Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Alice smiled and looked away.
Axel sat down beside her. He turned and looked at her. A soft smile spread across his lips.
“What?” she said, noticing his smile.
“It’s only been two weeks, but they’ve grown so much,” he said softly.
Alice looked down at her belly. He was right. She had gone from bump to watermelon in seemingly no time at all. No wonder it hurt so much when they moved. There was hardly enough room for one, let alone two.
She reached down and ran her hand gently along her belly. She smiled, thinking of the images she had seen of them. They were curled toward each other as though they were sleeping peacefully.
Alice gasped softly as she felt a sharp pull down low.
“Alice!” Axel shouted, quickly turning to her.
“I’m okay,” she whispered between gritted teeth. “I’m okay.”
Alice squeezed her hands against her belly. It helped at least a little.
Then she felt it, the strange movement beneath her fingers. She gasped.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Axel asked with concern.
Alice reached over and grabbed his hand. She pulled on him and placed it against her belly.
“Alice?”
“Wait,” she said.
The pain continued, but it didn’t surprise her anymore. She felt the deep tug and moved his hand again.
“Here!” she said as she held his hand in place.
Axel didn’t understand. He was about to ask when he felt the movement against his hand. He turned to her with wide eyes and a strange but good feeling in his chest.
“Is that…?”
Alice smiled and nodded.
“They’re moving,” she said.
Axel let out a soft chuckle as he felt his child move again.
“Oh!” Alice cried out, closing her eyes and clenching her teeth.
Axel looked up. He saw the pain on her face. He pulled his hand away.
“The doctor said that a warm bath can ease some of the pain,” he said. “Why don’t I go run it for you?”
Alice took a breath and opened her eyes. She looked up at Axel. She saw the worry and fear in his eyes.
“I thought you didn’t want me going up the stairs?” she smiled.
“I’ll carry you,” he replied immediately.
Alice felt the flush rushing to her cheeks. She turned away but nodded.
Axel was gone several minutes as he got up and ran a new bath for her. When he returned, he wasted no time and picked her up into his arms as though she weighed nothing. Alice buried her face in his shoulder so he couldn’t see the smile or the redness of her cheeks as he carried her like a princess up the stairs.
When they reached the bathroom, he sat her down and returned to the bedroom. When he was alone, he took a deep, shaky breath as the warmth spread over him. He was amazed at himself for being able to keep his feelings under control as he carried her.
As he was about to leave the room, she called to him.
“Axel,” she said. “Can you come here, please?”
Axel swallowed and took a deep breath to settle his heart.
“Is everything all right?” he asked as he stepped back into the bathroom.
His heart jumped into his throat as his eyes fell on her.
Alice sat on the tub’s edge, wearing a towel barely covering her torso. She looked back at him and smiled.
“Everything is fine,” she said. “But I’m going to need a little help getting in.”
“Of course,” he said, swallowing the sudden abundance of saliva. “I should have thought of that.”
He took a step toward her, and she stood up.
“I’m going to need help getting out, too,” she said.
Axel felt as though the air had become thicker suddenly.
“That… is also true…” he whispered.
Alice stepped toward him. Axel’s heart was racing in his chest.
“Wouldn’t it just be easier…” she said softly before her fingers reached the end of his belt and pulled it free from its clasp, “…if you joined me?”
Laying with her back against Axel’s bare chest was more natural and relaxing than the feeling of warm water falling over her in the shower. Breathing in his scent, feeling the warmth of his body and the soft thump of his heart soothed her.
Alice couldn’t help the gentle moans that slipped out as his hands moved down the length of her body, from her ribs to her hips. She turned her head on his shoulder, her nose moving into the crook of his throat. She closed her eyes, bit down on her bottom lip, and breathed him in.
His warm chocolate scent rushed through her nose, reaching out to memories of all her senses. The sound of his hungry growls and his husky laugh. His stormy eyes stared into her soul with tenderness and desire. The taste of his lips, of his body. The rough feel of his hands as they touched every part of her.
Alice moaned and nuzzled her nose against his throat.
Behind her, his body trembled as he let out a heavy breath. His hands moved back up to her shoulders, squeezing gently. The warm water fell from his fingertips in soapy streams down her arms.
“Alice…” he whispered breathily. “It’s a bit distracting when you do something like that…”
Alice smiled, keeping her eyes closed and nudging his throat with her nose.
“You don’t like it?” she whispered. Knowing her hot breath against his skin would only make it harder for him.
Axel swallowed and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath.
“I love it…” he whispered. Tilting his head and softly rubbing his jaw against her hair. “But… it makes it very hard to concentrate on my task.”
“So easily distracted,” Alice smiled. “That’s not a good thing for an Alpha….”
She opened her mouth and lightly touched his throat with her tongue. She then lifted her chin and gently bit him.
Axel clenched his jaw and drew in a sharp breath.
“Don’t let me distract you,” she whispered against his throat, pressing soft kisses to his flesh. “You should really be more focused, Alpha Axel.”
He closed his eyes and took short breaths as he tried to focus his mind. But it wasn’t easy. Getting into the bath, he knew hiding his desire for her would be impossible. They hadn’t been together in two weeks. More than that, he hadn’t even been able to hold her during that time. He was desperate to touch her, taste her, and drive her wild.
And as playful and encouraging as Alice was, he was well aware that she was also punishing him right now.
When she had invited him to join her, Axel’s desire had almost overwhelmed him. But Alice was quick to clarify that their expectations were not the same.
“Wouldn’t it just be easier…” Alice said softly before her fingers reached the end of his belt and pulled it free from its clasp, “…if you joined me?”
Axel’s body reacted faster than his mind could process the words. As she pulled on his belt, his pants had grown tighter, and his heart threatened to explode. He swallowed and struggled to control himself.
“Are you sure?” he asked, his voice low.
Alice smiled and nodded. Removing his belt completely.
He licked his lips and moved toward her. He leaned forward, intending to kiss her, but Alice leaned away before he could.
“Oh, I think you’ve misunderstood me,” she said innocently, though the smile on her face remained unchanged. “I didn’t mean that we should be intimate….”
Axel pulled back, swallowing and looking at her with concern.
“I just meant that I would need your help,” she said. “Not just getting in and out but washing my body….”
Alice took a step back and put her hands on her protruding belly.
“As they’ve grown, it’s become much more difficult for me to be able to wash everywhere in a bath.”
“Oh…” Axel said, lowering his gaze to the floor. “I’m sorry… I misunderstood.”
“It’s all right,” she said. “If you don’t think you can help me, I can just take a shower.”
“No,” Axel replied quickly. “The doctor said a bath would help with the pain; I can help.”
“Are you sure?” she said, pulling the towel from around her body and dropping it. “Can you really stay focused on what I need?”
A growl grew in his chest as his eyes fell on her naked body, swollen breasts, and the curve of her hip. The hunger inside of him had risen to the surface. His flesh was on fire with his need to touch and taste her.
But he took a deep breath. He swallowed it down and thought only of the look on her face from earlier. The pain she felt as their children grew.
Axel pulled off his shirt and nodded.
“I can.”
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