Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 230
Victor reaches out a hand, snatching me as soon as I come in within his reach and dragging me through the water to him. I laugh as he pulls me against him, delighted at the feeling of being weightless, of being drawn close to him so effortlessly.
Victor tucks a hand behind my back, pulling me against him so that our chests are flush against each other. I wrap my legs around his waist, looping my arms around his neck as he holds me close, his mouth going immediately to my neck and pressing kisses there.
I exhale a long sigh, relishing the feeling of my body against his, of the peace that this pool brought me almost the instant we got here. But still, as my mate’s kisses grow more fervent, traveling up my neck, I push back against him just a little.
st.
neck. Slowly, he uses the length of his tongue to trace the line of my throat, dr
in days – can we just take a minute? To clean up?”
h you.”
tongue slips inside, pressing urgently against mine, letting me know precisely how much he does not care how dirty we are.
.
m me into the deeper water, almost as if he has to so he won’t grab me again. “Not precisely an Alpha trait.”
Oh well,” I say, my face all innocence. “Loo
rough my hair, shaking my head to get out all of the dirt and sweat that I know has been accumulating there for days.
of shampoo right now. But, I’ll make do.
that – as I suspected – it’s clear, fresh sand like that you’d find at a beach.
s that?” Victor asks, frowning cu
smiling at him. “Come here.”
l over me and scrape my skin off with it.”
, chasing him into the deeper water. “Come on!” I s
again.
ck, and then I’ll let you go. Fair?”
d shoulders. As I work, Victor slowly maneuvers us to the far side of the pool, closer to the waterfall where there are more rocks for us to sit on. I smile as I start to feel the waterfall’s spray in the air, as he finds a place to settle where we’re both comfortable.
asks as I finish up my work, using the sand to rub the dirt and sweat off his skin, massaging his shoulders as I go.
good looking, you know,” I continue, an unrelated statement that makes him laugh a little and turn to me, curious.
s I can see above the water.
little, anticipating a joke.
em to be ugly.” I look him up and down then, assessing. “You’ll do, though,” I say, working hard to hide my smirk.
is that a lie!”
me –“
now, everyone!”
e murmurs then, still laughing, close enough t
stness he so rarely presents to the world. “You…are incredible.”
tremble, then, and he shakes his head at me, a little confused, not wanting me to
t…I love you so incredibly much. And I’m so grateful that we found each other. And I never want to let you go.”
s, his armed wrappe
lishing the calm feeling of simply holding me in his arms.
fraid. Instead, this time, I know Victor is there with me, fully conscious.
ith my eyes or with my mind. But all around us in the darkness of the night, of the secret place behind the falls, I see an endless breadth of stars. And I know Victo
in the dark, finding it. I place my hands on either side of that face, cupping it between my palms, staring at him, filling my soul with the sight of him. I accept him, in that moment, for the perfect complement he is to ev
suddenly, it’s done. My strength doesn’t come rushing back t
that the journey is complete.
ut a little laugh, looking around us in wonder.
gain in that pool in the forest, in our secret cove behind the waterfall. “I think we did it –“
ace. “You – you saved me –“
re before him. “Because I am marrying you the minute we get home.”
ittle bit.”
snarl slices through