AN: Chapter by MinaBR.
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Taking her hand, I guided Bella to our recently furnished bedroom. I went to great lengths to assure her comfort, should she choose to further our intimacy after the proposal. Anxiety battled with the need to make the occasion special, but one look at my love, slowed the pace of my increasing lust. She was shy and nervous, but patient, as I coaxed her desire to the surface. Flushed and panting, she was a sight to behold – a goddess of love brought to life.
The feel of her naked skin under my coveting hands had me almost weeping in awed desire. Her body was a temple of understated femininity, and I paid my tributes gladly, eagerly. She was a quivering mass of need, an echo of my own feverish flesh, when our bodies joined in the timeless dance of love fulfilled. Completion came much later, not as physical gratification, but as an explosion of emotions, a fusion of souls.
We held each other for a long time after. I didn't feel the need to talk, for I believed that everything that mattered had already been said. Once again, I would be proved wrong. Bella was out of the bed, already redressing when she uttered a phrase that filled my heart with dread.
"Edward, we need to talk. I have to tell you about Rosalie's father."