Chapter 291: NARRATE
In the morning, the sunlight spilled from the curtains and entered the room before it cascaded on the bed where perfectly wrapped bodies under the blanket were resting as they used the blanket to cover their faces.
A long manly leg stuck out of the blanket and when it felt the hotness of the sun, it slipped back inside the blanket to protect it.
Ethan reached for the blanket and removed it from his face. The sun didn’t waste any time and quickly shone its glory on him, making him groan and he turned to the other side to avoid it.
She faced Erika who seemed to be deeply asleep and didn’t even blink even though the sun was shining brightly on her face, making her blonde hair shine along with it.
He smiled at her oblivious and tired state. He did fulfill his promise by making sure that they continued till it was 2 am. He craved her body and touch for so long and even lost track of time. He only stopped after Erika fainted under him when they moved to the bed after having their ’shower’ together.
He placed his hands on her cheeks and caressed it but she didn’t even move.
"I’m sorry," he mumbled under his breath as he continued to smile at her. He felt guilty for making her feel so tired after last night’s activity but the good part was that he didn’t use any protection while they did it. "We are going to be parents soon," he added.
Ethan had been expecting a child but was waiting for Erika to give her consent first, not knowing that the latter also wanted the same thing. Luckily for him, he forgot to use protection last night and the only time he remembered was when he was snuggling Erika so close to him after he bathed her again.
He gave her cheek one last caress and got off the bed. He stretched his muscles and strode towards the bathroom to take a shower, fully naked without a care in the world. When he was done, he came out from the bathroom and walked towards the closet with a towel wrapped safely around his waist and picked out a pair of shorts and a shirt from there.
Looking back at Erika one last time, he smiled, left the room, and headed towards the kitchen.
Half an hour later, a pair of beautiful eyelids fluttered open, and sky-blue eyes came on display. Erika rubbed her tired eyes with the back of her palm. She stared at the ceiling for a few seconds before what happened the previous night started to register in her head.
"That beast," she said through gritted teeth. She moved her blanket away from her body and there it was. The aftermath of last night’s activity. The proof of their heavy lovemaking and constant pounding of meats.
Her body was marked, everywhere on her stomach. So many love bites in that area that she wondered if Ethan wanted to feast on her stomach or something. The red marks were so bright that they nearly looked beautiful in her eyes.
"No doubt there will be more on my neck and shoulders," she mumbled under her breath with so much assurance. When Erika tried to get down from the bed, she felt her legs go limp and she fell right back on the bed. The same thing has happened again.
It was as if her guts had been arranged or something when she tried to stand up as her legs went weak. Taking a deep breath, she managed to stand and walked towards the bathroom as she continued to grumble some words under her death.
Ethan entered the bedroom and didn’t find Erika. When he heard the shower running, he suddenly had the urge to go inside and continue from where they stopped but he knew that she was sore and would chase him out of the bedroom.
"She probably still doesn’t know that we did it without any protection," he said to himself as he looked at the bathroom door illuminating a shadow from inside. He could see her washing her hair.
He dropped the tray filled with breakfasts that he had brought along with him on the coffee table that was centered in the middle of the room.
Minutes later, Erika came out of the bathroom and saw Ethan looking at her hungrily when he saw the towel that she had used to wrap around herself from her bust to her knee.
"Don’t you even think about it," she warned him as she managed to walk out of there. Ethan chuckled when he saw her walking steps.
"Are you that sore?" He asked her despite knowing what the answer was.
Erika used the wooden furniture as support as she continued to move about until she got to the closet.
"Isn’t it obvious?" She barked. "And it’s all because of a particular person," she glared at him but her small physique didn’t make her glare look threatening to him. He imagined her to be a little kitten who hadn’t been fed and was only grumpy because she was hungry.
Quickly, he rushed towards her and carried her over to the bed while she gasped in surprise. "Put me down," she demanded as she pulled his hair.
"Ouch," Ethan winced but didn’t let her go until he dropped her on the bed. Once Erika’s ass cheeks landed on the bed, she tried to scramble away thinking that Ethan was in the mood to eat her up again. Not that she was wrong though but the latter was trying to control himself.
"Stop fighting me, I’m not going to do anything. Let’s just eat," Ethan promised as he pushed the tray towards her. It was only at that moment that Erika noticed the tray filled with food that lay on the bed, waiting to be consumed by her.
Her mouth salivated the delicious-looking dishes as she gulped down her saliva, while her eyes nearly popped out.
"Aren’t you going to eat?" Ethan asked her when he noticed that she was just looking at the food without making any sound or making any movements.
In a blink of an eyelash, Erika had already grabbed the fork that was lying on the and stabbed a bacon with it. After munching on that one, she grabbed the mug of thick cream coffee and gulped down the whole content and she continued to repeat the routine until the tray was half empty.
Erika burped and instinctively, she closed her mouth, trying to hide her embarrassment and Ethan could only chuckle at her cute action.
"Are you full or do you want to have more?" He asked her.
"I’m full, thanks," she replied.
Ethan took the remaining contents left on the plate and swallowed it down as well. He was also as hungry as she was but waiting for her to finish first before he would start taking bits for himself.
A few hours later, they were both in the sitting room, watching some movies until Erika remembered that she hadn’t informed Ethan about how she visited Mary.
"Ethan," she began, gently putting some of the potato chips in her mouth. "I was able to speak with Mary yesterday."
Ethan looked at her, ready to hear her out. He had not asked her anything about that since she was pretty drunk last night and this morning, she wanted to drag his hair out.
"What did she say?" He asked her, curious this time.
Erika glanced at him before she looked back at the television as she started to narrate how her meeting with Mary went.
"So she’s telling me that she wants me to forgive her," she concluded.
Ethan gave it some thought before asking her, "Do You believe what she said? About her asking you to forgive her? Do you believe that she has changed?"
"Of course not," those words slipped out of her mouth faster than she thought they would. "She’s definitely up to something," she concluded.
Ethan looked at Erika. He was completely aware of what that ex-step mother-in-law of hers has done to her and he wasn’t going to blame her if she wouldn’t believe her. He also didn’t believe it when she said that Mary wanted to ask for forgiveness. It didn’t make any sense to him. If Mary wanted to ask for Erika’s forgiveness, then she would have helped Erika escape once she found out that Adrain had kidnapped her. So why would she ask for forgiveness now, he wondered.
He reached out for Erika’s waist and wrapped it with his hands. "Don’t worry about that. If you keep on worrying too much, you are going to have wrinkles on your face," he tried to joke.
"I just don’t understand what that old woman wants to do..."
"Shush," Ethan interrupted her before she could continue. "Just forget about her and think only about me," he added. He pecked her neck, trying to take her mind away from Mary and her troubles.
