“Gehring…please…I need you.”
Mantis ran his hands up her legs to her waist, and stood. He walked her backwards to the bed and she fell into it.
“Hands above your head. Don’t move,” he warned her.
“Wait.”
Mantis turned around and looked into her eyes.
“Nothing between us, Gehring.”
He nodded, undressed, and knelt on the bed. “Open for me, Manon.” He moved forward so his hardness rested against her.
She let her eyes drift closed, wanting to just feel.
“Look at me.”
She opened her eyes and looked into his.
“I love you, Manon. I’ve never loved anyone other than you.”
“I love you, Gehring. I’ve never loved anyone other than you.”
“I want everything with you. Not just to spend my life following wherever you lead…”
Alegria smiled.
“I want you to be my wife, the mother of my children, and the person whose eyes I look into when I wake up in the morning and right before I go to sleep at night. Tell me you want the same thing.”
“I do, Gehring. More than anything.”
“Tell me you’ll marry me.”
“I’ll marry you.”
“And make beautiful babies with me.”
She smiled as her eyes filled with tears. “Can we start working on that as soon as possible? You know, like now?”
“We can,” he answered, easing into her. “God, you feel so good, Manon.”
She arched, wanting to feel him deeper.
There was nothing like feeling her body joined together with Mantis. They were a perfect fit. Two halves becoming whole. Two hearts joining together in the same way their bodies did. As he thrust inside her, again and again, bringing her closer to the crest of exquisite ecstasy, she prayed that tonight that miracle would happen—that they would make a child that would be from both of their bodies.
She looked into Mantis’ eyes and saw as much love in them as she was feeling herself. She knew without any doubt that they’d be together for the rest of their lives. Just like her parents and his, they’d raise a family and grow old together, and no matter what, they’d stay together, supporting one another regardless of the curve balls life threw them. Wherever one went, the other would follow. Together forever.
—:—
“Don’t go anywhere,” he said to her again, only this time, he was leaving her sated and sleepy.
She rolled to her side, and he covered her body with the blanket. “You don’t go anywhere,” she murmured.
Mantis leaned down and kissed her. “I’ll be right back.”
While his proposal wasn’t traditional in that he hadn’t gotten down on one knee and presented an engagement ring to Alegria, asking her to marry him in the moments before he slid inside her warmth, was perfect. He hoped she felt the same way.
He crawled in bed next to her, and she snuggled her warm body up against his.