23

And the morning came, the day when the celebration would kick off, the warm weather was a flair for the start of the day, the birds were already chirping melodiously, most of them, flying from one destination to another



The sun's bright rays illuminatig the sky, giving off it's light and warmth freely, the curtains moving in the direction in which the winds tossed it to, giving ways for the sun rays to illuminate the room.



Emily woke up from her sleep, her facial expression showed she had the best night rest she could ever think about.



She sat upright on the bed, yawning as she stretched her arms sideways and upwards, rubbing her eyes with ye back of her hands, her face was really chubby, resembling that of a baby.



She turned to her side, her mate was laying there on the bed, looking so peaceful and was as calm as a millpond.



He laid on his back, looking upwards with his fingers intertwined and resting on his belly, his smooth dark hair resting on his pillow.



Looking at him, it was as though he combed the hair in the night or maybe in his sleep, because the way in which the hair laid on the pillow was so perfect.



Her thoughts ran through many things. She saw the way he slept on the bed peacefully, no one would believe that he could be the violent type, or he could hurt someone that much.



His facial expression would change whenever he was in the battle field, his grip on his sword would become very firm, no one would be able to kick it or knock it out of his hands .



But whenever he was with his mate, his dear Emily, he would become soft, soft as silk, even softer than a baby's bottom.



His hands would suddenly become as warm as toast and comfortable, and his words, striking the bones of her feet, and giving her an inner sweet sensation.she



She thought of it, she wondered how she was able to get so intimate with Richard in just two nights in a row.



First was after she had put to birth, and at that point she thought if it, she wondered what really made her get so clingy and erotically driven to Richard.



She supposed to be weak and resting after the undue agony and pain but there she was, being so clingy and sexually insane about him.



Second was the previous night, from the way he stared at her during breakfast and then at night, she had never felt that way before, she felt something different that night, but if not for Agatha's interrupting voice, the cuddling and the smooching would have went on till the present morning.



She sat there to wonder what Richard had done to her, at some point in her life, she was indeed innocent, but now, every second she had, she always thought of touching him, or running her hands through his body or kissing him.



Staring at him while he slept, she had the urge to do the same thing again, to touch his smooth skinned body, and kiss his moist soft lips.



But she held back her hand, and she thought if her hands had ears, she would tell her hands that it wasn't the time, but all she could do was only loom over his face admiring the structure of his face.



"Good morning", his eyes shot open and his deep voice penetrated through the warm air striking terror in her heart



"Ahh!!", Emily screamed as she jumped away. She was terrified beyond limits.



She held her chest, she could feel her heart beating faster than what she imagined, holding her chest like it was about to leap out from her mouth but then she swallowed it back, if only that worked.



"Did I scare you?", Richard asked, turning his head to where she sat, his hands still intertwined and kept closer to his belly.



"What was that for? You scared the hell out of me!!", Emily replied.



It wasn't his deep voice that made her scared, the way he shot his eyes open and the initial colour of his eyes sent shivers down her spine, making her heart race swiftly, and the tension rising in her body.



Richard only found it amusing, she being scared with just his looks and his greetings, he couldn't help but chuckle lightly and then said to her, "I was only greeting"



"Not cool", she replied with a frown on her face and then pushed him away, folding her hands and placing them close to her chest.



"I thought you were asleep?", She asked again. She really thought he was asleep, the manner of silence he maintained while she loomed over his face made her feel he was still deep in his sleep



"Nope", he replied immediately.

"I could feel your breath all over my face, I knew you were staring at me", he said in his deep tone sounding very confident with a smirk on his face.



"You think I was admiring you?", Emily asked with a frown on her face. She thought of what would make Richard think she was admiring him and just rolled her eyes .



"I never said that", Richard said as he say upright on the bed, with his gaze on Emily's face.



His eyes which were dark as he opened his eyes at first, Emily looked in his eyes and found out it became normal just the way she knew it to be.



"You just said so, which means you were", Richard continued with a smirk on his face.



Emily kept a questioning look on her face. She remembered his exact words, "... I knew you were staring...".



She forgot how incredibly smart Richard really was, and now she realized he was right.



He never said she was admiring him, he only stated that she was staring at him, and now, she unknowingly admitted she was admiring him.



She looked at him, these thoughts in her head, she watched as he swung his feet down the bed and went to the stand in front of the mirror, stroking his hair and rubbing his chin.



He put on a long purple robe on his body and stood there, adjusting the collar and the little wrinkles on the robe.



This time, he knew what he was doing, he was admiring himself in front of the mirror, making fun of Emily, and giving her a little sense of embarrassment.



"Rather than sitting there with a frown on your face....?", Richard said as he turned and looked at Emily.



"Shall we go downstairs and see how the preparation is being made?", Richard continued his statement, this time, he stretched his hands towards Emily and waited for her reply.



"Fine!!!", She groaned the words, rolling her eyes and also placing her hands in his outstretched hands with her face looking to another direction.