Chapter 3: Only Beside Him

She was in the garden laying in the grass. She had her eyes closed and was slowly going to sleep. She could hear him breathing beside her. Mary opened his eyes and looked at the man beside her. She smiled at him and he smiled back. She leaned down and kissed him, he kissed her back. The kiss broke and she looked into his hazel brown eyes. She loved those eyes.

"I love you." He said and she smiled and said.

"I love you too, Martin."

Mary opened her eyes and looked over at the day bed and saw Riggs laying there asleep. She smiled a warm smiled and moved and got up. She walked over and looked at him. She didn't have the heart to wake him. She walked over and opened door to her room. She opened it for her ladies and Roger. They all walked into the room.

"Don't wake him." She told Roger and the girls. The girls smiled and they went with Mary into the bathroom to help her put on the dress that she was going to wear that day. Roger smiled and sat down on the couch at the fireplace. He looked over as Riggs was waking up. He watched as he looked over at the bed and then noticed that Mary was gone. He shot up and looked around. He eyes fell on Roger who just smiled and waved at him. Riggs was about to ask where she was at when Roger pointed to the bathroom.

"Oh." He said and got up. He moved and put his boots on. He walked over and sat down in front of Roger. It had been ten days since the attack on Mary. Riggs was use to sleeping in Mary's room. He only had eight days left until she left. Roger looked at him.

"What you thinking so hard about?" He asked him.

"Mary leaves in eight days." He said and looked at Roger. Roger heard something in his voice.

"Riggs, your not falling for her, are you?" He asked him.

"No, I'm not falling in love with her." He said.

"Love, I didn't say love." He said with a smile.

"That's what you meant." He said.

"You are falling for her." Roger leaned in and told him.

"No." Riggs said and leaned and told him.

"Right." Roger said and leaned back.

"Look…" Riggs didn't finish, the bathroom door opened and Mary and her Ladies walked out. Riggs looked at her. She was wearing a rose gold brocade high-neck tulle gown, with Oscar de la Renta looped lace cluster earrings in rose gold. She had her hair pulled back and up in a bun. Riggs smiled at her a seen smile by Roger.

"Are you ready?" She asked him.

"Oh, let me go and change before Cora hits me again." He said and walked over to his bag and go out some clothes. He went into the bathroom to change. Once the door was shut, Kenna leaned in and said.

"He is falling for you." Mary looked at her.

"No he is not." Mary said and she looked at Roger. "Tell them that he is not." Roger looked at her.

"I hate to say it but Kenna is right, he is." Roger said.

"And you are falling for him." Lola said. Mary looked at them all.

"No, I'm not." The girls looked at her. She looked away and toward the bathroom door, than back at them. "No."

The door opened and they all looked over at him. He looked up at them.

"What?" He asked. Mary looked and he was wearing his brown boots with the pants legs in them, light blue pants. He had on a grey shirt and green opened shirt over the grey one.

"They think that we are falling for each other." She said and he looked at her.

"Look, I see you as a very good friend." He said and moved his arms out.

"Same here." She said and looked at them. "Happy." She added.

They all walked down the stairs to the dining room. The girls sat down and started to end their breakfast. Cora walked in and looked at Mary with a smile.

"Mary, George King is here to see you." Mary wiped her mouth and stood up. George walked in and over to her and kissed her on the mouth. After she looked at him with a shocked look.

"Mary, my love." He said and she smiled at him.

"George, how nice to see you."

"Now, my love we are getting married in eight days." He said and leaned into kiss her, she didn't kiss back. Roger looked at Riggs who looking like he was starting to get jealous of the younger man.

"Aww, how sweet." Cora said and walked over to her chair.

"Now, tonight George will sleep in your room." She added and took a bite of her food. Mary looked over at her and then back at George.

"Really, then where will…"

"Mr. Riggs can sleep in his own room tonight." She said in a hateful voice.

-Around 8 that night-

Riggs was in his room, he was laying on the bed. He was bored out of his mind. Then heard a knock on his balcony door. He narrowed his eyebrows together and got up and walked to it. He opened the door and saw Mary standing there wearing a light blue leather jacket with a white tank top under it. She had on light colored blue jeans on with light brown tall riding boots on. The boots were over the pants legs. Her hair was half up and half down. She had on simple diamonded earring and a rolled diamond moon necklace on.

"Mary?"

"I want you to take me and show me LA." She told him. Riggs looked at her and pulled her in.

"Mary, I don't think that is a good idea."

"Why? We can sneak out and get in your truck and you can show me where you like to go." She told him and looked at him with a smile.

"Mary, where I go is a lot of bars and…well that's it." Riggs told the truth.

"Please Martin." She moved closer to him. "I want to go out and not with guards or limos but just the two of us." She said. He looked at her and then looked away and then back.

"Okay, but you listen to me, okay. If I say no it is no." She nodded her head.

They went downstairs and out the door, and out to Riggs's truck and got in. He drove them to some places that were not bars, but places that Miranda had taken him to. They talked and laughed. He then drove them to the beach. They got out and was setting and looking at the water under the moon light.

"So, did you bring Miranda here?" She asked him. He looked down and then over at her.

