?Chapter 0623


    Not long after, Nichs and I excused ourselves. We left Mark there with Susie and her parents to celebrate and help solidify the engagement. Nichs and my presence was no longer necessary.


    The driver was outside, leaning against the parked car. When he spotted us, he flicked away his cigarette and came to open the door for us. Nichs and I slid into the back.


    The driver reentered the front behind the wheel.


    "Just take us home," Nichs said. "The long way, if you don''t mind."


    "Of course, Sir," the driver said and pressed a button on the dash. Immediately the partition separating the front of the car from the back began to raise, giving Nichs and I our privacy.


    As soon as we are hidden, Nichs slid his arm around my shoulders. I sighed, rxing into his side.


    This was nice. We did a good thing, united a pair, and now we could rx and reflect on our good deed, before the need to be strong started again.


    Nichs took one of my hands and held it t against his palm. With our fingers lining each other, his hand was so much bigger than mine. These strong hands of his, made for protecting his family, his kingdom.


    *Have you ever thought of being married someday?" he asked me, so out of the blue that I startled a little.


    years


    My heart hammered in my ears so loudly I couldn''t really hear anything else for a long moment. When I spoke, it was likely too loud, just for this reason.


    "Of course!"


    He looked at me surprised, and I cleared my throat.


    "Yes," I said. "Elva needs brothers and sisters."


    "Oh?" Nichs asked. A curious eyebrow rose but he smiled too, seemingly pleased.


    "I like children," I said. "I wouldn''t mind having more."


    Nichs hummed. I already knew he wanted a big family. In this, our desires aligned.


    *Married life isn''t easy from what I''ve heard and seen," I said, "But if I was in love with my husband, and he in love with me, I don''t think there would be any hardship toorge that we couldn''t ovee."


    *I like the sound of that," he said.


    *Marriage is a partnership," I told him. "It''s having your teammate beside you for the rest of your life, always on the same side."


    "I like that too," Nichs said.


    He traced a finger down the length of my jaw from my ear to my chin. He lifted my chin, bringing my gaze up into his eyes.


    "Nichs," I whispered.


    *Tell me about the nights," he whispered. His gaze dropped down to my lips. "You''d never sleep alone. And any time you reached out, I''d be there. To hold you." He pressed a soft, chaste kiss to my lips. "To kiss you." He lowered his hand, tracing his fingertips, feather light, down the column of my throat.


    I pleasant shiver rushed up my spine. There was promise in his voice.


    *To give you whatever you want..." He said, voice a low growl.


    "Nick...." I said. The word held a question.


    He knew the answer, because he kissed me again, more insistently this time. He licked his way into my mouth. I eagerly opened my lips to wee him.


    One of his hands dropped to my breast. The other wrapped around me and guided me down, down, down, until my back was on the seat cushion and I was stretched out over the entire back seat. Nichs settled himself over me, sliding one of his thighs between both of mine.


    "Nick," came out in a breathy whine.


    He pressed his thigh down, giving me the pleasant friction I needed between my legs.


    Even with the driver going the long way around, we wouldn''t have enough time to get properly naked, and to have Nichs bury himself inside of me.


    This was almost just as good, though. With Nichs''s hard thigh, and his muscled body pressing me down. His breath hot against my ear. His growing erection pressing against me.


    We rutted together, gently at first, but with growing insistence. Our pace quickened.


    I grabbed at the back of Nichs''s shirt with both hands, wrinkling the fabric. His hands curled to fists, one beside my head. The other gripping the headrest to give him more leverage as he moved against me.N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.


    I bucked up into him as he pressed down.


    My pleasure spiked. It was so intense. God, I felt surrounded by Nichs. His scent filled my nose. His body pressed into mine nearly everywhere. Only our legs were separate, dangling as they were in the cramped space. Nichs pushed faster, harder, pressing his thigh against my clit.


    I was quickly losing my mind. I wed my fingers down his back.


    "Nichs!" I cried out.


    I really hoped that partition was also soundproof.


    Nichs covered my mouth with his, swallowing down my cries.


    "N-Nng!" I gasped as I came. I gripped Nichs closer, as close as I could as I rode out my high.


    He rutted against me a few more times, quick decisive thrusts, before he exhaled sharply and his hips shook.


    For a long moment, we stayed as we were, breathing heavy and looking at each other.


    Then, ncing at me, Nichs started tough. It was contagious. Iughed too. As it faded, Nichs lowered his head down and pressed his forehead against my corbone. I wrapped my arms around him, keeping him there.


    It was only now that I realized when Nichs had been earlier seducing me into this moment, of which I had been


    a very willing participant, he hadn''t been using the kind of pronouns that would indicate some other hypothetical wife or husband.


    He had said I. And you.


    He meant us.


    I carded my fingers through his hair and imagined what it might be like if we really were married.


    Would it truly be so different than this?


    Would anything change except for rings on our fingers?


    Not between us, I didn''t think. Though for the rest of the world, it would.


    If we were married, we''d be able to stand untied against anyone that meant us or the kingdom harm. As it was, we were still forced to hide our affections for each other.


    Affections that, at least on my side, were growing more and more all the time.


    I''d been afraid to call it love before. But I knew, deep in my heart, there could be no other term for what I felt for Nichs.


    What I''ve always felt for him.


    Time and distance may have separated us for a while, but my feelings for him had only grown. I loved him even more now than I had in the past. We''d been children then, ying at love. Now, we were adults who had experienced the hardships of life.


    Now, we understood that love didn''te easy. That for it to flourish and grow, it had to be fought for.


    I wanted to fight for it with Nichs.


    I didn''t care what I had to do. When push came to shove, I wanted to be the one at his side, standing off against


    his father, or the Bear Kingdom, or the underground organization or whoever or whatever else.


    Nichs was the love of my life, and I was finally ready to fight to keep him.