Chapter 13 Alex
Alex
As they walked back down the path to Silverburn, Alex could think of nothing but his wife.
There were no words for how grateful he was that she’d come into his life. An arranged marriage could have gone so wrong, but somehow he’d struck gold. Savi had slotted into life at Silverburn as though she’d always been here.
Even Ben had been charmed by her, and how long had it been since Ben had readily spoken to anyone outside of the family or Kirknewton? Alex couldn’t remember.
Without realising it, Savi was showing him how effortlessly perfect she was.
A heavy warmth filled his chest as he opened the entrance to the South Wing for her, joined by a quiet undercurrent of anticipation. He wasn’t necessarily expecting anything, but the closer they came to their respective bedrooms, the faster his heart began to beat.
It had been hours since they were last alone together, and in that time Alex’s affection had only grown, blooming into something boundless and all-consuming.
Something that he’d never experienced before. Something that he’d never dared to hope for.
Finally, they came to a stop outside Savi’s bedroom door. Alex prepared himself to leave her with a gentlemanly goodnight.
As she turned around, however, Alex saw that it wasn’t a polite farewell she wanted. Her eyes glimmered with smouldering heat, every bit as needy as his own.
She didn’t want the gentleman tonight. She wanted him.
Alex stepped closer until he could feel her breasts brushing against him. He tipped her chin up, looking down at her with heavy-lidded eyes. “My room or yours?”
A satisfied smirk tipped up the edge of her lips. Without breaking eye contact, Savi reached for her door handle, throwing it open.
He didn’t hesitate, hauling her inside before slamming the door shut behind him.
She took advantage of his brief distraction, drawing him into a breathless kiss as he guided her backwards.
Alex groaned against her lips, seizing control as he pulled the end of her sari off her shoulder to reveal the short blouse beneath.
Their movements collided, each of them wishing to unclothe the other first. With a reluctant growl, he allowed her to push his jacket off his shoulders, momentarily binding his arms in place as she dragged it over them.
The instant he was free, he sprang back into action, unhooking her sari from the skirt beneath it just as Savi undid the last of the buttons on his shirt. Their kiss transformed into a wild, all-consuming thing, burning hotter and hotter with every pass of their lips.
The taste of her kiss wasn’t enough. He needed more.
Savi let out a startled gasp as he shoved her back onto the bed, landing on her back with a soft flump.
He was on her before she realised what had happened, loosening the knotted cord on her skirt before she lifted her hips to allow him to pull it down her thighs. Hunger rumbled from his throat in a grunt when he saw that she was bare beneath it.
The same smug smirk from earlier returned to her lips as she watched him, her eyes bright with arousal. Clearly enjoying her captive audience, she slowly unbuttoned her blouse.
Hooking his arms around her hips, he yanked her to the edge of the bed, thoroughly enjoying the sight of her breasts shifting. Alex ran his palms up the outer edges of her thighs before moving inwards, finally spreading her long legs.
“Fuck,” he rasped on a tortured groan, his cock straining desperately as he devoured the sight of her cunt, the rich brown folds covering the faintest glimmer of dusky pink in her core.
His chest rose and fell with heavy breaths, each dispersing the overwhelming need coursing through him like a tempest. He swept his hands up her torso to her breasts, toying with her taut nipples.
Through his trousers, his erection pressed against her cunt; even if he’d wanted his hips to be still, he doubted he’d have managed it.
They rolled against her until the wetness of her arousal soaked through the fabric, mingling with the wet mess his cock had been making since he’d hauled her inside.
“Alex,” she sighed, squirming beneath his touch—before letting out a sharp cry as he plucked each of her tightly budded nipples simultaneously.
His hands came to rest on the curve of her waist, and he couldn’t resist leaning over to plant a kiss on her stomach. “Do you want me to make it up to you?” he asked against her skin.
With neither reticence nor hesitation, Savi sank her fingers into his hair and gripped tightly. “I insist on it,” she panted, pushing him downwards to exactly where he wanted to be.
Alex was happy to oblige.
He slowly dragged his tongue over the delicate ridges of her cunt, groaning as her exquisite taste exploded in his mouth.
Alex inhaled like a man starved of air, her intoxicating scent lighting up the primal part of his brain.
Her fingers tightened in his hair as he returned for more, plunging his tongue into her flooded core before focusing his attentions on her clit.
