Chapter 150: His Goddess
** Eli **
Harper’s breath hitched, her eyes fluttering closed once more. She was waiting for his touch, and Eli felt his own body itch in all the unspeakable places, eager to oblige and give her exactly what she wanted.
But today, he didn’t want to rush. He was dying to hear her moan, to watch her tremble, to feel her unwind beneath him like the most beautiful musical instrument vibrating and singing with the most bewitching sounds ... but she was more than those things to him, and he wanted her to remember that. He wanted both of them to remember that.
So instead of caressing her the way he wanted to, he continued with undoing the last button of her dress. Slipping an arm behind her shoulders, he lifted her gently and slid the clothing off of her waist, then her hips. Her eyes blinked open again when he traced his fingers along the lacy rim of her panty, now the only garment adorning her impeccable body.
"I wish I could show you this sublime view in front of me right now," he said softly when he met her gaze. With both hands on her hips, he nudged the last piece of fabric obstructing his view down her legs. He didn’t blink the entire way.
How could he have thought earlier that she was like a princess, a queen? She was so much more than that. The warm light in the room cast a soft glow on her skin, and she looked like an angel, a goddess, bathed in a halo atop the rose petals cradling her. She reminded him of those paintings of Aphrodite, the embodiment of beauty, love, perfection, and if he wasn’t already on his knees, he would’ve fallen to them from all the awe she made him feel.
She was breathtaking, in so many ways.
Eli lifted her hand, planting a kiss at the center of her palm before slowly trailing it up her wrist, brushing his lips against her pulse point. He sighed when her fingers took advantage of the angle to cup his cheek, the pad of her thumb brushing lightly over the shell of his ear.
"Are we reenacting that aftercare scene now?" Harper chuckled, reminding him of the day when she had kissed him the same way after taking a certain pair of handcuffs off of him. "Or are you trying to mark me everywhere with your scent like a werewolf?"