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She smiled sadly. "You won't leave me, because we haven't…."
"I'll never leave you…." He moved closer, his expression serious. "You are my woman, my wife. I'd never leave you, Beth."
She sighed again. "Will you kiss me goodnight?"
He shook his head, "I can't. I can't hold you that close, in that gown, and not touch you, not kiss you all over, not want you. It would be too tempting, honey."
"I don't understand it. Am I not doing something right?" She swallowed. "This isn't normal, is it?"
"You've done everything right. Never doubt that."
"Then why won't you take me?"
"God…I've got to get a drink. I'll be back, go to sleep."
"Sleep!" Her voiced almost boomed.
"Soon…"
"Soon…"
He was gone for well over an hour, and she had tried to wait up for him, but her eyes kept closing and she never heard him come in.
He made his pallet on the floor, with two blankets and two pillows and he looked up at her.
He sighed loudly but she didn't stir.
"This may just kill me…" He muttered to himself.
But when morning came, she sat up in bed and looked down at him, but he wasn't there. She stretched and yawned and smiled to herself. Still, she felt it wasn't right, not being with him last night. She was his wife, and she wanted to be his wife in every way. The fact that he wanted to make sure, she was sure, made her smile. She looked at the ring on her finger. It was the most beautiful thing she'd ever owned. Either he loved more than life itself, or he didn't love her at all. Only time would prove which.
She glanced about. She looked at the clock hanging on the wall, it was still very early.
She grabbed the silver brush he'd given her and brushed her hair until it shined. She went to find a suitable dress and pulled it out to change into. She hung it on the changing screen.
She put on the dress, and was slipping into her new shoes when he came in.
He smiled and handed her some coffee.
"Oh…that smells wonderful." She sniffed it then sipped it. "
I’m not human until my first cup of coffee."
"You take it black?" He asked a little surprised.
"No use drinking coffee unless you want the full benefit of its flavor." Beth told him.
"I've been told it will put hair on your chest." He laughed.
She grinned, "You can check it out some time."
That did it. He came to sit beside her on the bed, leaning on a pillow he set his coffee down, and wrapped an arm around her. "I'd like to do just that…sometime…" He smiled temptingly.
She blushed and he bent to take her lips in a quick kiss.
"Do you get up early every morning?" She asked changing the subject, when she came up for air and realized how easily her husband could make her squirm.
"Yeah, I have things to do early in the morning. Things concerning the workers, the Captain, the dining hall. So I'm up early to check on things make sure of our stops and our progress and any problems."
