Every Rose has a Thorne (last chapter being redrafted & all editing being done)

Chapter 12

Waking up with a smile, I turned over and saw that the reason for my smile was no longer in bed next to me. So much for waking up with me. We had spent the entire day yesterday in bed, okay I lie not just in bed. In the kitchen, on the counter, in the bathroom especially the shower. Blush. He clearly had been keeping in as much sexual frustration as I was.

I started getting out of bed and heard my door creek open. Marco entered carrying a heavily laden tray. A schoolboy grin on his face.

“I didn’t know what to make for you, so I just put a little bit of everything on.” He grinned at me.

I looked at the tray. He had brought waffles with syrup and cream, a fruit salad, muffins, fried egg with bacon and toast and a bowl of cereal. He had really gone out of his way to make sure I was catered for.

“Wow Marco, this looks amazing! I’m going to hit the gym after eating this breakfast.” I smiled back at him, “And yes, that means I intend eating the entire breakfast.”

Marco laughed as he laid the tray across my lap and sat on the bed next to me.

“We didn’t get much talking done Rox, I was wondering if maybe today we could do something a bit more decent so that we can get to know each other a bit?” Why did he seem like a lion when he was in work mode, but now he is as tame as a kitten. I’m not complaining, but the lioness sometimes appreciates the lion.

“That sounds like a great idea, what do you have in mind?”

“Perhaps a picnic at the park, or a lunch date at a nice sunny restaurant.”

“Both sound perfect, you choose. Must be easy having everyone make all your food for you.” I laughed as I took a big bite of the delicious waffle.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well you can’t expect me to thing you made all of this.”

“Roxanne Stevens, I am shocked. Yes I made your breakfast myself, the staff have been ordered to never entire your suite unless directly instructed by yourself.”

“Okay okay, I’ll believe you if I have to.” I was laughing as he tried to put on a hurt face. “And by the way, it’s Roxanne Thorne to you.”

I watched as his eyes glittered when he heard me acknowledge that I am Mrs Thorne. I suppose it’s not such a bad thing if I start taking the role more seriously. Clearly he appreciated it. But what if he is just making the next 5 years easy for himself? What if this was all a play just so that he could bed his wife and not look like an adulterer for sleeping with other woman while we are still married.

“Roxanne, why the sudden change of mood? I can literally see you withdrawing into your shell again.”

“There is one thing you need to learn about me Marco, I may act all confident and fearless, but at the end of the day I am very scared of being hurt and being let down. Honestly Tim is one of the only people who have never let me down. I don’t think my mind is ready to trust you yet.”

“Rox, there is one thing you need to learn about me.” Marco started lifting the tray off my lap, “I will show you how you deserve to be loved, and when you learn to love yourself you’ll see what the rest of us can see. A woman I can’t get out of my mind since the day I laid eyes on her.”

This man clearly knew exactly what to say to make me smile again. But still that ugly insecurity head reared again. It could be all an act.

“Well Mr Thorne, I think I need to get up and get dressed.” I pecked him on the cheek as I eventually got out of bed and walked to the closet to choose my outfit for the day. Damn, I wish I had bought one of those pretty summer dresses I’d seen last time I went to the shops. Oh well, I suppose a pair of capri pants and a white tank top will have to do. Before I start getting ready, I decided to take the tray to the kitchen.