Slept too much

No One’s POV

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“Where are you going?”, Zayden asked Grace when she started walking toward the room where Allison was staying after changing her clothes.

“In my room where Allison is staying.”, She replied casually.

“Why? It’s already too late. Let’s go to sleep.”

“I guess you forgot something. Your sister had asked me to sleep with her till she stays here.”, She said with an evil grin.

“As if I will let you. Come with me. You are sleeping with me.”, He ordered and started pulling her towards their bedroom.

“But…”, she tried to stop him but Allison’s voice stopped them both.

“Now, that’s not happening, brother!”, Allison said as she came toward them.

“She is sleeping with me.”, He stated.

“Let Grace decide. You have already forced her so much from wedding to what else. Now it’s her turn to make a decision. It’s up to her whom she wants to sleep.”, She teased him.

He looked at her and gave her a look that clearly meant ‘CHOOSE ME.’ Grace chuckled at his look and wondered why he was behaving like a child.

“I want to sleep with Allison.”, Grace replied with a genuine smile. He wanted to object but then of course he knew, he couldn’t win over his stubborn sister.

“Are you seriously going?”, He asked in a serious tone, as if his life depended on her decision.

“Yes.”, Saying so, both Grace and Allison left for their room. Grace turned around and closed the door but didn’t lock it.

***

After four hours

“Have you slept, Grace?”, Allison asked Grace. They had been talking for three hours, without break, lying on the bed to sleep. The lights were off and they enjoyed talking in the moonlight. They talked about everything about each other’s lives and hobbies. Finally, they mutually decided to sleep when they checked the time.

“Not yet.”, she replied. “Whay?”

“I was just wondering….”, Allison paused for a while, after starting the sentence. “...if you were given a chance to leave my brother, would you leave him?”

Grace stiffened at the sudden question and replied after a few minutes. “You know, I can’t. I am married to him.”

“And if there would not have been this MARRIAGE between you two then would you leave him?”, Allison asked hesitantly.

Grace weighed her question. ‘Will she leave him if there wasn't any restriction on her shoulder which forces her to stay? He loves her more than any other man can do, and she knows it. He understands her more than anyone. Maybe using his power or anything but, he does. He was everything that a woman would want. But the fact that he was a criminal....a murderer in the human world, was enough for her to back off. She understands that being a werewolf he needed to act like a predator or he would become the prey but why does he need to be a mafia in the human world? She didn’t want to tell her children that their father is a cold-hearted killer, who doesn’t even think twice before killing someone.

“If that’s the situation, then yes, I will not stay with him.”, she answered Allison after thinking about it. Allison sighed. She already knew Grace’s answer. But wanted to defend her brother.

“He is not that bad, you know.”, Allison stated.

“I never said that he is bad, Allison. But the way he handled things was not good starting from the time we met. Imagine yourself at my place. Can you love a man who claims to love you but threatens to stay with him? Anyway, just leave it, there is no reason to discuss this because I know that there will always be marriage between us and I can’t leave him, at least not in this life.”

“You don’t know anything about him. You don’t know why he is like this! Why is so possessive of what he wants.”, Alison stated.

“Then I want to know about him. I want to know about his past. Every time I ask him anything he just changes the topic.”

“Give him some time. Things are not as simple as they look.”

“Then perhaps, I will have to wait for a perfect time to ask him about his past.”, Grace replied.

“Now let’s sleep, otherwise he will kill me for not letting his human mate get her beauty sleep.”, Allison joked to which Grace laughed.

They shared a good night and took sleeping positions again.

***

Grace felt something on her legs. She tried to push it off, but in the next moment, she felt herself getting lifted. Immediately, she opened her eyes, ready to scream in fear, but was stopped by the person’s palm on her lips.

She then realized who he was.

“Zayden, what are you doing here?”, She whispered, not wanting to wake Allison. She realized he was holding her in his arms as if she weighed nothing.

“I can’t sleep without you.”, He said in a serious tone.

“WHAT?”, She whispered yelled.

“I missed you so much, sweetheart.”, he confessed. She glared at him but didn’t struggle as she didn't want to wake Allison. But she was amazed by the fact that he actually wasn’t asleep all that time, just to sneak and take her back to their bed. But instead of laying her on the bed, he made her sit on it.

“Zayd…”

“Listen to me and listen to me very carefully, sweetheart. I can’t share you with my sister so you better give her a better excuse to sleep with me.”, he said possessively. Grace rolled her eyes at Zayden’s unnecessarily jealousy. Before she would have realized, he opened her messy bun and let her long hair flow down till her waist. He ran his fingers in her soft hair. Grace let him play with her long hair, knowing his obsession for her hair. She looked into his eyes and found him looking at her, especially her lips. His eyes were switching from her eyes to her lips from time to time. He then leaned toward her, making her heartbeats increase.

