All You Need Is Love (21 page)
“I love you, Julia,” he told her with heartfelt emotion, and then gave her the longest, sweetest, most soul-stealing kiss she had ever imagined.
She was breathless when he finally lifted his head, and clasped his cheeks between her palms.
“And I love you, Nathan,” she murmured, her knees going weak when she saw the way he was looking at her. “So much that I can hardly find a way to tell you.”
He captured one of her hands in his, bringing it to his lips. “Come here. There’s something I want to show you.”
Julia rolled her eyes as he led her into the spacious, elegantly appointed living room. “Baby, I’ve heard that line before. Couldn’t you think of something more original?”
Nathan snickered. “I’ll show you
that
in just a few minutes. What I really wanted to show you is this.”
He picked up a flat, beautifully wrapped package that was the size and shape of a large book. “This is for you, baby.”
Julia was puzzled as she took the package. “You’ve already given me a wedding gift. Several of them, in fact.”
He grinned. “Ah, but not like this one. And relax, it didn’t cost a cent. In fact, the wrapping paper is probably worth more than the contents.”
Intrigued now, she carefully removed the shiny, striped paper and then gasped in surprise as she gazed at the book. “
The Most Beloved Fairytales of All Time
,” she read. “Nathan – what - ”
“Do you remember that night at The Plaza – in the Champagne Bar?” he asked. “I told you then that you were as beautiful as a fairytale princess that I remembered from an old childhood book.”
Tears formed in her eyes as she traced over the gorgeous cover art. “Is this the book?” she whispered.
“Yes. I mentioned it to my mother recently, and she found it buried away in the attic. And, here.” He flipped the book open to about the midway point, then pointed to the illustration of the princess. She had huge violet eyes, long, curly light brown hair, and the loveliest face Julia had ever seen.
“Except for the eye color, she reminds me of you, baby,” he murmured. “My mother thinks maybe I feel in love with this image when I was just a little boy, and that when I saw you for the first time it was like all my dreams coming true. And you are a dream, Julia. My beautiful, wonderful wife. My very own princess bride.”
She set the book down on a table and flung herself into his arms. “And you’re my Prince Charming, the man of
my
dreams. I love the book, Nathan. And I love
you
for being so thoughtful to find it for me. I’ll always cherish it and look forward to when I can read it to our children.”
He kissed her again, an achingly sweet, tender gesture. “It’s a deal. Now, how does champagne sound? Perrier-Jouet, of course.”
Julia shook her head. “Maybe later. Along with that chocolate you promised me. I’d rather indulge in other, ah, pleasures first.”
Nathan grinned. “Is that right? Well, I’m not about to refuse you anything on our wedding night, baby. So tell me – what’s your pleasure?”
She wrapped her arms about his waist. “You. For hours and hours. Over and over.”
His light blue eyes were glittering dangerously. “What a coincidence. That’s exactly what I was going to say.”
They undressed each other slowly, Nathan taking extra care with Julia’s exquisite wedding gown. And when she stepped out of the froth of ivory tulle and lace, turning to face him in her provocative bridal lingerie, he hissed sharply.
“If I’d had even the slightest idea of what you were wearing under that dress,” he uttered hoarsely, “there’s no way I would have stopped when we reached the end of the aisle. In fact, I’d have skipped the whole damn reception and got an early start on the honeymoon. Jesus, just look at you, baby.”
She stood in the center of the master bedroom suite clad in a strapless, low-backed corset of ivory silk and lace. A pair of ivory silk panties with a double row of ruffles along the back looked both innocent and tempting at the same time. Sheer, silky ivory stockings were fastened to the garters of the corset, and the ivory stiletto sandals made her legs look endlessly long.
Nathan’s hands were trembling as they encircled her small waist, his lips moving down the side of her throat as he breathed in the scent of her perfume. “Gorgeous,” he whispered. “So fucking gorgeous. And all mine, every day and night, for the rest of our lives.”
