Chapter 9: Tender Love Confession

Maria had asked Brian to wear the suit and meet them at the gazebo in the garden. He stepped into the idyllic candlelit dinner scene, surrounded by the beautiful floral arrangement.

The soft glow lit the dimness of candlelight across Maria’s face while she was placing the tray bearing champagne and two glasses. While his heart filled with joy at Maria and Anna’s love for him, he could see the spiral appear in their eyes as they gazed towards him.

“Enjoy your dinner, you two,” Maria said warmly before turning away to leave them to their privacy and alone time.

Anna watched him with a shy smile that pulled her lips across while Brian sipped his drink in the romantic ambiance. He looked handsome and dashing in that suit, and she couldn’t believe that this fantastic man loved her. She rose from her chair to go to him.

“Hello,” Anna whispered into his ear while wrapping her arms around his neck. “You look really dashing tonight.”

Brian turned around and wrapped his arms tightly around her. “And you are breathtakingly gorgeous.”

As Brian sat down opposite Anna, she looked radiant in the newfound sensuality and grace since he had moved into Miller Mansion three months ago. Gone was the whole bitchy pain-in-the-arse personality. Now, she exuded love and tenderness that captivated him entirely.

They first began to share happy moments with each other while creating one for themselves through laughter. While they relished every course together, discussing likes and dislikes over good delicacies matched with champagne served from an ice bucket kept on the table between them. The warm ambiance had set a loving atmosphere between these two souls. It connected them deeply through a profound form of friendship, which seemed to keep blooming into something much more special day by day.

As dessert finished, Maria quietly cleared the table and left them alone. They enjoyed their time, sitting beneath flickering candlelight, watching stars above them in each other’s arms. He bent down and kissed her with tenderness like fire from the passion that was burning between them.

Their tongues probed each other with avid hunger, the heat increasing every second till they were panting for breath and clinging to each other desperately.

“I love you,” Brian breathed against Anna’s lips before drawing back just far enough to look into those lovely, adoring eyes.

She smiled at him, her heart full to bursting. “I love you too.” Anna pressed herself closer to experience the warmth of his body against hers.

They sat down and enjoyed a joyful dinner together, laughing and talking about everything from books to future dreams. The more Brian learned about this incredible woman sitting before him, the more he fell in love with her.

It was when they had finished dinner that Anna took his hand and led him out into the garden under a sheet of twinkling stars overhead. She turned toward him, cupping his face so tenderly as she stood on tiptoe to kiss him softly once again.

They kissed, slow and sloppy, as if the definition of desperation, cool night air freshening flushed skin as their mouths explored hungry paths upon each other. Anna drew back a little and looked up into Brian’s eyes. There shimmered her own, each one streaming with happy tears.

This time, she whispered fiercely into his ear, “I love you,” her head resting against his chest as she listened to the steady beat of his heart, which beat in rhythm with hers. “I never thought I’d be able to feel this way about anyone.”

Brian held her tight in his arms. After all these years, he finally felt complete and satisfied. She looked at him with tearful joy, her head resting against his chest, after telling him words from the heart that she uttered back to him. They spent hours under the stars, two hearts joined in a blissful harmony, amidst the flickering candlelight and starlight shining above them. For Brian, the only thing that mattered was having Anna by his side.

As they sat together under the starry night sky, basking in each other’s love, Brian felt a growing desire to take their relationship to the next level. He gently caressed Anna’s face, looking into her eyes with longing.

“I want you,” he whispered huskily. “I’ve wanted you from the first moment I saw you.”

Anna blushed at his words but nodded shyly in agreement. With a coy smile, she took his hand and led him back inside their bedroom.

Once there, they undressed each other slowly, taking time to explore every inch of exposed skin with tender kisses and caresses. Brian traced the curve of Anna’s neck with his tongue while unbuttoning her blouse. She gasped softly as his lips moved lower, teasing her hardened nipples through the lace of her bra.

“Please,” she breathed out needily, arching into his touch. “I want to feel you inside me.”

Brian obliged eagerly, unclasping her bra and sliding off her panties before laying her down on the bed.