Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“What do you want me to do, Joaquin? Do you want me to stay nasty and filthy?” I let him know that I wasn’t happy.
“No. I want you to wait. I will get you a bath ready and we will go in there together. When I carry you in there, that is.” He was definitely not going to budge on this. He was going to make me stay off of my feet like I was some kind of invalid. Ugh. Well, this did have its perks, at least a little bit.
“Fine. I will only let you carry me in there and get the bath ready, if you promise to take a bath with me.” I batted my eyes at him playfully.
“HA HA HA!” He laughed at me. “Deal. But I was planning on doing that anyway.” He smirked and left the room. Damn him. I didn’t actually win anything from him.
I guess this was my life now. This was the future that I had to look forward to for the time being. I knew that Joaquin was going to be very strict about this. And yes, technically I could force him to stop arguing with me by giving him commands and all that, but I hated doing that. Especially to him. He was my mate, my husband. We can’t have a proper relationship if I give him those kinds of commands. Then he wouldn’t be acting under his own free will but under my will. I didn’t want that from him or anyone. That was why I tried not to give those types of orders unless I absolutely had to.
Still, this was going to get a little boring. I remember how bored I was when I was pregnant with Reagan and Rika and I was stuck in bed all the time. I had already known that it was going to happen this time too, but I didn’t think it would be so soon after I woke up. I thought that I would be able to use my legs at least a little bit.
This really was inconvenient and bothersome. I knew why it had to be like this. I really did. But that didn’t mean that I was happy about it. I didn’t like my new normal. At least the normal for the time being. And it made me want the time to pass quickly so I could give birth and walk again.
Yeah, Joaquin might have said that I couldn’t walk until Griffin told me that I could. And I could hold out hope that he would tell me that I could walk around right now. But I wasn’t stupid. I mean, this was Griffin that we were talking about. He always went overboard when I was concerned. He would wrap me in a bubble until I delivered if he could. I mean I was the Luna, the Queen, the Goddess, all of it. I had to be 鈥榩rotected’. Or that is what he and all of the others would tell me. It was best if I just resigned myself to my fate now.
As I wallowed in the pity of my fate, I heard Joaquin come back into the room. He was ready to take me to my bath. And the moment that I saw him, I was no longer upset. Why wasn’t I upset anymore? Well, that was because he was naked.
Joaquin had literally stripped everything off while he was in the bathroom. When he came out to get me, he was the picture of perfection. Well, there was one thing missing. He wasn’t erect. Probably because this wasn’t a sexual situation. Well, not for him at least. For me, my juices were already flowing. And judging by the look on his face, he could already tell.
“Cool your jets, nympho. This is just going to be a bath and nothing else.”
“Uh huh. I know. Just a bath. Like that one we had when I got home from the hospital when I was pregnant with the twins. That was just a bath. And it didn’t require a lot of exertion either. I want a bath like that again.” I could remember that day very easily. It was fun after all. And it was important to me.
“I don’t think we should, Riviana. I think that we need to just wait until the babies are born. Once you are healed from that, we can do whatever you want.”
“Hmmm.” I think we would be seeing who got what they wanted here. Whether it was going to be him and his innocent bath, or me and my adult bath.
“Stop fantasizing. I need to take your clothes off of you.”
“Oh, yes please, Joaquin. Take them off of me.” I smirked at him while the heat intensified in my eyes. I knew that he could feel that look. I could tell by the embarrassed grin on his face. I was going to make him give in. He was going to give me what I wanted. I mean, Griffin hadn’t said that this was off of the table. And I was going to take advantage of that.
I let Joaquin do what he needed to do. He slowly stripped away the thin white nightgown that I was wearing. He did it so gently and slowly that I thought he was trying to take care of something made out of porcelain or glass. He was treating me like I was fragile. I didn’t like being treated like that, but I loved the way it felt when his hands slowly brushed across my arms, my shoulders and my belly. He was so sweet, so tender, so loving. I wanted more of it.
After my gown was gone, Joaquin lifted me and took me over to the bed. He gently laid me back so that he could pull my panties down past my hips and off of my legs. I wanted him to take me. As nasty as I felt at the moment, I would have taken him over the bath in a heartbeat. He was too irresistible.
