Fire And Ice (Lost&Found Series)✔

53. MY BETROTHED

XENIA'S POV:

"You woke up early." Xander whispered from behind me, startling me in the process.

I whip my head in his direction to see him standing in the doorway in just shorts and tousled hair looking as handsome as ever.

I smiled softly and nodded my head at him. He came and sat behind me, his legs on either side of mine and arms locked around my waist to draw me closer to his chest.

I sighed in content and looked at the beautiful shade of orange the sky displayed just before the sunrise and the calming sound of waves steadily moving back and forth to and from the shore. We could hear the birds chirping and flying about in search of food as a soft breeze whistled through the air every now and then as if to announce its constant presence.

"What made you fall in love with me?" Xander asked quietly as if he was afraid his voice would break the serenity of the scene.

We were in Bora Bora Island for our honeymoon and it has been two days since the wedding took place. We left the kids with Angel and Mariano back in Florence and right now we were sitting on the cold floor of the balcony of the small house Xander, somehow, owned here.

"Your touch." I replied resting my head against his broad chest.

"My... touch?" he questioned as if he thought he misheard it.

"You touched me like you were afraid to touch me, like I was something that held the most value, something precious. Every time you kept a hand on my back,your touch was firm and protective. Don't think I don't know when you chased all the guys away who even thought of coming near to me with a single look. It was beautiful, you know, your touch often felt like wind sometimes. Barely there and I craved for it. And then one day I realized it wasn't just your touch I craved, it was you. When I saw you that day with that girl in your room and your hands on her body, I..I felt so...weird. Your touch was supposed to be for me only, I thought and it really broke my heart. You came running behind me and I-"

"Recoiled physically from my touch...for the first time." he completed.

I nodded with a small frown as that memory reappeared. I hadn't realized that my hands were balled into fists until Xander soothed my knuckles causing my muscles to relax.  His fingers moved to play with the ring on my finger and I smiled softly.

I was his.

He was mine.

"I am sorry." he apologized peppering kisses on my neck down to my shoulder.

"It's okay. You were always mine, anyways." I shrugged.

He chuckled and turned me around so I was straddling his lap and asked, "How were you so sure?"

"Because you were my betrothed." I told him.

His smile wavered as he looked at me in confusion releasing a single chuckle, "What?"

"I said, We. Were. Betrothed. To. Each. Other." I explained like I was talking to a child.

"How?" he asked genuinely confused.

Instead of replying him, I leaned forward and captured his bottom lips between my teeth, tugging, biting and sucking.

He released a guttural groan and grabbed me by my bare waist. I was only wearing a tea pink colored lingerie.

His hands fisted my hair tugging my head backwards causing a hiss to escape my mouth. He took the perfect opportunity to deepen the kiss by plunging his tongue forcefully inside my mouth. I bit his tongue and licked its tip afterwards,making Xander release a primal growl. He slid the thin straps of my lace bra down my shoulders and yanked it down, releasing my breasts as he then kneaded them with both of his hands continuing his assault on my mouth.