Sweet Affection [Affection Series 4] {Completed}

Chapter 15

Engel slowly opens her eyes and tries to stretch but stops as she cannot move her body, she slowly looks at the arm around her waist and turns to find someone behind her.

Her first thought is to scream but she just smiles and as slowly as she can she turns to face her mate.

Touching his face, she lightly traces his jaw line, which has traces of his unsaved beard.

"Gio," Engel whispers trying to wake him up.

Gio stiffens at first, realizing he fall asleep with his mate and now she was awake. He braces himself for her to shout but when he slowly opens his eyes, much to his surprise he finds her softly smiling his way.

Now, that was again the first time in many years that he saw his mate smile, that too in front of him for him. He smiles backs, as he never thought he would be able to see her smile again.

His smile widens as he finds her hands slowly tracing on his jaw-line.

"Engel" he sighs contently as this is the first time in years that she initiated any touches willingly.

"Where were you?" she asks him as she goes to bury her face in his neck and tightens her grip on his shoulder.

"Where you wanted me to, away from you," he answers straight to her not believing his luck.

"I want you here with me, never leave me like this please," she pleads not wanting to let him go, ever.

"Do you know how much I have been dying to hear those words from your lips?" he asks, as he does not let her go either.

"I'm so, so sorry for being such a bad person to you" she apologizes as she feels guilty for how she treated him.

"Hey now, don't say that and make me feel guilty" he chides her teasingly before pulling her face away from his neck and watching her.

"This is not a dream right, when I open my eyes again, you will not throw me out of your life, right?" he asks feeling emotional as well vulnerable.

"I won't, I promise," Engel smiles teary-eyed as she cannot believe how insecure her mate was.

"Thank you, My Engel" Gio whispers as this time he buries his head in her neck and leaves a small kiss on the side of her neck.

"When did you arrive?" she asks him after a while still wrapped up in his arms.

"To tell the truth I never left, just was no where in your sight"

"Does that mean you were in the house all alone?" she asks him surprised.

"Not in that way, I did leave the house at the dawn and arrive back just when you fell asleep"

"Pervert" she scolds teasingly.

"Of course I am, I have been a pervert just for you even before you were born," he agrees winking her way.

"I hurt you so much, didn't I?" she asks sadly running her fingers through his hair.

"It okay, baby, you can hurt me as much as you want. I won't complain" he grins.

"But, it hurts to hurt you; it always hurts me to hurt you. I am so sorry Gio; I thought I was doing the right thing...

However, I was so wrong; I was so scared without you around. I do not want to leave your side. I want to stay right here with you forever," she cries confessing it to him.

"Ssh...hey, hey, no one is going anywhere okay; I am right here and so are you. I will not let you leave my side...

I will never leave your side, whatever this is we will fight it together, baby, you and me" Gio promises as he wipes her tears before getting up and sitting with his back to the headboard and pulling her between his leg.