🌷The Duke and The Widow🌷

{27}Forgive Me

🌷Chapter 27🌷
Forgive Me

Orletha was startled by the sudden opening of the door. Her eyes were met with that of a deep sapphire blue.
"H- Howard, how.. have you been?" She became flustered, she hadn't seen him since that night they kissed. She wasn't expecting him to come back either.
"I have been well. Never once have you left my thoughts."
"What are you trying to say?"
"Orletha, I've fallen in love with you."
"Nicholas.."
"Everything, everything about you. I can't name a better woman and mother that has my heart." He approached her briskly.
"Howard, do you understand how wrong all of this is?" She stepped back to feed the distance between them.
"I'm very well aware of how wrong this is, Orletha." He grabbed her hand. "I don't care." He said, pulling her into his embrace.
Her eyes were swirling with emotion, a million thoughts going through her head.
"I'm scared. This what we have won't last. I'm just a commoner you met." She rested her head on his shoulder, her arms resting around his neck. "I do find you quite nice. You're a great man. But I.. We can't do this." She exhaled, his arms were locked tight around her making it hard for her to breathe.
"I do ask for your forgiveness." He whispered to her, his lips brushing against her ear.
"What for-" Her words were cut short with his lips crashing onto hers.

Her eyes widened in surprise, her trembling hands clawing at his back as an attempt at prying him off. He desperately nibbled at her lower lip, begging for her to allow him in. Her short-lived resistance withered away and she found herself returning the kiss. He combed his fingers through her, caressing her head.

"I'll ask you to forgive me a hundred times over, for I can't help myself wanting you, Orletha." He breathed against her neck.

"And I'll forgive you, as many times as I need to." She lifted her head to face him, "Take me to bed would you, Nicholas?" She spoke softly.

She was swept off her feet in one swift motion, to which she gasped in surprise.
She gained quite a bit of weight since becoming a mother so it came as a shock to her that Howard with his lean build could actually lift her. As he stepped into her bedroom he kicked the door closed with a nudge from his heel.
He held her close as she stood to her feet, his hands slithering around her waist to undo the strings that held her waist in.
Naked, he laid her on the bed. Her hands reached to cup her breasts hug her waist. Her cheeks were dusted with a cherry red hue.
"Something the matter, love?"
"My stretch marks."
"It's okay let me see." His body straddled her.

Orletha exhaled as she removed her hands. She thought he deserved better; a young, beautiful, childless and pure woman, with an unblemished body.
But here he was, almost eager to explore every inch of her body.

"When I said I was in love with you," His fingers traced her collar bone, down to her chest, between the valley of her breasts all the way down to her hips. "I meant all of you. Every split end in your hair, every stretch mark, every curve. It's all mine to treasure." He pecked her lips, leaving a trail of kisses down her neck and stopped at her breasts, taking a nipple into his mouth as he massaged the other.

She whimpered softly as she writhed beneath him, wanting him to touch her more. Nicholas didn't know what he was doing as he was never intimate with any woman, but was paying attention to how her body responded to his touch. His free hand made its way down her stomach and between her thighs, his slender fingers tracing lips before easing them inside.

"Oh.." She gasped, squeezing her legs tighter. He pried them open, setting her legs around his waist and moved his fingers faster. As she was distracted in her own pleasure he withdrew his drenched fingers let his member enter her. He let out a pleasured sigh against her ear as his length sunk into a place what he could only describe as heaven, and her moans welcomed him.

"Oh, Nicholas-" He silenced her cries with a kiss. "Be soft now, we wouldn't want to wake your son. Now would we?" He whispered against her quivering lips.

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"I can't believe we did this.." She pulled the sheets to cover her bare chest. The reality of their actions settled on her conscience, washing her over with shame.
"Did you not enjoy it?" He sat up on the bed.
"I never said that, but.. This is not lawfull. It would be a scandal, a Duke sleeping with a widowed commoner."
"I know, but I can't help my feelings for you." He took her hand in his, "Orletha, I promise you, I will do everything. To remain by your side." He kissed her knuckles, "I couldn't be any happier in this moment with you."