“Oh,” Savi’s voice cracked on a moan as she writhed, her fingernails rasping against his scalp. “Yes, yes, yes!”
He groaned into her silken folds, flicking the dark hood of her clit with a flattened tongue as her pleasured cries grew louder. Her movements grew more frantic, forcing him to lock an arm over her hips to keep her in place.
When he was finally confident he wasn’t going to be shaken loose, Alex brought his free hand to her scalding hot, scandalously wet core, easing in his fingers. He moved them in time with his tongue, rhythmically chasing her gasps and mewls, feeling her trembling around his touch.
All too soon, the masculine urge to see his woman lost to ecstasy became too strong to ignore.
The next time his tongue swept over her clit, Alex added a new sensation to his rhythm.
He sucked.
His tigress rewarded him with her loudest roar yet, her long, luscious thighs clamping around his head. “Don’t stop!” she ordered him, her hands moving to her breasts to pluck and tease the pebbled peaks.
The sight nearly had him exploding in his trousers. Well, he’d known she was every bit as sexually experienced as he was, hadn’t he? He simply hadn’t envisioned all of the potential benefits that might have. Would she oblige if he asked her to pleasure herself in front of him?
Making a mental note to ask her at the earliest opportunity, Alex obeyed her request, sucking her sensitive clit into his mouth and caressing it with his tongue, listening to her cries getting higher and higher as she approached her release, savouring each and every one of them.
When little quivers of her arousal clenched his fingers, he knew it wouldn’t be long—for either of them.
The next time he sucked, Alex hummed around her clit, hoping the tingles of vibration would drive her wild.
They did.
Savi erupted with a sharp cry, her thighs snapping shut around his head.
His cock responded in kind, flexing in his trousers as seed surged from him.
His humming turned into a hoarse groan, the vibrations amplifying her moans.
Around his fingers, the quivers he’d felt before had turned into ground-shattering surges, ceaselessly hitting one after the other.
And through it all, Alex couldn’t take his eyes off her.
His wife was…resplendent in release, her eyelids fluttering as those blissful pulses hit her, her fingers still on her breasts. A reddish-purplish blush crested her cheekbones as she luxuriated in the sensations he bestowed upon her, softly murmuring his name like it was the only word she knew.
All too soon, Savi let out a final sigh, her body going limp.
Even then, Alex couldn’t stop, laying kiss after kiss on and around her thighs before crawling up the bed.
He led with his lips—her stomach, her breasts, her neck, her jawline, before, finally, he reached her mouth.
As he savoured her kiss, Savi slid her palms up his arms and over his shoulders, spreading her fingers wide.
Resting his forehead against hers, he took a moment to bask in this. The soft intimacies shared by lovers in the minutes after release; the raw moments when one was at their most vulnerable, most genuine. It was, perhaps, the closest one could come to glimpsing their lover’s soul.
Savi’s dark eyes glittered up at him like black diamonds, her long eyelashes flickering as she reached downwards, clearly intending to reciprocate.
He shook his head. Heat rose to his cheeks, but Alex leant in to kiss her once more. “You unravelled me, little tigress.”
Her eyes darkened with feminine satisfaction. “I wasn’t aware I had that kind of effect on you.”
Alex huffed out a soft laugh. In that case, he’d been hiding it better than he thought he had. “You are…incomparable.” He lovingly brushed a loose hair from her brow. “And somehow you consented to be my wife.”
An odd expression came over her. Was that a shade of…guilt? But it was gone before he could take a second look.
“Wrap your arms and legs around me,” he murmured to her. As soon as she did, he stood, quickly peeling the duvet down before setting her against the downy pillows.
Her eyes rounded. “Aren’t you sleeping in here, too?”
“There’s nowhere I would rather sleep.” The edge of his lips tipped up as he unclipped his belt. “But I do have to deal with this wet spot on my thigh.”
“How very gratifying.” Savi smirked, her hooded eyes watching him intently as he eased his trousers down and dabbed his thigh dry with his discarded shorts. “Perhaps next time I shall have to sit on your face to ensure your eyes are covered.”
A sly grin spread across his jaw as he slid into bed beside his wife. He nestled her beneath his arm, almost purring with pleasure when she threw a possessive leg over him. “That,” he said, cupping her cheek and sliding her lips against his, “is an excellent idea.”