by that, I mean sometime next week, baby. Cuz I’m not leaving your body till I am damn ready to.”
She smirked, batting her lashes.
Once we reached the master bedroom, I set her down. Not paying any mind to our surroundings like she was.
There was a queen-size mattress in the middle of the floor with clean sheets and pillows on it. A small side table with a single lamp, and Eva’s mother’s old wooden rocking chair that had intricate designs carved into the back was placed in the corner. She insisted I take it, saying it would bring us luck for when we had children of our own. She even draped my old worn out Ninja Turtle blanket across it.
Our small Key Lime pie wedding cake was placed on a tray in the center of the bed. Bailey’s favorite flavor besides me of course.
While she was lost in our future, I was focusing on the present. I walked over to the small radio on the floor and pressed play, and the soft tune of “Tale As Old As Time” strummed off the speakers in the room.
Bailey’s eyes lit up like Christmas, turning to face me. “Aiden… Oh my God…” was all she could manage to say.
I placed one hand on the small of her back, pulling her petite frame in closer. Her hand found mine, intertwining and I rested them on my chest near my calm heartbeat.
Our feet started moving to the music, swaying us both along the old wood floor. We danced around our bedroom for our first dance as husband and wife, slowly gravitating all around the space.
“I love you, Aiden. I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday, proposal, wedding, home… Oh my, how do you do it? How do you always outdo yourself?”
I twirled her around, drawing her back to me. “You make it easy, Bailey.”
“I’m not going to lie, I’m a little nervous about what happens next.”
“You mean about me making love to you?”
“Yeah … I mean, what if I’m awful? What if I’m not what you expected, what if—”
I kissed her, soft and gentle, seeking out her tongue before backing away to spin her again. I spun her a few more times, engraining the memory of her in that gown in my mind.
Wearing it for only me.
On the last twirl, I stopped when her back was to my front, and slowly slipped the zipper down on her dress. Admiring her beauty, her silky skin, the way my lips glided along the side of her neck. She leaned into my chest, beckoning me to keep going.
“Bailey Pierce,” I rasped into her ear, causing shivers to stir on her flesh. “You were made for me, and don’t you ever forget that.”
Her gown pooled at our feet in a heap of gold silk fabric, as I continued stripping her bare. In one swift movement, I was down on my knees, kissing along her thighs, up to her sweet spot. Getting her nice and ready for what would be our first encounter of love making. By the time I was done devouring her heat, she was soaking wet.
A moan escaped her pouty lips when I abruptly stood, removing all my clothes. Laying her down on the mattress to kiss my way up her body. Looking profoundly at her until we were face to face. Our connection searing its way into our souls.
“I love you.”
She panted, “I love you too.”
I would forever remember this moment as the first time everything was right in our world, because we finally became one…
As husband and wife.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
<>Camila<>
Now
My heart was in my throat, proceeding to watch such a private moment between two people, who were obviously madly in love with each other. Simultaneously, an uncontrollable surge of emotions rushed over me with a sudden queasiness settling in the pit of my stomach.
I found it hard to take a breath, let alone inhale multiple breaths trying to maintain my afflicted composure.
What was this reaction for a man I barely knew and hadn’t met?
My mind began churning with uncertainty, mimicking the contents of my stomach as it rose to the back of my throat.
My core sped up with each word that fell from his lips, from his heart, from the place inside of him that only belonged to her.
“I can’t live without you. You’re my heart, Bay. You’ll always be my heart.”
And from every word that fell from hers in the same place she resided.
“I know. You’re mine too, Aiden. Life has been hard for us,