Lexi sat there silent for a moment.

"Do you want me to wash your back?" Lexi asked.

Mark looked up at her.

"Lexi you don't have to, I know I said I expected you to do things around here, but I really don't want ya to think I'm trying to turn you into a slave, because I'm not. I mean ya don't have to run my bath for me and bring me my clothes, you're not a slave you're my wife." Mark said.

He really didn't want her to be scurrying around like a servant afraid of getting a beating if she didn't please him. Yes he wanted a wife who cooked and cleaned and took care of their children but he didn't want her scared to death.

"Okay." Lexi said quietly looking down again.

"However if ya really wanted to wash my back, I wouldn't exactly fight ya tooth and nail." Mark said smiling a bit.

Lexi looked up at him. He looked so different when he smiled. Mark watched as a smile lit her face. Damn if she wasn't pretty. Lexi picked up the wash cloth again and the soap and started soaping up his back and his neck. Mark sighed and leaned his head forward. God this felt good he thought. She squeezed the cloth out and grabbed the shampoo.

"Lean back." Lexi said.

Mark leaned back and closed his eyes. He felt her using her hands to wet his hair. Lexi pour shampoo in her hand and rubbed it in his hair massaging his scalp.

"Feels good Lexi." Mark murmured.

Lexi picked up the washcloth and started squeezing water over his head to rinse the soap out. She finished and got up and got a small hand towel. She bent down and wiped the water out of his face.

"All done." Lexi said standing up.

Mark opened his eyes. She looked so beautiful standing there. Back down boy, you're making a big mistake if you get attached to her. Keep everything at a business level and everything will be fine. No emotional attachments.

"I'll go get dinner on the table." Lexi said and turned and left.

Mark watched her go. As long as he kept things in perspective everything would be fine. He got up and started drying off.

Lexi set the small table in the kitchen; there was no point in just the two of them eating in the dining room. She set the food on the table as Mark walked in the kitchen. Mark set down and filled his plate. Lexi set a glass of tea in front of him.

"Thank you." Mark said.

"Your welcome." Lexi said smiling at him.

Lexi sat down across from him and put a small amount on her plate. Mark was devouring the food. He couldn't remember the last time he had a home cooked meal. Lexi watched, glad that he liked it.

"It's good Lexi." Mark said looking over at her.

"I'm glad you like it." Lexi said looking down.

"Remember what I said; look at me when you speak to me. You don't have any reason to be looking down all the time. Hold your head up Lexi, you're a pretty girl." Mark said.

Lexi flushed with pleasure. Mark thought she was pretty. Her father always said she was homely. Mark watched Lexi, she was picking at her food not really eating.

"Lexi you haven't touched your food." Mark said.

"I'm not really hungry." Lexi said.

Lexi was nervous. She wondered if Mark was going to want to have sex tonight, either way she knew she was going to have to sleep in the same bed with him. Her stomach was in knots.

"You need to eat better. A good wind would blow ya away now." Mark said.

Lexi got up and started clearing the table. She scraped all the plates and loaded them into the dishwasher.

"Dinner was great Lexi." Mark said

"Thanks." Lexi said and continued to clean the kitchen.

Mark walked off to the den to watch a little TV before bed.

Lexi finished up in the kitchen. She turned off the light and was going to head up to bed.

"Lexi." She heard Mark yell out from the den.

Lexi turned and headed toward the den. She walked in and Mark was sitting on the couch with his feet propped on the coffee table.

"Come here." Mark said.

Lexi went over and sat beside him nervously wondering what he wanted.

"I figured now would be a good time for our talk." Mark said.

In truth Mark was as nervous as she was. Having sex was one thing. Trying to talk about it was quite another. Lexi was actually interested. She knew zip about sex. She had never even owned a TV, so she had never been exposed to sex.

"So how much do you know and I guess we can go from there." Mark said.

"Umm well not much, I mean nothing really." Lexi said gazing at his tats. He didn't have a shirt own and Lexi was now close enough to really get a good look at them.

"Okay, well, I'm sure ya know when a man and woman are attracted to each other they kiss and touch each other, right?" Mark said.

Lexi just stared at him intently, listening.

"Okay, well when they get to a certain point, the man is hard by then. Do ya know what I mean?" Mark asked.

Lexi nodded her forehead scrunched up in concentration. Mark almost laughed at his predicament, having to tell the birds and bees to his new wife.

"Well then if the woman is excited too, she gets wet and he slides his penis in her and well they both get a lot of pleasure from it." Mark finished.

Lexi was looking very perplexed.

"May be I didn't explain that too good." Mark said.

"I understand what you mean; it just sounds like a strange way to get pleasure." Lexi said.

"I know it may sound kind of strange but believe me it feels real good." Mark said gazing in her eyes.

"Now why don't you get to bed and get some sleep. I'm not sleepy yet. You've had a long day." Mark said.

Lexi looked at him. Strange thing was she wanted him to come up with her. She wanted him to touch her. She didn't know why, but she wanted to be his wife in every sense of the word. She was shocked her self, but all her fear was gone and she was eager to find out about this 'pleasure' first hand.

"I'm not sleepy." Lexi said quietly.

Mark looked at her hard. He wondered if he was reading her signals wrong. He knew Lexi was far to shy to come out and ask  him to take her to bed, but damn the way she gazing at him was making him wonder.

"Do you want me to come up with ya?" Mark asked looking in her eyes.

"Yes." Lexi said blushing.

Mark switched off the TV and stood up and pulled Lexi up. He took her hand and they headed upstairs.