Chapter Twenty-Four

I gulped as I wrapped my arms around him to stabilize myself. He moved his hand under my skirt and undergarment up to my groin.

"Ai-Aidan." I said in a flustered tone.

"Shh," he said as he started rubbing my sensitive area. "I told you I'd come back for you tonight."

"B-but w-we haven't," I moaned as I clung to him tighter, "it's a-almost time for dinner."

"They'll keep it warm for us." He said as he placed kisses on my torso then starting biting and sucking on my neck. I let out moans and titled my head back as he kept rubbing me, building up pleasure in my groin.

He kept going until my climax when I slammed my legs against his body and pulled my body to his.

"There you go." He said and kissed my forehead. He let out a moan then grabbed me and stood up.

"I want you now." He groaned. He set me down on the bed and started rapidly undressing us.

"Ai-Aidan, slow down."

"It's so hard to control myself around you." He climbed on top of me and looked down at me seductively. "I've been thinking of this all day. Remembering our night together – the faces you made, the noises that came from you…God what I wouldn't have done today to be with you again."

Before I could respond he planted a kiss on my lips. He kept kissing me passionately while he slowly got inside me. I let out a breath when he did.

"More, I need more." He said in a lust filled voice. He took his fill, as he moved back and forth his hands and mouth explored my body – groping and kissing. He pulled up my legs to wrap around him then flipped us, so I was on top of him.

He grabbed my hips and started aggressively moving me. I tried to keep up, but it was difficult. I was relieved when he stopped and I laid down next to him, my insides throbbing from the rapid stimulation.

"You're quiet." He said and kissed the top of my head. "Maybe I went too far."

"N-no I…I just wasn't expecting that."

"Mm, I'm sorry you just felt so good." He pulled me closer, so I rested my head and arm on his chest. "Did it feel good for you?"

"I-it did."

He grabbed my chin and gently tilted my head up to look at him.

"Next time I'll go slower for you." He said in a seductive tone.

"Y-you don't have to."

"I can tell you like that better."

"W-well y-yeah I, it's easier t-to move and…participate."

He moaned and I noticed he was already starting to get hard again.

"Aidan sh-shouldn't we-"

"I told you, the food will be hot whenever we decide to eat. Unless you'd rather eat than play with me?"

"I-I didn't say that."

A smirk spread across his face just before he kissed me. He rolled us over, so I was on my back and he was hovering over me.

"Good." He whispered before we started again.

***

We started to train together, we decided on twice a week, but I practiced every day. Aidan wanted me to start re-decorating but that sounded horrible. Instead I told him I wanted to focus on training and brushing up on my etiquette. The three weeks passed quickly before we left for the peace negotiations. I had been prodding Aidan to let me help with the peace negotiations, he finally gave in while we were on the way there.

"D-did Cordona respond?" I asked.

"They did." Aidan said.

"And?" I asked.

"I didn't want to bother you with it."

"It's not a bother Aidan. It affects me too. I want to help."

"He wasn't too happy with your letter but was willing to hear us out."

"Well that is good."

"They will likely ask you a lot of questions to confirm you're…"

"That I'm what?" I asked.

He sighed and took my hand. "That I didn't force you to do anything or stay against your will." He said in a tentative tone.

"I see." I said. I looked at him and I could tell he was nervous. I didn't know what to say. "W-well, I was brought here against my will, but it was my choice to stay and my choice to marry you."

"They weren't happy about that either."

"So they said before."

"Yes, but now they think I forced you to write that letter. That I'm taking advantage of you."

"Y-you're not. I'll tell them that." I say but he remains quiet. "What are you worried about?"

"That they won't believe us and will try to take you away from me. That maybe you'll change your mind once we're there."

"N-no, I won't." I say and sigh. "I know I was supposed to marry someone else but…I hadn't even met him. He was just some lowly noble the castle advisors arranged a marriage to. Who knows what they promised him to agree to it?"

"Don't say it like that." Aidan said, he seemed agitated.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Like it is some horrible thing to marry you. Like it isn't the best thing to happen to me."

I smiled then let out a chuckle. "Most men want-"

"I'm not most men. I was lucky most men are imbeciles and you weren't snatched up yet."

"Still," I say still trying to laugh it off, "marrying for love isn't very common. And I don't have any assets to offer otherwise…"

"The plight of us common folks…" He joked.

"You're not common, you're a royal remember? I'm a commoner who was given a measly title which just made it harder to marry."

"Which brought you to me. And now you're a royal too." He said and I smiled.

"It all worked out."

"I'm glad it did…you look tired."

"No." I say then yawn.

"Come here." He says so I sit next to him. "Rest your head on my lap."

I didn't want to at first, but he insisted so I laid my head in his lap and bent my legs, so they fit on the bench in the carriage.