Chapter 3 (2 946 wds)
A/N: Once again, thank-you for your words of encouragement! This is the lemony-iest chapter so far, so I hope you enjoy!
I'm thinking that this story will probably go to Chapter 5 right now, but I can be encouraged to take it further (beyond the wedding night) if you inspire me with a little review. Come on!
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Bella's affirmative groan was the only invitation I needed to sweep her up into my arms and walk with her, cradled against my chest so tenderly, towards the house. Standing up and out of the water I couldn't help a long glance up and down Bella's naked body. My eyes feasted on the sight of her elegant shoulders, the soft swells of her breasts, the slight dip of her abdomen, and the soft mound of curls between her legs before glancing down, down, down at her long, sleek legs. Now that she was out of the water my senses were further assaulted by the primal, alluring scent of her arousal, no longer diluted by the salt water.
I looked up at Bella immediately, expecting a stern reaction to me ogling her naked body like that. Instead, I saw an anticipatory blush as her hands firmly planted themselves on my chest, her nails scraping down my torso. My only possible reaction was to walk towards the house even quicker.
Right outside the French doors to the white, gossamer bedroom I realize that all the lights are on in the house, full voltage. That won't do! It's hardly the romantic atmosphere my Bella deserves. "Bella, close your eyes for just one moment", I say, watching her squeeze her eyes together and exhale a breathy "If you say so. This better be worth it!"
"I will most certainly make this worth your while, Mrs. Cullen" I reply, sending the slightest quiver through her sensual body as I dash into the house. Before a full minute has past, I've plunged the house into darkness then brought the light back up slightly with exactly 68 vanilla-scented pillar candles methodically scattered around the bedroom. I follow the scent of vanilla, wax and creosote as it wafted out the bedroom doors and towards Bella.
Nestling myself behind my wife and wrapping my arms around her waist, I whispered "All ready for you now, Bella. Please open your eyes." I knew she would appreciate what I had done to ready the bedroom, but I didn't expect Bella's breath to catch in her throat and a warm tear to ease down her soft cheek. The soft glow of the candles was alluring, and the warm wind had picked up enough outside that it was gently pulling the sheer draperies out the door like billowing sails on the beach.
Bella turned to face me but stayed in my arms, looking up into my eyes with gratitude and adoration. This wonderful woman; how could I possibly deserve her? "You've gone and made this perfect, Edward. Thank-you so much" she said, barely above a whisper.
"No, my love", I replied with equal adoration. "The only thing perfect about tonight is that you're here with me." I paused quickly before adding one last time, "Promise me again, please, that you'll let me know if I'm hurting you at all?"
"I promise you that, and everything I have to give. Forever."
With that I swept Bella up into my arms again and joined our lips in a deeply passionate kiss. I could feel the scorching breath of her mouth searing down my throat, the fire of her bottom lip lightly sweeping the tip of my tongue, and her delicious hands securing themselves in the hair at my neck. Once again I found my hormonal desire rising to the surface of every pore of my body, and almost every corner of my mind sharply focused on giving my dear wife the honeymoon she properly deserved.
With my mind still very much focused on Bella's scorching hands at the nape of my neck, and her hot breath sending flames of sexual desire, a small corner of my mind focused on the departing thoughts I heard in my family's mind as Bella and I drove off following the wedding.
Trust yourself, Edward. You know I'd tell you if you were going to go all vampy on Bella. She's my best friend, after all. Yes, Alice. I was eternally grateful for your visions on days like this. I just hope she wasn't watching too closely now.
Don't screw it up, Edward. I'm not ready to move just yet. Typical Rose.
We trust in you, son. You have proven your strength and love to Bella time and time again. Do not let your faith waiver now. I would never know what I did to deserve such faith from my father. We love you, Edward. And, we love Bella. You have no idea how happy we are for you now. My mother's thoughts added her own loving perspective.
Edward's gonna get some! Edward's gonna get some! Maybe now you'll get that hundred-year-old stick outta your ass, bro. Thanks, Emmett. I know you mean well.
Edward – this is an exercise of mind-over-matter. You can quell the vampiric urges and let your human urges – those of a loving, … er… excited husband – take over. You love Bella. I've never sense you truly lose control when with her. You can do this. Equally important, can I make a suggestion?
I raised my eyebrow in Jasper's direction, with as much subtlety as was possible in the presence of my family. Do I really have a choice? Obviously not, as Jasper continued on.
When it comes to lovemaking, I've found that it's best to focus on her pleasure first.
Please, let me die of humiliation now!
