Mark had lifted Lexi from the tub and dried her off. He took her in the bedroom and dressed her like she was a child. He put one of his t-shirts on her which fell down to her knees. He then lifted her and carried her downstairs to the den where he laid her on the couch. Lexi thought about telling him she was fine, but she was enjoying his attention too much. She felt a pang of guilt as she lay there, she wasn't hurt that bad and she was using it as an excuse to lay around letting Mark wait on her. Mark came back in carrying the plate she had left for him. He set it on the coffee table and turned on the TV. He picked up Lexi and sat down on the floor and settled her on his lap. Lexi laid her head on his shoulder. Mark ate a few bites and then offered her one. Lexi shook her head.
"We're going to have a little talk about your eating habits if they don't improve." Mark said giving her a look.
Lexi didn't like the sound of that so she opened her mouth and took a bite.
"Mark." Lexi said.
"Mmmm?" Mark said.
"I'm not really hurt, I'm sort of taking advantage of you letting you wait on me." Lexi said looking down ashamed of her self.
Mark burst out laughing. Lexi looked up in surprise. She hadn't seen him laugh before.
"Lexi you're not taking advantage of me, ya silly girl." Mark said.
Mark couldn't hold back. He set the fork down and pulled Lexi into a hug holding her close to him. He patted her on the back and kissed her forehead.
"Now quit worrying so much." Mark said.
"Tell me about you're day." Mark said.
Lexi told him about her shopping trip and everything she had got done.
"Sounds like you had a busy day. You must be exhausted." Mark said.
"A little." Lexi said yawning.
"Come on, off to bed with ya." Mark said picking her up and carrying her upstairs.
He took her to their bedroom and laid her in the bed and tucked the covers around her. Lexi gazed at him in complete adoration. For every kindness he showed she fell deeper and deeper under his spell.
"Get some sleep." Mark said and turned and left.
Lexi closed her eyes and was almost immediately asleep.
Mark went in the den and picked up the phone. He called a private investigator he knew.
"Hi David." Mark said.
He had known David since he had hired him to follow his now ex-wife around to see if she was cheating on him. She had been and Mark had promptly filed for divorce.
"Hey Mark, what's up?" David said.
"I need you to find some one for me. His name is Jamison Deveraux." Mark said.
Mark gave him all the information he had.
"What do you want me to do when I find him?" David said.
"Call me and let me know where he's at." Mark said.
"Okay, I call you back when I got something." David said.
Mark hung up the phone. When he found Jamison, he was going to make sure he never hurt Lexi again.
Lexi awoke in the middle of the night. She turned to see Mark laying on his back sound asleep. Lexi smiled as she watched him sleep. He was so gorgeous. His hair was starting to get a little long and grow over his neck and it was tousled by sleep. He looked so cute. Lexi giggled at what Mark would think of being called cute. She slid over next to him. She leaned up on one elbow and watched him sleep. She reached out with one hand and pushed a lock of hair off his forehead. Once she had touched him she couldn't stop. She ran her fingers gently through Mark's hair. She couldn't really touch him the way she wanted to when he was awake. He was always busy putting up walls between them. But with him lying here asleep she could touch him and lavish him with affection the way she longed too. Mark awoke at her first touch but kept his eyes closed. He could enjoy her gentle touch since she thought him to be asleep. He felt her fingers in his hair gently stroking. He felt her warm lips on his forehead. Lexi had placed a kiss on his head and pulled back and lay back down. She put her hand on his arm and left it there and drifted back to sleep. Mark opened his eyes and looked at her lying there with her hand resting on his arm. Mark felt himself melting more and more everyday with her. This wasn't good. Women would use your emotions against you, better not to let your feeling become involved. He would protect Lexi and take care of her because she was his wife, but if she was expecting love she would have to forget it. He wouldn't ever let himself love another woman again. Mark turned over away from her and went back to sleep.
