The rain was beating the plain, turning into a sweet music on the roof of the modest home where the entwited couple was. Julia watched the rain dripping on the tiles a little further, her arm on of William's surrounding her size. He did not let her go of the night and she had spent her stuffed face in the crook of his neck, her fingers on his chest and legs wrapped around his. At first light, she had watched him sleep, then she look away, too attempted to wake him by caresses and kisses. But Julia had not escaped from his grasp and he had drawn against him in a growl. She had felt William's body against hers again, his breath on her neck and she just smiled with happiness. She had never been so serene in her life, she had never been as happy as that morning. She then stroked the young man's arm to feel his fingers touching her skin. He had recovered his gentle caress on her stomach, on her chest, on her breast. Julia had shuddered, feeling William's index play a moment with her nipple and the next moment he slid his breath in her ear.
-Good morning, he murmured in a low voice.
Julia turned only to meet his eyes and smile at him tenderly while stroking his cheek.
-Good morning, she said just before he kisses her gently languidly to meet up over her without leaving her mouth.
Breathless they separated and William slipped a hand over her body, her face in her privacy, her thighs and legs while spreading the sheet that covered her naked body. He looked in detail the young woman in nude and when he met her eyes again, he played a few moments with one of her blond curls to testify dozens of kisses on her face. He put a hand on each side and pressed his body against hers, savoring the feel of his bare skin against hers. Julia closed her eyes for few seconds, resting her forehead against William before taking the floor barely louder than a whisper.
-Tell me you do not regret what happened last night. Please.
She opened her eyes again to meet the gaze of William smiling at her.
-No even one second, and I would like to spent every night with you, in this way.
-Even if we have committed a sin?
-I would do it again Julia, all my life if need be, but we can also stop to sin .
He saw her frown and he inhaled deeply.
-Marry me.
-William, we can not. Everything is complicated, if we return one day in Toronto and here we are already supposed to be husband and wife.
-No one will know nothing, the priest can get married us in secret, I do not become your husband for fear of finishing in Hell if I succumbed once again to my desire for you, I want it because I love you, I love only you and I want to spend my life with you.
-I love you too William, Julia replied, stroking his cheek, but we need witnesses and we can not trust anyone here.
He did not answer and looked into hers.
-Bertha And John. I know we can trust them, he said, they will know our true identities.
-I trust them, Julia admitted.
William smiled and kissed her for a long moment before walking away.
-Do not move, I come back, he whispered on her lips to exit the bed completely naked and head towards his bag lying in back of the room.
Julia sat up, placing the sheet over her chest, watching simply. He returned a few short minutes later to the bed. Then he knelt before taking Julia's hand in his and looking up to her to plunge his eyes into hers.
-Julia Ogden, from the first day I saw you I thought you were an exceptional woman, smart, beautiful, gentle, compassionate, independent and ... incredibly stubborn, he said, chuckling as she did the same, I knew it a long time ago that I could never live without you, I love you Dr. Ogden, I probably always loved you. And today I want to link my destiny to yours, no matter what happens, you are the woman of my life and I want to be with you, to love you day and night. So, he said, opening the casket in which rested the engagement ring he had bought for her two years earlier, would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?
He saw the tears rise in the eyes of Julia leaned toward him to bring her hand to his face.
-William Murdoch, I fell in love with you when we met, and I could never live without you. I tried, I made mistakes, but today most would refuse happiness which I know from you. You are the man for me, William, an incredible man, one with whom I want to share my life. So Detective William Murdoch, would you do me the honor of becoming my husband?
-I do, stammered William.
-And I do, said Julia, with all my heart I want to.
He smiled, and a moment later, William put the ring at her finger before he recovers Julia and kiss her languorously. He spread the sheet again to sit on the bed while continuing to kiss her, molding his body to hers again.
-You will be late, Julia whispered, closing her eyes feeling the hands of William on her body.
-They will do it without me today, I intend to spend my day in that bed with you.
They even exchanged a look, and then Julia kiss and she gently pushed William to roll on the back, overlooking. He reveled in the sight, pushing one of his locks behind her ear to kiss, to caress, touch and make love again with passion.
Five days had passed before the couple is ready to face the Coal City in the small chapel at the edge of town. The night was already falling, nobody married at that hour, and yet they stood there before one another, pronouncing their vows. Beside Julia stood Bertha, Isabella in arms and with William, John. Then, when they shared a tender kiss, they simply affixed their signatures on the register and they left the chapel hand in hand.
-We must celebrate this, Bertha launched with gusto.
-It must remain secret, said Julia, nobody has to know who we are and what we have done.
-A dinner, just a dinner, you need to celebrate your wedding anyway. John, do not I'm right? Gave the young woman giving a nudge to her husband.
He grimaced and Julia and William exchanged a glance and a smile.
-Very well, William nodded, dinner at the inn but we are not talking about what just happened.
Their friend smiled at them and so they went to the Village Inn for a delicious yet simple dinner.
They returned home later that night, William had been drinking wine for once and he was laughing up the steps of the porch of their home. Yet on the doorstep, he turned to the one who was now his wife. He leaned toward her and he took her in his arms to carry and pass the doorstep plunged his gaze into hers. He closed the door with one hand, heading towards the room at the back of the house without leaving her eyes. He put her on the floor again on the threshold of their bedroom.
-Madam Murdoch, he whispered on her lips, stroking her breast and hip, you are so beautiful tonight.
-And you are so smart and enterprising Mr. Murdoch.
He smiled before press her against the wall and steal a deep and languorous kiss.
-Turn around, he growled with desire before she obey and he undress her before then they join the bed and all night celebrating worthily their union.
to be continued...