She closed her eyes slowly. Her hormones were going crazy inside her. It was the first time she was actually waiting for his advance. And in some sense, she...liked it. It was strange but out of everything, but she loved the way he made her feel so wanted and special. Even though she couldn’t ignore the fact of who he was, but she couldn't stop the feelings that she had started to develop for him. But she knew it was pure lust and nothing more than that from her side...or was it more than mere lust? He was too damn perfect in every sense to rouse any woman and right now, she was no expectation.

He smiled a genuine smile by looking at her. He could smell her arousal and knew she wanted him. But he also knew it was due to the heat of the moment, and nothing more. He had her exactly where he wanted her under his control. He wanted to do so much more tonight but then decided to control his beast. He wanted to make love to her when she would want it by love...not by lust. But that wouldn’t stop him from claiming her lips when he had the chance. It was one of those moments, he had been waiting for so long, after all.

He scooted more close to her and saw her tighten her small hands in a fist.

‘Scared and nervous.’ He smelt and couldn’t stop himself from getting aroused. He lightly touched his lips on hers and softly kissed her. Grace felt herself in another world where the only thing she could feel was her husband’s lips on her. Strangely, she wanted more of him! Where were all these thoughts coming from? She wondered. And she softly pushed Zayden away. The moment, he felt a slight push on her chest, he stopped kissing her and looked at his chosen mate who was confused and looked guilty.

“What happened, sweetheart?”, He asked.

“Is...this right? I mean to kiss someone without loving him?”, She asked hesitantly.

“First, sweetheart. I am not not just ‘SOMEONE’. There is nothing wrong in kissing your mate..I mean husband because you have that right.”, he said to which Grace nodded like a good girl. “And second, do you really not love me?”, He asked hesitantly, already knowing the answer. She stiffened at this sudden question.

‘Do I?’, She asked herself. If someone had asked the same question on the day of her wedding then the answer would have been a straight ‘no.’. But now, she couldn’t bring herself to say ‘no.’. Neither could she say ‘YES.’. Surely, she was developing something for him but it wasn’t love. She knew it.

He had done so much for her family. Plus he kept his promise of giving her enough space. He never forced her or insulted her or abused her. He possessed her as if she was the most precious thing he ever had. And this alone brought the feeling of warmth in her heart. But when she recalled the fact of who he was, it scared her. He is in the mafia for god sake. And she couldn’t love him! But then, why was she feeling this strange pull toward him! Why?

“I….I don’t know!”, She whispered back, not getting the strength to deny her feelings. And somehow, her answer brought a small smile to his lips. He was expecting a straight denial from her side, but she says ‘NO’

“I love you so much, sweetheart.”, he said and closed the gap between them and kissed her insanely. She didn’t push him away this time. He had promised himself that he would stop immediately if she would even push him a little, but she didn’t. So, he took what he wanted.

Grace wanted to stop him but a part of her heart and mind wanted him to stop. Plus, the strength with which he held her neck and her waist were so much that she couldn’t even turn away from him; she liked everything about the kiss they shared. The way his lips perfectly molded over hers, was as if he was claiming his territory.

‘Mark her.’, Dominic kept shouting in his mind.

‘Not now.’, Zayden denied his suggestion. He felt his wolf trying to get control of his body but somehow he restrained him from doing so.

***

Throughout the night, Grace thought he would advance on doing much more, but surprisingly, he didn’t. He pulled her close to his body after many passionate kisses. They slept, just like other nights, hugging each other. But this time something was different for her. Maybe because he kissed her or she kissed him back

NEXT MORNING

Grace felt something wet on her lips. On instinct, she opened her eyes, only to witness her husband looking lovingly at her. She blushed over what he was doing and tried to push him. But he didn’t let go of her and remained to hover over her little frame.

“Zayden, what are you doing?”, She asked shyly. She could clearly see the confidence with which he openly kissed her without any hesitation.

“Waking up my wife with a morning kiss.”. He stated while shaking his wet hair gently on her face. Water drops fell on her face and she realized that he had taken a bath.

“You took a bath so early?”, She asked him, to which he chuckled.

“Early?”, He asked and showed her the time. It was 9 AM already.

“Oh my god. I slept too much.”, She cursed herself. “Let me prepare something for breakfast so that you can eat it before leaving for work.”

“Don’t worry about breakfast. I have already asked Allison to order it from the restaurant. All you can do is, prepare your special morning tea.”, he said.

“Okay then. Now let go of me.I need to get fresh before preparing tea”, She said and pushed him by touching on his naked chest again. She was amazed by the stiffness of his upper half.

“Not before…”, he was going to remind her about the morning kiss, when she surprised him by giving a perk on his lips quickly. Zayden smiled and kissed her one last night before getting up and took out his clothes which he would be wearing today. Grace too smiled like an idiot. She felt like a queen by the way he treated her.

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#TBC