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Chapter 4

Mark was nuzzling Lexie's hair and kept whispering "Please don't go, I'm begging you don't go"
Her hand still on the doorknob, Lexie leaned on Mark and replied" I don't want to go, but you are the one who's always walking away. Every time your close to given in, you shut me out."

Mark turned her around so in that way he could face her. When they were face-to-face, Mark took the time to look at her, really look at her. She's so beautiful inside and out, generous too.
He stroked her face delicately and took his time to learn all her features again. But what appealed Mark the most was her eyes. Her beautiful deep brown eyes which can express many many things.
Now they're expressing, admiration, respect and above all faith, She has faith in him, the way she's looking at me now, no women has ever looked at me the same way she does, Mark thought.

Realizing that she's shivering and trembling from the rain, her clothes soaking wet
Mark says
" You should get out of these clothes and take a shower or you'll get pneumonia or the flu"

"and you don't want that"

"and I don't want that" he replied while giving her a small smile.

Heading towards the bathroom, Mark leads Lexie on and kept her hand in his.
After closing the door, Mark stepped in the shower and turned the water on while Lexie watched him. Being done he turned to her and they looked at each other. neither of them wanting to leave. Mark didn't want to leave her and Lexie didn't want him to leave her either. Without any words being needed said, Mark approached her and starts taking her clothes off with tender, taking them of one by one.
Taking her coat and top off, Mark started to unzip her pants and she stepped out of them. Now standing half naked with just a bra and panties on. As he was caressing her, she started to undress him too, taking her time. Both of them being in their under wear, Mark stepped first in the shower, thinking that she would join him right away, Mark turned and realized that she was still outside. So he held his hand out for her . Lexie looked at him, and thought, this is not only an invitation to take a shower together, But it's Mark' way of telling me that he's willing to open a door for me, for us , and that's a step, I think a huge step coming from him.
She smiled at him and took his hand and enter the shower with him. As soon as they were in and the water hit them and started flowing all over their bodies, Mark took her face in his hands and starts to showering her with tender kisses and as the same time massaging her hair while Lexie closed her eyes.

Mark has kissed every part of her face except her lips, While tracing the contour of her lips with his thumbs he said

" I'm far from perfect , I know that I may screw up in the end, but I'm asking you to hang on to me, don't give up on me."

Before he could say more, Lexie put her finger to his lips and spoke

"one day at a time, one step at the time, I won't give up you because I know that you're more than worth it"

She looked at him and brought his lips to hers in a slow and passionate kiss in which Mark reciprocated right away. He took of their underwear and now there was flesh against flesh. Being under the water, Mark embraced her, hugged her in his strong arms.
The water still hitting was not only washing their bodies but it was washing away all the emotions in their day, it was an emotional day for both of them and they stayed liked that until the water turned cold.

Mar stepped out of the shower took some towels to dry off with. He put one around his waist and invited Lexie out of the shower. When she came out she was going to take the white towel but Mark didn't want to give in and wanted to dry her of himself instead. He took all his time to do so.

After a few minutes, both of them were both dried. They headed out of the bathroom to join the bed. But Lexie stopped and let the towel fall on the ground and said to Mark

" I don't want any shirt to sleep in tonight I want us to sleep like this, because I want to feel you again"

Without saying words, Mark kissed her one more time, let his towel find the ground too, took her hand and joined the bed.
Her head on his bare muscular chest and his strong arms around her, they fell off to sleep together wishing that tomorrow will be an all new and better day.

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