"Yeah I did, well she brought me here." She moved over to him. He looked out at the water and then over at her.

"Why didn't you want to stay there with your soon to be husband." He asked her.

"He was so high that I didn't want to be around that, and I don't want to marry him." Riggs looked at her.

"Why?" He asked. "I thought that you and him were in love?" He asked her.

"No, it was Cora's idea for me to marry him." She looked at knew what he was going to ask. "She made a promise to Francis to find me a good husband and she has been trying ever since to do so." She told him.

"Oh, well if you don't want to marry someone then don't. Don't sacrifice your happiness just to please that bitch." He said with out thinking. "I mean." Mary held up her hand and giggled.

"She is a bitch." Riggs smiled and he chuckled a little.

"Yes, she is." That made Mary laugh. She looked at him and he looked at her. They leaned in slowly and their lips met in a soft kiss. The kiss broke and they looked at each other. Riggs pushed back his hair and said quickly.

"I better get you back." He said and got up. Mary smiled and stood up and they went back to the truck.

-Later-

Mary walked into her room and looked at her bed and saw George passed out in it. She went to the bathroom and changed into a was long white cotton night gown. Moved and got into bed and laid down. She laid there and heard the quit and George breathing. She moved some, the breathing was taking her back to that night. She got up quickly and ran out to the balcony to Riggs's room and knocked on the door. He opened the door and looked at her. She moved passed him and into the room.

"Mary?" He asked and walked over to her. She looked and he had taken off his shirts and was standing there in his pants.

"I cant' be there, his breathing." She said and Riggs looked at her with an odd look.

"Well, that is a good thing." He joked.

"No, it takes me back to that night." She told him.

"Oh okay." He walked over to her. "You can sleep here tonight okay, and I can sleep on the couch." He added and moved to go to the couch.

"That kiss." She said and that made him stopped and turned toward her.

"I shouldn't done that." He said and she moved toward him.

"Why?" She asked him.

"You are engaged." He told her and looked into her ice blue eyes.

"But what if I wasn't?" She asked him.

"Then I would have meant it." He told her.

"Okay, I'm not engage." She said and she moved closer to him. He moved closer to her.

"But you are." He said and moved his hands to her sides.

"I'm ending it." She told him and moved her hands up his chest and rested them on it.

"Thought you said that we were good friends." He said and leaning down.

"I lied." She said and leaning up.

"Me too." He breathed out. Their lips met again into a sweet kiss. Their arms wrapped around each other. The kiss deepened. Mary moved them to the bed and her hands to his pants and undone them. Riggs broke the kiss and looked at her.

"You sure?" He asked her.

"Yes." She breathed out and pushed his pants and boxers down. Riggs moved and took off her night gown.

They laid on the bed kissing each other. Mary was under Riggs. She moved her hands up his body. He moved and kissed her jaw bone and down her neck. He kissed it and licked it. She moved one of her hands to the back of his head. He then moved down and to her breast and took it into his mouth and sucked and licked it and the nipple. Mary moved his head back and moaned out.

"Martin." He moved and took the other one into his mouth and did the same to it. Martin moved and kissed the way down her stomach. She arched her back when he licked her womanhood. He licked and sucked her. She moaned out his name.

"Oh Martin." She arched her back again and ran her hand through his hair. Her other hand was grabbed at the bed. He licked and sucked her until she was nice and wet. He sat up and licked his lips and leaned back down and kissed her. She moved and rolled them over to where he was now on his back. She kissed him on the lips and then down to his jaw bone and to his neck. She licked it and kissed it.

"Mary." He breathed out her name. She then moved down his body kissing along it. She moved and took him into her mouth and began to suck him. He moaned out and ran his hand through her hair and pushed it back as he did so. She bobbed her head up and down, stroking him as she did so.

"Oh god Mary." He moaned out, and moved his other hand and pushed back his own hair. He began to move his hips. She knew that he was getting close. She could tell by the way he was breathing and moaning her name. She took him out of her mouth and moved up and kissed him. He rolled them over and moved between her legs. She wrapped her arms around his back as he pushed into her.

"Oh, Martin." She moaned out. She looked at him and smiled and leaned up and kissed him. He began to move into her. He moved slowly so not to hurt her.

"Oh fuck Mary." He breathed out as he moved inside her.

"Martin, go faster." She told him. He began to move into her faster, and she pulled him closer to her. He moved until he was going a nice pace. They were both moaning each other's names out.

"Oh Martin." She moaned out. "Go faster, I will not break." She told him. Martin smiled and started slam into her. She wrapped her arms tighter around him.

"Oh god yeesss." She moaned out.

"Fuck Mary." He breathed and moaned out. He moved hips and hit a place inside her that made her scream out his name.

"MARTIN!"

"FUCK MARY!" He yelled out as he came into her. She moaned out as she came as well. They moved as one until they couldn't move. They laid there kissing each other. Riggs moved and rolled off her. He moved to he side and she moved over next him. Mary placed her hand on his chest as well as her head. Riggs hugged her up and laid his head on hers.

"Martin." She said his name.

"Yes."

"I love you." Riggs smiled and said.

"I love you too Mary." She smiled and they went to sleep.