“Yes,” she breathed, clutching his head closer as his lips caressed the high upper curves of her breasts.
He unfastened the hooks of the corset before unclasping the garters. Julia groaned as his hands took possession of her bare breasts, his thumbs rasping over the tips. Nathan had stripped to just his snug fitting black briefs, and now they both gasped as the hard points of her nipples brushed against his chest.
“Hurry,” she urged as he half-carried, half-pushed her onto the bed. The duvet had been carefully turned down, a bedside lamp left lit by the butler prior to their arrival.
Nathan cursed softly as her small hand stroked over his throbbing cock before delving inside the waistband of his briefs. “Christ, Julia, don’t. I want – shit – to take this – oh, man – slow.”
“Next time,” she panted, helping him tear off the cotton briefs. “We’ve got all night. I’m too horny to wait. Please.”
He yanked the ruffled panties down over her hips and past her shoes, but as she tried to ease the stilettos off he clamped a hand over her ankle. Julia had to stifle a cry of alarm when she saw the ferocious gleam in his eyes.
“Uh, uh. Leave the shoes on,” he instructed. “This first time – I want it to be like the very first time in New York. “
She nodded, her mouth falling open as her breathing grew labored. “Yes. God, yes. Just like that.”
Nathan drew her legs up and over his shoulders until her ankles locked behind his neck. His fingers briefly teased the wet, hot flesh between her legs, gauging her readiness.
“All hot and juicy,” he murmured wickedly. “Exactly how I like it.”
“Ohh, God. Don’t make me wait any longer,” she begged. “I want you inside me. Now.”
He couldn’t help the chuckle that escaped his lips as he positioned the tip of his fully erect cock at the welcoming opening of her body. “Your wish is my command, princess.”
He thrust inside of her in one long, smooth stroke, and Julia’s back arched off the bed in ecstasy as he filled her completely,
“So good,” she gasped as he stroked his cock in and out of her tight, clenching pussy with long, slow movements. “Ah, God, Nathan. You make me feel – so much – so – ohhh.”
The orgasm came over her suddenly, without its usual slow, delicious build-up. As her body continued to convulse around his cock, that was all it took for Nathan to emit a long, low groan and begin to piston his hips frantically until he, too, found release.
They lay slumped together on the huge bed, arms and legs sprawled out limply, her face tucked against his damp neck. She pressed a kiss to his cheek, her fingers tenderly combing the sweat-soaked strands of hair off his face.
“Married sex is way, way better than single sex,” she told him teasingly. “But of course that’s just first impressions talking. I think I’ll need quite a bit more experience before I can say for sure.”
Laughter rumbled up from his chest as he squeezed the firm cheeks of her ass. “I’ll give you as much experience as you want, Mrs. Atwood. And now that I’ve managed to check another item off that so-called sexual bucket list, we can maybe take it a little slower next time, hmm?”
Julia gazed up at him curiously. “And what item would that have been?”
Nathan gave her a slow, sweet kiss before replying with a smile. “Making love to my wife on our wedding night, of course. Didn’t you know that was number one on the list?”
The End
Dear Readers,
I hope you enjoyed the continuation of Julia and Nathan’s story from
Serendipity
as well as the opportunity to visit with Tessa and Ian from
Splendor
. Next up will be Angela’s story, titled
Shattered
, and in it you will finally get to meet this mystery man who has had such an impact on her life. And after that will be the much anticipated story about Lauren and Ben, entitled
Spectacular
.
Thanks to all of the readers, bloggers, reviewers, and fans who have supported the books and sent me your comments. If you enjoyed the books, please pass on the word to your friends, fellow readers, and bloggers. Word of mouth is the best publicity!
Please continue to stay in touch with me at Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads. I’ll be posting some additional scenes from
Splendor
on Goodreads shortly as a free read, and am debating the idea of re-releasing
Splendor
as a three-part story (all three releasing at once) that would explore more of Tessa and Ian’s story before they got together, and then continued on after the end of
Splendor
.
My best,
Janet Nissenson