In humans, the female is much quicker to recover than the male after orgasm. For our type, recovery is almost instantaneous so that isn't the main concern.
I looked down at my feet, hoping that I could mentally will myself to seep beneath the ground's surface, away from this humiliation. No such luck. I only hoped that Jasper didn't notice just how closely I was paying attention to his advice.
In your case, I know you'll be pre-occupied with not losing control, as you're certain you will. But, you won't. You and I both know that Alice has seen that you won't.
I arched my eyebrow at Jasper again, hoping to get across that I was open to suggestions. He seemed to get it.
My suggestion would be that you focus on Bella's pleasure first. Make sure the edge is taken off for her first, you know what I mean?, before you attempt penetration. If you try to charge forth with your own needs right off the bat, you'll both be so keyed up that you would risk hurting her. If you see that she releases first, you'll have more control over your own vampiric urges.
One more thing…
Not done yet?
… You may want to have her on top the first time. I liked where this is going! If you can allow her to have more physical control and go at her speed, you can focus your attention on channeling your excesses. Find an inanimate object to grab on to or bite. A pillow. The bedstead. Keep your arms away from Bella and let her set the pace.
I shot a grateful smile at Jasper and joined my glowing wife in the car. The whole exchange had taken seconds, less time than she would ever notice.
Coming back to the present, I gently laid my wife down on the bed lightly like the most precious parcel in the world. Her hair was splayed across the pillows, little droplets of seawater turning the fabric translucent. The curves of her breast, her abdomen, her hips were accentuated by the excited rise and fall of her chest. Her legs were bent slightly to the side, allowing her scent to waft gently through the air, assaulting my senses and making me even more aroused.
"You are an absolute vision, Bella. All the love songs ever written could not do justice to the beauty you are tonight. I am more fortunate than I every imagined before this moment."
This time, though, she didn't blush. Her nipples tightened slightly in anticipation and a short wave of arousal rippled through her body, visibly making its way from head to toe. She let her gaze wander over my body quite thoroughly. "It turns out that I'm pretty fortunate myself" she said cheekily, eyeing my throbbing erection. I was then made even more aware that I was standing while I should be laying beside my wife. "Come lie by me, Edward."
My little temptress patted the bed beside her and I was nestled up beside her body before she could blink. As much as I wanted to cover her with my body, head to toe, and plunge deep into her depths, I was reminded of Jasper's words. "My suggestion would be that you focus on Bella's pleasure first. Make sure the edge is taken off for her first…"
I cleared my throat, a gesture that was unnecessary from a physiological perspective but very necessary to calm my nerves. "Bella," I started. "Nothing would please me more than to explore your body and show you all the ways that I can bring you pleasure."
Clearly, I meant this as a way to warm Bella of what was to come and to ask a subtle permission. Of course, no permission was necessary as her mouth gently fell open with surprise and her body went limp with arousal on the bed. I took that opportunity to cover my mouth with hers and gently let my chest and shoulders brush against hers as I pulled myself to her for a kiss.
Allowing myself to kiss my beautiful wife completely naked was like nothing I had ever imagined. I could better feel every sweet breath, every time her skin shimmered in anticipation, and every other subtle reaction to my adoring touches. I knew what I was doing, pulling her closer to my chest and allowing my hips to angle more towards hers with every kiss, was bringing her closer and closer to the state of arousal I was wanting. I let my hand gently cup the side of her neck as I peppered her cheek and ear with like, adoring kisses. I let my nose fill all my senses with the pure essence of Bella, ripe and aroused.
Once she started panting with true abandon, I let my lips leave her lips and face and travel their way down the front of her neck to her collar bone. I started at one shoulder and peppered her skin with light, dusting kisses all the way to the opposite shoulder. It was at that point that I felt her eager, erect nipple scraping against my chest. "Exquisite!!" I heard myself gasp without realizing it, before I sat back slightly to admire the sight beneath my body.
Bella looked back up at me with hooded eyes, spread out on the bed with a tempting body that just begged for more attention. As if the invitation of her body wasn't enough, she gasped out "Please, Edward!" with about as much premeditation as my earlier exclamation had. It seemed that we were both running on auto-pilot tonight, letting our desires take control for the first time.
With no further pause, I lowered my lips to her chest and trailed light kisses on the top of each breast. So perfect! So sweet! I knew that I was doing something right, as Bella had her eyes tightly closed with her head thrown back. "Breathe, Bella" I had to remind her, causing her head to snap back and her eyes to dart back to me with a pleading stare. I gently cupped the side of her closest breast with my hand as I reached over her chest and allowed my tongue to slowly and gently circle her areola. Again, her head snapped back and a lustful moan escaped her lips. I was powerless to her desires as I continued to lavish attention on both her breasts with Bella's moans providing me encouragement to never end this adoration.
