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Danny had offered sweetly to walk me down the aisle, as he’d become as close as a brother over the past year. But I'd insisted he walk with Sara since he was Ty's best manandbecause I could trust only the two of them to keep little Mario out of mischief during the ceremony.
Finally, the music swelled and I blinked; hesitating even as the frantic attendant waved me on. It wasn’t the symphony we’d picked. This was…
My eyes went wide. This was “Powerful,”our song, only rendered into a heartbreakingly lovely and instrumental version.
Ty did this. He had pretended he didn’t know that Ellie Goulding song.
I shook my head as I began to walk and rounded the corner. Sure enough, my eyes went to Ty, whose smile grew when he saw me, and he winked.
He’d been planning this all along.
Throat aching, struggling to hold in my tears, I made it down the aisle and stood under the dreamy glow of the lights with the stars coming out overhead.
More than one person had been surprised that we wanted such a late wedding.
But Ty and I had only exchanged knowing glances, remembering a cold Boston night when we’d first met.
He had never looked more handsome than right now. His hair was a little longer, his beard grown in and his dark eyes were soft with love as he drew me in, then lifted my veil. His fingers lightly brushed my cheek as we turned to the officiant and held hands.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Daniel standing close to Sara and noticed how his gaze drifted to her again and again. To this day, I couldn’t say what their relationship was except that they seemed to grow closer as they tried to hold themselves further apart.
The officiant began to speak and I forgot everything but the words binding Ty and I as man and woman. Then, there was Ty’s deep voice, gruff as he read his vows and made my eyes sting. Next came my shaking voice as I read mine.
A ring slipped on my finger and then he kissed me as all the lights blurred into a hectic, glorious burst of electric swirls.
The final two lyrics of our song whispered through my mind.
When you're close, I feel the sparks,
Takes me higher to infinity…
Hours later, after the toasts, the dancing, and the delicious cake of our afterparty; we finally were driven off to our private villa up the coast. The staff had gone ahead to prepare it and it was lit up as we drove towards it. Thankfully, we'd be alone tonight.
All Ty had wanted was that.
Mario would be off with Auntie Sara and Uncle Danny, and the much needed help of Flora since he could be a handful. And even though it was one of the first times we’d been away from our son, my heart aching more than I could bare, I knew I could trust our family to watch over him. Mario would have the best time getting spoiled by Sara and Danny, regardless.
Once inside our private villa, my weariness vanished as Ty brought me into our cool, candlelit bedroom and smiled down at me. He gave me a sweet and brief kiss, then stepped away to shut the doors. When I heard the lock click, I shivered and smiled a little; knowing that Ty would appreciate the undergarments I’d chosen for our first night as a married couple.
“Don’t move,” Ty said. “I’ll take off your dress.”
I obeyed as Ty came up behind me and slowly undid the buttons, sliding his hands inside and teasing the bare skin of my shoulders and thighs. Carefully, he helped me step out of my gown, and then went to hang it up. His eyes raked over me.
“A corset?” Ty rubbed his beard and a wicked light filled his eyes. “So, that’s what you want to play tonight, is it, brat?”
“Don’t you like it?” I asked and twirled a curl around my finger. “Sir?”
Ty prowled over and caught my chin, his face falling into mock sternness as he looked me over. “This is how you come to clean my bedroom, little maid? Do you know what you’re doing?”
I shivered and shook my head; wondering whether it was the candles that made this feel so much more real, as though I were a servant lusting after her master and had finally worked up the courage to try and seduce him — only to find out he’d wanted me all along.
“I will have to punish you for such disobedience,” Ty said and dragged me over to the bed. “But first…”
Leaning down, he kissed me, his tongue dancing with mine over and over in hungry strokes. When we broke apart, we were both panting and I rubbed my thighs together, trying to find release.
I squeaked as Ty rolled me over, forcing me to bend over the edge of the bed and then ordered me to stay there. I didn't move as he prowled away, only watched as he shucked his jacket and then rolled up his sleeves before pulling something out of his suitcase.
It was a flogger. I shivered as he snapped it in the air and gazed at me.
