Chapter 25
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
E den
I stare at the beautiful engagement ring on my left hand, wiggling my fingers to watch the light as it shines off the diamond. That husband of mine certainly does know how to make up to a woman.
Marius walks into the bedroom and stops dead just inside the door. He seems odd, like something’s wrong, so I hurry over to where he’s standing.
“Baby, what’s wrong? Is your arm hurting? The doctor said that it might throb a little. You did have a bullet go through your body, after all.”
He shakes his head and kisses me. “No, I’m fine. I was just thinking about the first time I brought you here and told you it was yours. You were so thrilled, and I loved seeing you like that.”
“I love that you did this for me, honey. I hope you don’t think because I want to move out to where we grew up that I don’t appreciate this beautiful penthouse.”
With a shrug, he smiles. “It’s not a problem. This was for the old Marius and Eden. The new version of us belongs somewhere else.”
Wrapping my arms around him, I look up into his dark eyes and ask, “Are you ready to become a full-time husband and owner of a suburban home?”
“Yeah, I am. It’s time the world knew me as your husband, Duck.”
Marius King really is the most wonderful man I’ve ever met. I don’t know how I’ve been so blessed, but I thank my lucky stars for him. I’m so happy right now that I might even thank Justin and Maia, if I saw them tonight.
With a sly grin, he cradles my face with his right hand and says, “I think as a farewell we need to have some mind-blowing sex in this bedroom. You know, to celebrate our leaving here and finding a new house.”
In truth, we’ve been having mind-blowing sex all week. Much of it has been me on top since he’s nursing a gunshot wound in his left arm, but it’s been a hell of a week for us. I’m thinking of something slightly different for tonight, though.
“I’m way ahead of you, baby. You just sit down on the bed and let me take care of everything.”
Marius looks at me in disbelief, like he isn’t sure what’s about to happen. “Okay. I’m wondering what you have planned, Duck.”
I lead him over to the bed and stand in front of him when he sits down.
Smiling, I say, “Well, all week you’ve had a hard time in bed because of your arm, so I thought for the man who bought me such a gorgeous ring and made me the happiest woman in the world, that I’d make this night all about you.
So sit back and relax because tonight is all about Marius. ”
He doesn’t have time to say another word before I unzip his pants and lower myself to the floor. Like usual, he’s ready to have a good time, so I slip his hard cock out and wrap my fingers around it. Since I’m left-handed, I use that hand, but tonight it looks a little different.
Marius notices it too and smiles down at me. “I like the way that ring looks with your hand around me. It’s fucking sexy.”
“It is. Now relax and enjoy, baby.”
Taking the head into my mouth, I give it a few sucks before sliding down as far as I can.
My husband is a man who’s been blessed in many ways, including what’s in his pants, so there’s no chance of deep throating with him.
I have figured out ways to compensate for that, including that thing I do with my tongue he loves.
“Jesus, Duck…I don’t know if it’s getting shot or what you’re doing with your mouth, but I think I’m getting lightheaded.”
Although I shouldn’t tease him, I let his cock fall out of my mouth and ask, “Do you want me to stop then?”
His eyes get big, and he shakes his head. “Fuck no! I’d be a fool to say no to my beautiful wife going down on me.”
I wrap my fingers around him again and flick my tongue over the tip of his cock, knowing that drives him crazy. “Good. Now lean back and enjoy the ride, so to speak.”
The thing he loves the most is when I jerk him off and flick my tongue over the vein that runs on the underside of his cock, so after giving him a little taste of the good stuff, I get down to business.
Above me, he moans softly before stuffing his hand into my hair.
When he starts to pull, I’ll know he’s close.
See, that’s how well I know him. We may have had some tough times lately, but what’s never changed is how much I love him and want to see him happy. Thankfully, he feels the same about me.
That’s what makes me a lucky woman.
The smell of his skin—a mixture of his natural scent and the coconut soap he loves—fills my nose as I run my tongue over that vein. I’ve always loved how he reacts when I do this for him.
His fist tightens around my hair, and I brace myself for him to come, but instead he eases me off him. I look up in confusion, sure he’s in pain from his injury.
“Marius, are you okay?”
He nods but waves me up to him. “I’m fine. I just want to do something else.”
I can’t deny I’m a little disappointed to hear him say that, but I stand up as he wants. “Okay. You’re the one who got shot. I guess you should call the shots on this.”
“Duck, you know how much I love when you go down on me. Trust me. It’s fucking fantastic. I just thought I’d like you to get off too. So take your clothes off and come sit on my lap.”
I get it now. I can’t blame a man for wanting to make me happy too. So I strip out of my clothes in front of him and straddle his hips.
He looks up into my eyes and says in a low voice, “I wanted to make sure you felt good too tonight, and even though I want to say I’m up for anything, how I’ve felt this week says I might not be up for as many rounds as usual.”
Lifting myself up, I slowly sit down on his cock, loving how he fills me up so completely. “I’d be crazy to say this isn’t exactly what I want tonight.”