"Edward… it's too… much… I don't… know…. I….." Bella's breathy pleading filled my mind as I continued my adoration of her beautiful breasts.
"Tell me what you need, Bella. Anything you want is yours", I managed to explain through long licks and cool breaths against her nipples.
I don't think Bella's mind knew what she wanted, but her body sure did as I noticed her legs twisting and rubbing together lower down on the bed. Bella had once mentioned to me that she hadn't much success with self-stimulation, so I rationed that she had not often achieved orgasm on her own. Did she know now that what her body craved was that most perfect of climaxes? I would have to show her.
At that revelation, I lifted my mouth from Bella's chest and back to her mouth for a long, lingering kiss. As I let the tip of my tongue gently trace the contour of her bottom lip, I allowed my hand to trace its way down Bella's naked waist and towards her thigh for the first time. My lovely wife's breath hitched in her throat as I allowed my fingers to linger on the top of her thigh for just a moment before we made eye contact and I saw an eager, yet slight, nod in her eyes.
My mouth crashed back into hers with an eagerness that surprised even me, as my hand gently slid down her front to gently cup the soft mound between her legs. Closer than every to Bella's most sacred place, I could feel heat radiating from her body in the most delicious, tempting way every. Almost like molten lava, I could feel just the air coating my hand, making it ache for her. With another nod of permission from her eager eyes, I allowed my index finger to slip between her silken lips and into the folds of her arousal.
Almost immediately I was met with the swollen nub of her clitoris. Exerting the gentlest caress I felt Bella respond immediately with a uncontrolled buck against my hand. Again, I felt her nipples scrape against my chest and saw her face lower into the crook of my neck. Her face only buried itself deeper in my neck as I slowly, oh-so-very-slowly, circled her most sensitive nub with adoring strokes. Her groaning in my neck sent vibrations through my body, urging me on and reassuring me that I could bring this most perfect of pleasures to my wife tonight.
I played Bella's beautiful body like the most perfectly-tuned piano, reacting to her every groan and squirm with a responsive touch. As my hand made the lower-half of her body sing with the most beautiful music of erotic urgings, my mouth lavished her breasts, shoulders, neck, cheeks, eyes and mouth (oh yes, mouth!) with the most adoring kisses. The more aroused she became, the more unintelligible her sounds became. The more that happened, the more my erection strained into our marital nest.
I suddenly noticed that several things had changed. My Bella's body started to tense more than in had for the last half hour, and her back would arch off the bed in uncontrollable stretches. I was less aware of my painful erection and more aware of the proximity of her orgasm. At the same time, Bella's pants became less primal and more verbal. With an urgency I've never heard in her voice before, she half-screamed, half-moaned her pleads with me. "Edward… it's too much… I think… I don't know what you're doing to me…"
"Let yourself just feel, my love", I whispered into her ear, allowing two fingers to enter her most intimate spot and curl towards the ceiling in a movement I had seen many times in the minds of passing men. Her pelvis arched towards my hand again as I continued gentle strokes within her depth and rubbed her sensitive nub with the heel of my hand. "That's it, Bella. Let me show you everything I've wanted to for the last two years. Let me love your body the way you've deserved to be loved."
With that last adoration whispered in her ear, Bella came undone. I felt her walls clench possessively around my fingers while her nails scraped their way down my back. Her body shuttered beneath me as her throat moaned out the most satisfying sound. I let myself lean back enough to watch every inch of her body as it convulsed in what must have been the most intense orgasm of her life. As she rode the last waves of this pleasure, I nestled my face in her neck and whispered adoring encouragements into her hair.
Eventually she rode her orgasm out and collapsed back into the bed. I instantaneously collected her into my arms and inhaled every last breath of her scent drifting heavily through the room. She melted into my arms with a very, very satisfying sigh. After several minutes, and once her breath had come back closer to normal, she stretched up and looked at me with adoring eyes. Unfortunately, this new position caused her to brush up anew against my raging erection. As much as I wanted to bask in this moment, I knew that I wouldn't' be able to hold out much longer without my own release. I had satisfied Jasper's advice, but now I knew what I needed.
Bella's attention seemed to be in the same place as mine as she gave me the most seductive, wicked smile, glancing meaningfully down at my throbbing member and back to my face. "Now, that just won't do", she said with a wide, mischievous smirk on her face. "Why don't we see what we can do about you now, Mr. Cullen."
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