“Come on, my sex addicted wife. Let’s go take our bath now.” That was when he lifted me into his arms again.
A moment ago, I had been mostly naked but there was that small amount of fabric separating us. Now though, there was nothing between Joaquin and me. It was just his body and mine. We were fully skin to skin. Just him and me and nothing else. That feeling right there, that was the most perfect thing that there was in the entire world.
And this was the moment that I knew I was going to make him give in to me. This was not a silly little want or desire anymore. This was what I needed more than anything right now. And I would make sure that Joaquin knew that and understood it. He had to be wanting it too. I mean, it had been a very long time since we were last together in that way. I knew that he wanted it. Probably even more than I did.
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Riviana
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I just snuggled against Joaquin while he carried me into the bathroom. I could feel his warmth as he held me, and it was making my body feel even more hot than it had already been. I was so happy to be home with my mate. There was nothing like being with him. I loved him more than anything in the entire world. OK, maybe I didn’t love him more than my kids. But they were the only exception.
And knowing how much we loved each other, I was quite looking forward to this bath of ours. The moment that Joaquin walked into the bathroom with me in his arms, I could smell the bath water. It was filled with soap and oils. He was trying to help me relax as well as get cleaned up. And of course, with him not letting me stand, the bath was my only option.
I was looking forward to soaking, everything else aside. I wanted to wash away the presumed filth of the underworld. I don’t care if it was a filth on my soul and not my body. I was bound and determined to treat it like it was something that a good bath could take care of. There was nothing that was going to stop me from being able to get myself clean. And to get a little tender loving care from my husband. Both were completely essential for me.
“Come on, you little nymphomaniac.” Joaquin laughed as he stepped into the tub with me in his arms. “Let’s get you cleaned up.” I loved the way he was thinking about me at all times. He may be calling me a nympho, but that doesn’t mean that he didn’t love me, or that he was wrong.
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“Yes, Sir!” I pretended to salute him as he lowered himself into water. He didn’t put me down or sit apart from me in any way. Instead, like he always did, he put me on his lap and held me against his chest while we soaked in the water.
“Is this any better than it was before?” His smooth and soft voice seemed to be rumbling through his chest and into me. I loved when we were close enough for this to happen. To feel him speaking as he held me, that was one of the most intimate things that I could possibly imagine.
“Hmm.” I sighed happily when I heard and felt his words. “Yes, it is much better. I haven’t felt this comfortable and relaxed since I got back. Though, I think part of that is because you are here with me too. You know how happy and calm you make me.” I was giving him a compliment, but for some reason he started to laugh.
I didn’t mind him laughing all that much. I mean, that meant that I got to hear and feel it like I did his voice. It was nice, sexy and exciting.
“Calm? Is that what you consider yourself right now?” He chuckled the words out for me to feel them vibrate through me. “Baby, nothing about you is calm right now. I swear, your sex drive has been switched out for a hyper drive.”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.” I laughed right back at him. “I would have thought that you would have been happy to have a wife that would want you so much.” I arched a brow and gave him a very skeptical look.
“Under normal circumstances, I would. But you’re pregnant. Very pregnant. Many times over. I know what you want, baby, I really do. But that doesn’t mean that you can have it right now.” He was still trying to deny me. Seriously!? OK, I would just have to wear him down, that was all.
“I can have it. There is nothing at all stopping us from having that right now. Aside from you telling me 鈥榥o’, that is. Come on, Joaquin, you know you want it. That is, unless you’re not attracted to me anymore.” I knew that he was still attracted to me, that wasn’t even a fear of mine but I batted my eyelashes at him and pouted a little bit just the same. Sometimes, we women just want to hear how into us our men really are. And that was all this was about. I wanted Joaquin to admit that he still wanted me. Then, from there, we could get him to give in to me.
“You know I want you, Riviana. There is nothing on this fucking planet that would ever make me stop wanting you. I want you now. I will want you in a year. I will want you in ten years. And I will even want you a thousand years from now. There will never be a time that you aren’t the only thing that my heart and body desires.”
