CHAPTER 78: OFFICIALLY YOURS 
                    My gut feeling told me that Penelope would be facing Nicole the moment she read the content of the paper I left at the kitchen, and I was right. This was the sole reason why I intentionally waited for her outside my room, just in case things between them gets rough, I am just a few steps away from them and could stop Nicole if she plans on attacking Penelope. 
I didn’t expect Penelope to be this feisty once triggered. Although I knew how strong-willed she was, it didn’t occur to me that she would be such a fearsome and ferocious tigress in the face of her adversities. Hearing her made me extremely proud of her, because I loved a woman who could man up for herself and fight her own battles. 
But what I heard at the latter part of her tirade didn’t simply make me admire her, it literally invoked a deep feeling inside of me that triggered my carnal hormones to actively formulate and became appetitive of her. Her words immensely turned me on as I could feel my body instantly burnin with sensual desires for her. Every part of me, especially the one in between my thighs, were all aching for her this very moment. 
The intensity of what she unintentionally placed me at was extremely unbearable that made me act irrationally and wild the moment she was a few inches away from me. I wasn’t thinking clearly when I forcefully snatched her and brought her inside my room. My movements were based on the scorching heat my body was now feeling towards her, which defied our current situation and neglected the condition of our relationship. 
All the anticipation and eagerness in me blended with the kiss I was now administering to her lips. I was kissing her first with urgency as excitement overpowered my self-control, but after a while and when I felt her unrestricting, it gradually mellowed down and I took all the time I could muster to taste her sweetness. It was as if I was making love with her lips, slow and passionate yet every stroke was gratifyingly heavenly and divinely satisfying.
“You don’t know how turned on you made me by claiming me yours, Baby. I wished to tear all your clothes off and make you feel how solely I am yours.” 
She didn’t say a word at my confession, but she didn’t retaliate either when I recaptured her lips, more ardently this time and intensely seeking. I didn’t wish to force myself on her, even though I am dying to take her tonight and even if I craved and desired to be inside her. The minute she objects, then I will automatically stop my pursuit. 
I tested the water first by gently placing a hand on one of her mounds and gradually kneading it, as my lips left hers and traveled down to the smoothness of her neck. A deep and longing moan escaped her lips, as she arched her body towards me, which was enough to conclude my slight hesitation. My hand immediately put pressure on her firm and perfectly rounded breast, which she rewarded with another ear-pleasing moan. 
“Lewis…” 
All the self-control I was struggling hard to hold within me snapped at the sound of her. That single mention of my name was like music to my ears, which invigorate me to continue what I commenced and elevated my desire of having her. 
“Baby… I desire to be inside you, to feel your warmth, to taste your sweetness. My need to take you was extremely strong. It's driving me crazy that I couldn’t stop exploring more of you.” 
I didn’t hear any response from her, only her gasps and moans were the ones that escaped from her lips. I continued what I was doing to entice her sexual carvings until she fully gave in to me without doubts and reservations. I desire to take her with her permission and I want her to say it to me loud and clear. 
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Every touch his lips landed leaves feverish marks on my skin, which heightened my desire of wanting more of him. I could no longer think clearly as he continues to pleasure my body patiently as if he owns all the time in the world. I was waiting for him to rip my clothes off, as he mentioned a while ago, but it was as if he was waiting on something that leaves my body desperately aching for him. 
I couldn’t deny the truth that I want him as much as he does. From the minute I felt his kisses again, there was no denying that my body craves to be filled by him as my heart yearns to be reunited with him as well. 
There’s no more reason for me to harden my heart to him nor to lengthen the gap between us, because he proved to me his worth and how much he was willing to amend with me. He exposed Nicole and cleared his name all because of his desire to win me back, and that alone was enough for me to forgive him, regardless if they did it twice. 
God knows I love him and what he swiftly did to discover the truth only shows how much he loves me too. It was rare to have a second chance in love, only a few were given that opportunity, so who am I to decline that second chance that was patiently knocking at my doorstep if the one I would be risking with was the man I dearly love? 
“Ahh Lewis…” 
“I love you so much, Penelope, but I will never do it to you without your permission.” 
I disregarded every thought and focused merely on the pleasure he unselfishly grants to my body. The moans that were escaping from my lips grew louder and deeper as his kisses trailed down towards my cleavage and his hands busily kneaded both my mounds. 
“Mark me as officially yours, Baby.”