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I wipe it away with my thumb and set the picture on the table beside my tea. Then I twist myself so that I can look at Alexander. He leans down and licks the remnants of my tears from my cheeks.
"Are you sure you don't want to go out?" he asks.
I nod.
"I want you all to myself," I mutter, leaning forward so that our foreheads touch. "If we go out, that means taking ten men in black suits with us, and I can't bother with the stares, or the stupid women who want to flirt with you right in front of me."
He laughs.
"That does sound annoying," he whispers against my skin. "And I would much rather have you here alone with me, instead of having murderous thoughts every time a man even looks in your direction."
I melt a little.
It still gives me butterflies that he's as obsessed with me, as I am with him.
"Then we can stay in," he says. "Takeout, or should I make something for you?"
I tap my finger on my chin, acting like I'm thinking though I already know the answer. "I want you to make something for me." I smile, moving a tuft of hair out of his eyes.
"Fine, but I want dessert first."
My heart thuds in my chest at his words.
Finally.
His hand dips lower, his palm sliding over my breasts. Even through the jumper, that little touch has me about ready to jump out of my skin. I've been waiting for this moment for so long I'm worried I'll start shaking with anticipation.
"You promise you won't be gentle?" I'm already breathless, leaning in so our faces are closer. "Not even a little bit?"
Alexander smiles, and my heartbeat slips lower.
“Not even a little bit.”
Alexander grabs my face, pulling in me for a kiss that stings. I gasp, and his tongue slips into my mouth slowly, our lips brushing together in a clash of teeth and tongues. He catches my lower lip between his teeth, and I grab his bare shoulders, raking my nails, trying to fuse our bodies together.
The kiss is raw, lighting up my nerve endings.
The last thing I see before I close my eyes is Alexander's, darkened with lust. There's the slightest hint of shower gel and his usual musk on him, and Iloveit. It's like I've been parched and he's my first drink of water.
A taste of copper fills my mouth, and I know that he was being honest with me.
He isn't holding back.
Alexander kisses me until I'm breathless, until my lips are numb and painful, until it feels like I've lost myself to him. He's all I can think about, all I can feel. I'm overwhelmed by him, but I fucking love it because I know I'm safe.
"Look at me," he commands.
My eyes open languidly. It takes a second for me to orient myself. When I do, he's staring at me so intently I feel nervous. I swallow thickly, finding my voice.
"Yes?"
"We were meant to be. I'm the luckiest man in the world because I have you, and I'm going to spend the rest of my life proving that you."
My heart feels like it doubles in size.
Alexander kisses me again, aggression and lust and hatred and love meeting all at once. He kisses me like he's staking his claim, and I kiss him like I've waited my whole life to be his.
"I love you, Alize Duke."
That will be my name one day soon, but I love the sound of it now.
Tears gather in the corners of my eyes, and I tell myself it’s probably the pregnancy hormones, but deep down I know it's because of him. Never in a million years did I ever think I deserved this, that I deserved him.
But here we are.
Together.
"I love you too, Alexander Duke."
There's nowhere else I would rather be.