He lifts his right hand and pulls me down to kiss me long and deep.
It’s one of those kisses that tells me everything he’s feeling that he may not be able to say.
I don’t need him to tell me he loves me right now or that he always wants to be with me.
I know. I’ve always known because unlike so many men, Marius makes sure to let a woman know how he feels about her.
I ride him with abandon, reveling in how incredible he feels with every time I lower myself down on him. His size stretches me as it always has, and every movement brings me closer to release.
When I’m almost there, I slow down because I want to make this last, but he has other ideas. Surprising me, he rolls us over so he’s on top. When he looks down at me, I see such love in his eyes.
“I love you, Duck. You made me the happiest man on earth when you said yes today.”
I open my legs wide so he can slide in and kiss him. “I’d be crazy to say no to you, baby.”
Even though he probably thinks I’m referring to how much I love sex with him, it’s not just that.
It’s everything else. It’s the way he makes me feel like I’m the most beautiful creature he’s ever seen.
It’s the way he bought me this penthouse after I mentioned not liking hotels anymore one single time.
It’s the way I know he’d do anything to make me happy.
Most of all, it’s the way he didn’t let his hurt at my even thinking about divorce affect us. There aren’t enough men in the world who understand when they mess up and actually do something about it.
But at this very moment as he fucks me better than no man has ever done before, it’s his cock and how it makes me feel better than I ever have that I’m crazy about.
With one final drive into me, he stills. I feel him come, and something about how sexy he looks above me sends me over the edge. My orgasm roars through every inch of my body, making me feel like I’m flying.
Mind-blowing is the least of what we’re like together.
Marius collapses on top of me, his heavy breathing in my ear telling me he enjoyed himself as much as I did. I stroke the back of his neck, feeling the beads of sweat that have formed there.
“Duck, that was fucking incredible,” he says when he lifts his head to look at me.
“It always is with us, isn’t it?”
He smiles, and I swear he lights up the entire room. “It is. Promise me when we move to the burbs and have kids that we’ll still be us.”
I hear the worry beneath his words and hurry to reassure him. Caressing his cheek, I smile and say, “I promise I’ll always be the same woman you fell in love with.”
He kisses me and says, “My Duck. And I promise to never let you even think for a second I’m not madly, crazy in love with you.”
As we lie there in each other’s arms, I can’t wait for the rest of our lives together. We’ll make mistakes, but as long as we remember we love each other, we’re going to be fine.
And even though I haven’t told him yet because of all the mania over Sam holding me hostage and him getting shot, we’re going to need to get moving on buying that house in the suburbs so we can be settled when the baby comes.
“Um, Marius, I wanted to talk to you about something,” I say quietly, not even sure he’s awake.
He doesn’t answer for a long moment but finally moves his arm so he can roll over onto his side to face me. “Okay. What’s up?”
I don’t know why I’m suddenly nervous. It’s not like we’ve never thought about having children. I’ve mentioned it more than once, so what I have to say shouldn’t come as a complete surprise.
Taking a deep breath in, I let it out slowly and say, “I’m glad we’re going to be looking for a new house.”
He nods. “If that makes you happy, it makes me happy, Duck.”
“Well, it’s not just that we’ll be closer to Ava and Matthias. I’ll be happy to have somewhere we can decorate.”
That makes him smile. “Definitely! And the first thing we’re going to do is get real furniture and not that minimalist nonsense we have here.”
“Yes, we absolutely need furniture that’s comfortable for when people come to visit. We’ll have other rooms to decorate too, though. Like bedrooms.”
As he talks about us taking our current bedroom furniture to the new house we hope to find soon, I know I can’t drag this out anymore. When he finishes, I take another deep breath and blurt out my news.
“Marius, I’m pregnant. I found out the other day. I wanted to tell you before this, but everything with Sam happened, so I didn’t want to just announce it. I guess that’s what I just did, though.”
He stares at me wide-eyed for a long moment that feels like forever before a smile lights up his face. “You’re pregnant? Really?”
“Really. Just a few weeks.”
I feel his hand slide over my belly until it rests against my skin. “A baby. We’re having a baby. Wow.”
His reaction confuses me. I thought he’d be more animated about the news.
“Are you happy? You’re strangely subdued right now.”
Marius kisses me softly on the lips and sighs. “I’m thrilled we’re having a baby, Duck. One question, though. You knew tonight when I asked you at the house? Why didn’t you tell me then?”
“Because I didn’t want to tell our entire family before I told you in private. I know you Kings love to share all the good and bad things with one another, but I wanted this to be just for us at first.”
He smiles and kisses me again. “Thank you for that. You know I’ll be telling everyone the good news tomorrow, though, right?”
“Then you are happy?”
Taking me into his arms, he hugs me to him and says, “I couldn’t be happier, Duck.”
Eden and Marius are not only getting married again. They’re having a baby. Just wait until Ava finds out. I see many trips to shop for baby clothes in my future.