Chapter 18 #3
“I like you staying,” I affirmed, and that time it was me who gave him a kiss, but on his chest.
“‘Dulce,’ I can’t stay because I have to go back home to Aurora. The lady who stays with her during the day can’t stay at night.”
“That’s right, I didn’t remember. No problem, another time.”
“No,” he said, looking at me seriously, “I want you to sleep in my bed tonight, in my arms. Devon, come home with me,” he said, and it seemed to me that after saying it he held his breath.
“William, I don’t know if that’s best. Aurora…”
“‘Dulce,’ you’re my girlfriend. From now on, Aurora will start to see you as my partner and, if you want,” he said, and I noticed that he swallowed before continuing, “you can stay every night. Let’s live together.”
I looked at him and sat up on the couch.
“Are you serious?”
“I would never joke about something like this. I want you in my days and in my nights, I want to share everything with you and for that I need you by my side, in my house and in my bed.”
“William, I’m not sure that’s best,” I said, taking my blouse and covering my breasts because I felt uncomfortable having this conversation while naked. “Aurora might…”
“Aurora will be happy,” he said, interrupting me.
“But if things don’t work out between us we might…”
“Things will work out between us and, if we ever decided to separate, I suppose you could still stay in contact with her because I imagine your relationship with her will be for life. What do you say?”
“Can I think about it?”
“You can, but tonight you sleep with me,” he stated, leaving me no option, though I wanted it too. “You owe me many sleepless nights and I need to sleep, and I can only do that if I have you with me.”
“All right, I’ll sleep at your house tonight.”
His face lit up with a beautiful smile and then he stood up and stretched out his hand for me to take it. When I did, he pulled me toward him and hugged me tightly.
“Now let’s go to bed because I’m going to make love to you again,” he said, and began walking toward the bedroom.
We made love again slowly, sweetly, passionately, we intertwined our bodies and melted into each other until we cried out in pleasure.
We gave each other kisses and caresses without rest. William couldn’t stop telling me how much he loved me and asking me to say it back.
Every time he heard me say it, he smiled and kissed me more fervently.
A while later we had lunch and in the afternoon we left for his house.
We went in his car. I felt happy, happier than I had ever felt, but I don’t know why, during the journey I began to feel nervous.
I knew clearly that if our relationship didn’t work out, it would be very difficult for my heart to heal.
I feared that everything I had at that moment would vanish, giving way once again to loneliness.
In that moment I understood that what I felt for him couldn’t be compared to what I had once felt for Lino.
With the latter it had been a youthful love and I had married him following the plans he had made.
At that time, what Lino offered me was much more than what I had at home.
The affection he gave me, because after we separated I realized that it wasn’t love, was a thousand times greater than what I received at home from my mother and sister, and that confused me and led me to think it was love.
Now I understood that it hadn’t been. Love was what I felt for William, a limitless feeling, so pure, so wonderful that it seemed my heart wanted to leap out of my chest.
When we arrived at his house, he surprised me by taking my hand.
The employees greeted us and didn’t hide their surprise at seeing us together, but he walked without letting go of me and ignoring their curious looks.
When we reached Aurora’s bedroom, we found her playing with her dolls while the woman who was looking after her watched and read a book.
William put a finger to his lips asking me to be quiet and made the same sign to the caretaker, who left the bedroom.
Her father approached her quietly, crouched beside her, spoke softly and with a big smile.
“Hello, daddy’s princess.”
“Daddyyy.”
Aurora dove into her father’s open arms as he stood up and hugged her tightly.
“How have you been, little princess?”
“Good. I’m playing with the dolls. This one is called Divon,” she said, showing him a doll she had in her hand.
Witnessing that homey and familiar scene, and hearing what Aurora had said, filled me with tenderness and my heart beat to a different rhythm, the rhythm of absolute happiness. William looked at me and smiled. All his love overflowed through that smile and those beautiful blue eyes.
“Your doll has the same name as her,” he said, pointing at me, and I returned his smile with emotion.
Aurora looked at me, smiled from ear to ear and began to struggle for her father to release her from his embrace.
“Divon! Divon! I want Divon.”
William set her down on the floor and the little girl ran toward me with outstretched arms. I received her the same way and, once in my arms, I squeezed her tightly against my chest and gave her a loud kiss on her chubby cheek. Then we spun around while we both laughed.
“I missed you, little one.”
“Me too,” she said, giving me a big kiss.
“And I missed Devon very much too,” said William, approaching us. “How about the three of us go out for a walk?” he suggested.
“Yaaay! With Divon.”
“Of course the three of us are going,” said William, looking at me with a smile, and I nodded. “We’ll take a walk, have some ice cream and then come home for dinner and then to bed.”
“With Divon,” Aurora said again, squeezing me against her.
“Yes, with Devon. She’s staying with us tonight,” William said very naturally.
“Yaaay!” exclaimed Aurora. “Divon is going to sleep with me,” she stated.
“No, princess; Devon is going to sleep with me because she’s daddy’s girlfriend.”
“No, Divon is going to sleep with me,” she repeated, as if what her father had told her was of no importance to her, and it probably wasn’t since she had no idea about romantic relationships.
“No, my love. Devon and I will stay with you until you fall asleep but then we’ll go to sleep in my bedroom,” he explained, affectionately and stroking her hair.
“Your daddy is right, we can read you any book you want, whichever one you choose,” I said.
She didn't seem very happy about it, but she didn't say anything and pushed to be put down, then went to get the book. We looked at each other and smiled.
“Will I have to compete with my daughter for your company?” he asked, smiling.
“It seems so, and so far, she has been more convincing,” I joked.
“I don't think so. Wait until we're alone and I assure you I'll be much more convincing,” he said, winking at me, smiling slyly and giving me a soft kiss on the lips.
I looked at him in surprise but didn't say anything. William smiled, this time victoriously. At that moment Aurora arrived with the book in her hand.
“This one,” she said, handing it to me.
“Very well, this one it is,” I said, taking it.
“Now let's go for our walk,” William said, taking his daughter in his arms and holding my hand again.
The outing was a lot of fun. We went to an amusement park, and I think Aurora made us go on every ride.
William and I walked hand in hand, embraced and constantly showered each other with affection, just as we did with Aurora.
Being the three of us together made me hope for a future like this, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too much; I preferred to take things slowly and enjoy this happy present.
By the time we were heading back, all three of us were exhausted.
We had decided to eat dinner out, so we were returning home later than planned, and the little one had fallen asleep in the car.
When we arrived, we took her to bed and together we undressed her and put on her pajamas.
As soon as we left her bedroom, William cornered me against the wall, pulling me firmly against his body.
“I love you and I desire you madly, ‘Dulce.’ I've been wanting to be alone with you,” he whispered in my ear, gently biting my earlobe before leaving a trail of kisses along the curve of my jaw down to my neck.
“Would you like to shower together?”
“Mmm. Later,” he said, and I felt his hands move to the zipper of my pants and pull it down.
I pressed myself against him, feeling his hard muscles beneath his shirt, and William lifted me up and carried me into his bedroom. As soon as we got there, he closed the door and removed all my clothes, leaving me completely naked in front of him.
“You're so beautiful and irresistible, my love. So beautiful it hurts to look at you.”
“I want to see you too,” I asked, approaching him to undress him, moved by hearing him call me that.
“Your wishes are my command.”