to the end of the bed. I slid down his body and he steadied me when my feet touched the floor. I watched him strip until he was just wearing his underwear, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the beauty of his body. He stepped closer and didn’t stop until we were touching chest to chest. I could feel his heat through the fabric of my dress. He reached behind me to untie the ribbon on my dress; it loosened and he pushed it down my body helping me step out of it. He gently pushed me onto his bed and crouched down to take my heels and stockings off. Next, he gripped my knickers, and I lifted my bottom up so he could take them off.  He threw them on the floor with the rest of our clothes and finally took off his underwear. He was so hard; the veins stood out angry and I licked my lips wanting nothing more than to taste him. A quick look at his face told me he was hanging on by a thread. “I wanted to go slow but seeing you spread out naked for me has made that impossible.” He admitted in a strained voice.

I opened my arms to him and relief crossed his face before he climbed on top of me careful to keep his weight off me by leaning on his elbows. “I’ve missed you.” He whispered so quietly I almost didn’t hear.

“I’ve missed you too.”

He closed his eyes almost like he was in pain and I stroked my hands gently down his back in comfort. He shifted, and I felt him at my entrance. Quicker than I expected he thrust into me causing a groan to rip from my throat. He stayed still letting me get used to his invasion, but I couldn’t bear for him not to move for even a moment. I lifted my body into his trying to chase the pleasure only he could give me. Taking the hint he moved slowly at first but just like his kiss it didn’t last. His body dominated mine, causing sensations that I’d all but forgotten to run through my body. His rhythm sped up and with no hope of keeping up with him, I wrapped my arms around him and gave myself up to the ride, to the feelings he was tearing from my body. We hit our climax together staring into each other’s eyes with me biting my lip so words of love didn’t spill out. It terrified me how easily I could let slip, to put myself in a more vulnerable position than I already was.

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I woke with a groan at the sunlight shining in my eyes. I was so tired; Alex hadn’t let me sleep much at all waking me up twice in the night to make love. I’d loved it but my body was paying for it now. Muscles I didn’t even know I had were aching. A light touch brushed against my shoulder and I rolled over to face a sexy, sleepy Alex. The grin on his face drew an answering one from me.

“Morning, my beautiful wife,” The pride in his voice lit up the room, I wonder if he was aware.

Wife sure sounded good. “Morning husband.” But husband sounded better.

He leaned up to kiss my lips. “We have a day of doing anything you please I just have to make a couple of phone calls then I’m all yours.”

I smiled in pleasure. I’d thought he’d planned to go straight back to work. “What do you fancy doing?”

“Well, spending the whole day in bed would be top of my list but you have to be sore so we’ll save that for tonight.”

I clenched my thighs together loving that idea, but he was right I was sore. “I’m going to jump in the shower then.”

“And I won’t join you because we know how that will end.” He grinned.

I watched as he slipped out of bed and the view of his behind almost had me begging him to take me. He pulled on clean underwear and grabbed a t-shirt from a drawer. “I won’t be long baby.”

“Ok.” I waited until he closed the door behind him before slipping out of bed, not quite as secure of my nakedness as he was. Here’s hoping the shower will sooth my aching muscles. I’d love a bath, but I was reluctant to spend more time away from Alex as I had to. I didn’t want to look at my reasons for that too closely.