Best I'll Always Have

Chapter 1

ELI

She called me a fool with love in her eyes and gently caressed my cheek with her delicate fingers. It was then that I looked deep into her eyes and lifted her fingers to my lips, gently placing a few kisses and then moving to hold her face with both my palms and kissing with all the passion I had in me. It seemed so foreign, yet felt like home.

From the moment my lips touched hers, she closed her eyes and her arms gently wrapped around my waist, holding on in a way as if to never let go. As we continued to kiss and taste each other, our tongues intertwined and we led out a gentle moan in unison, and it was then that I knew my heart had found eternal peace with this woman who held on to me, with so much love, so much faith and so much hope, of not just a beautiful today, but a wonderful tomorrow and a happily ever after.

I had to stop my mind from racing ahead in thoughts and bring it back to this moment, enjoy the closeness and warmth that I could only find with none other than Ophelia. I kissed her deeper and felt my heart racing, wanting more, right in this very moment. She continued to kiss me back, matching my passion and growing need to be locked away in time and isolation with her.

I wanted to take her to the beach and hold her in my arms, look at her beautiful face in the moonlight whilst listening to the waves crash against glistening grains of sand. But I knew as my eyes took in all of her angelic beauty, the hunger to have all of her within would only increase rapidly, especially now that I could sense we both wanted to be physically one.

As I slowly pulled away from her, She leaned in closer to continue tasting my mouth.

"Mmmm" she grimaced and I let out a wide smile, causing her to open her eyes as her full lips brushed against my teeth. Her instant frown disappeared and she smiled as she looked into my eyes, gently fluttering her eyelids.

"What happened to showing me just how much you love me?" She cheekily asked as I continued to smile. I watched her as her expression turned from a happy, satisfied smile to a more sultry, sexy inviting grin to unravel her out of her tight, skin-fitting dress. I heaved a deep sigh and knew looking down at her inviting body wasn't going to be enough. My hands slowly slid down her sides, bouncing off her curves and landing on the sweet, full cheeks of her backside. I pressed her body against mine and she let out a moan, biting on to her lower lip and tightening her grip on my shirt. I slowly moved my arms up her back as she leaned closer to my mouth, shutting her eye lids waiting for a kiss. As tempting as it was to fall into the delicious nectar of her mouth again, I leaned closer to her ear, gently caressing her blond hair and moving the rogue strands away from her face.

"I love you Ophelia, with all my heart and all my soul", my hands gently moving from her face to her hands, as I felt goosebumps appear on her skin.

"Show me" she said, leaning into my ear, almost as if she was deepening her voice to match mine.

"Baby, trust me, I want to show you just how much you mean to me, and make up for all the hurt I've caused you, even if I stupidly made myself to believe I was doing it for you, and that you were better off living your life without someone as damaged as myself in it", my words were halted with big kiss that Ophelia placed on my mouth. I instantly knew she was trying to stop me from speaking any further. But just as I thought I was about to get lost in her sweet nectar again, she pulled away.

"Eli, I love you, and I thought that was enough for me. I never expected you to say those words to me today, I'd hope one day you would, but now that I know you feel the same way, nothing else matters, absolutely nothing. I don't want you think of anything in the past that will take you away from me, or make you feel guilty for falling in love with me".

It was now my turn to mimic her and land a quick kiss on her pretty lips.

"Nothing will ever take you away from me, do you understand that? Nothing. Ever".