Chapter 7: Love’s Sweet Embrace

Morning light streamed through the curtains as Ethan rolled over in bed to glance at his sleeping wife beside him. A smile still played at the corners of his mouth as he gazed at Samantha. He could never believe after all this time, how lucky he was to have found such pure happiness with her.

He reached out to brush back a lock of hair that had fallen across her cheek during the night, admiring the peaceful beauty of her face, even in slumber. When she stirred and opened her eyes, they were bright blue pools of love that pulled him into them as surely as any siren song.

“Good morning,” Ethan whispered softly. Not wanting to wake their sleeping children down the hall. “Did you sleep well?”

Samantha stretched languidly like a cat basking in sunshine before smiling up at him with an impish grin. “Mmm, I don’t remember waking up next to you ever feeling this good about it.”

He laughed low, bowing his head to kiss down the column of her neck that sent shivers of pleasure down. “Well then let me rectify any poor impressions,” Ethan murmured between caresses as his hands roamed over her silky skin. “I promise to try and make up for it.”

She gasped softly as he reached the lacy edge of her nightgown. Fingers dipped beneath to stroke along smooth thighs until finally finding that most sensitive place hidden there. Samantha arched into him with a moan as Ethan teased over her aching flesh in lazy circles designed to build pleasure but not yet grant release.

“Please,” she whispered finally, nails digging into his shoulders now. “I need you to come inside me.”

Ethan groaned lowly at the husky plea, unable to deny his wife anything when she begged so sweetly. He quickly shed the last remnants of clothing between them before settling over her smaller form on the mattress.

Finally, agonizingly slowly, he slid inside Samantha’s welcoming heat and began moving together in the same sensual dance they’d choreographed many times before. Each thrust seemed to stoke higher the flames burning within them until at last they were both trembling on the edge of ecstasy.

“Ethan,” she breathed softly as her orgasm peaked like the limitless tide. Pulling him down into ecstasy with her. They weathered the waves together in a tangle of sweat-drenched sheets and limb-entwined embrace before falling back against the pillows panting blissfully.

“I love you,” Ethan whispered, after several long moments had passed, brushing damp strands of hair away from Samantha’s flushed face so he could look deep into those beautiful eyes once again. “More than words can say.”