Subdued (18+)✔️ [A Nigerian Romance]

72~The L-word

She must have slept off because when she opened her eyes, it was to daylight streaming in through the windows. Aria didn't have to wonder where she was. She recognized the room immediately and it felt good to be here again. She tried sitting up but was held back by a hand tightly bound around her waist. The movement must have woken him up because his hands tightened around her.

"Hey love." His voice was deep from sleep and the gravelly undertones were so comforting. She inhaled, hoping to fight off the tears that wanted to come. "You're awake," he stated.

She immediately shut her eyes, why? She didn't know. Kachi sat up, pulling her along with him so she was cradled with her head on his chest. His heartbeat was steady while hers raced.

"Good morning," she muttered.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm fine."

Kachi's arms around her tightened again. "You're not fine. You don't have to convince me or prove anything to me. I'm not fine after yesterday."

She kept silent because what could she possibly say. The events of the past twenty four hours had been tough but she was trying so much not to remember or think about it. Kachi seemed to have other ideas which was surprising. He usually wasn't the talking about feelings type of person but now, he wanted to talk about everything. She wished she could go back to sleep and pretend nothing happened for just a few more hours.

"Really, it's already past and I'm okay."

"You can be sad. You can be angry at me. This was all my fault." His voice cracked at the end of his sentence, then he sniffed. "This was my fault," he repeated. "hate me, curse me. Do anything but don't keep it in and pretend you're fine."

The hand holding her shook a little so she was forced to look up. There were tears in his eyes. She was getting her first good look at him. Her mind briefly registered the cut on his forehead, instead it was transfixed on the tears flowing down his face and getting trapped in his beard.

"I hate myself," he muttered, shutting his eyes. "I put you in this situation."

Aria sat up in his lap, straddling him. She cradled his face in her hands and wiped away the tears. More fell to replace the ones she had wiped. "Don't blame yourself. You didn't send them to kidnap me. You risked your life and the lives of your friends to save me. How can I ever hate you for that?"

"I'm sorry." He dropped his head on her chest and she patted his hair. "I am so sorry, Nkem."

Hearing him call her Nkem after so long and after her near brush with death broke her. The tears she'd been fighting finally ran free. "Don't be. I'm just glad we're alive and no one got seriously hurt." She tightened her hands around him as they both sobbed.

"What would I have done if you'd died? This is too much. I don't think I can handle this Nkem."

She lifted his head but Kachi refused to look at her. She placed a kiss on his lip, one that he didn't return. She couldn't bare to see him in this state, especially when she didn't know how to help him. She pressed another kiss against his lips, this time, she kept at it, sucking and nibbling on his lips till his mouth opened for her. Kissing Kachi felt like coming home. He didn't really respond so she kept kissing him, persuading him with her mouth and hoping to take his mind off things.

She deepened the kiss, using her hands to hold his head and angle him how she wanted. He kissed her back, slowly. His hands fell to grip her ass where he pressed her against his slowly hardening cock. She rocked against his erection as his tongue played with hers. She needed him to feel her and know she was safe and with him.

When the kiss became more passionate, she pressed her lips to his neck, biting and sucking on that sensitive part of him. Kachi groaned as his head fell back to the headboard and gave her more access. He let her do her thing as she licked a path to his chest. When her mouth covered his nipple, he jerked underneath her. She could feel how hard he was and how much he was fighting himself.

Kachi had dressed her in just a nightgown, making this super easy for her. She lifted her body so she could tug the gown up and away from her body.

"God," he groaned when her naked breasts were in front of his face. She let the gown drop from her fingers before pulling on his shorts. He didn't move so she was only able to get his hardened cock out of the clothing. It was fine, that would still work.

With her mouth back to his chest, she used her hand to hold him before lifting her body and dropping into his lap. Her pussy walls immediately tightened around his length as she pressed down. Kachi's hands gripped her ass tighter but he did nothing else. She began rocking forward without lifting her body. He was buried so deep inside her so her forward movement kept rubbing him against a spot that left her delirious. If she continued, this wouldn't last long enough so she stopped.

Aria placed her hands on his shoulder and began to ride him, slowly at first, making sure her tits bounced as she moved. That did the trick because his gaze was locked on her chest and soon he was moving his body up to meet hers.

"What are you doing to me?" His voice was hoarse as he held her gaze. They were going faster now and she could hear their bodies as they slapped against each other.

In a sudden movement, Kachi had turned them so he was above her. She almost laughed at that. This was her man, he always wanted to be in control. His hips were moving at a punishing pace now but she loved every moment of it. Her nails dragged on his back while he fucked her thoroughly. She shut her eyes to the onslaught of pleasure. There was this spot he just kept hitting that was pushing her closer to her orgasm.

Kachi paused to grab a pillow which he placed underneath her ass. Then he held her legs together and held them to his chest. He began fucking her so fast that her body shook.

"I can't lose you," he growled. "You're mine."

"Yes," she cried. She was so close and he could feel it as her walls clenched around me.

"I love you," Kachi stated and those beautiful words pushed her over. He followed not long after, spilling his seed deep into her. The warm liquid pouring into her set off another orgasm. He let her legs drop but didn't pull out and she held him closer, wrapping her hands and legs around his body like a monkey. She wished they could remain like this forever.

The L-word bounced around in her head but she didn't know what to make of it. Did he mean it? Was it a slip up? She knew he cared deeply for her, probably loved her. But had he meant to admit it or was this just as a result of the build up of so many emotions, plus he'd said it during sex. Men said so many things when caught up in the throes of passion.

"I love you," he said again. "Why are you not saying anything?"

"You're saying it while buried inside me. I don't know what to make of it."

Kachi let out a short disbelieving laugh, then he rolled so she was now above him. In the process, he slipped out of her.

"Why are you laughing?"

"I find it funny that you think sex can make me say something that I don't mean. Come on, love, you know me too well for that."

If he meant it, what would that mean for them? Kachi loved her? He really did?

"Marry me, Zariah." It was not a request, just a statement. It was so like him. "I can't imagine spending a moment without you. I love you so much. Marry me."

She rolled away and he let her. "I need to pee," she muttered dumbly before running out of the room and locking the bathroom door behind her.

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This man just proposed to her and this girl ran off! Can you imagine? Lol.

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