Operation Honey Trap vs The Emperor of the Apocalypse-Chapter 115: The Goodnight Kiss [R18]
[WARNING: ADULT CONTENT]
"I believe that would be jumping from first base to fourth," she said.
"Is that a problem? I’m happy to run through second and third on the way to fourth if it’s too jarring."
"We’re still at courting. A consensual sexual relationship is for marriage."
He needed the waiting period to be strictly defined.
"Are you saying you’ll marry me?"
"No. I said we’re courting. Let’s take things one step at a time. I also want the Rebellion to be much further progressed before I would even consider marriage."
Okay, at least that was some type of guidance, and it was probably reasonable.
"How about second and third base before marriage, are they allowed?"
"If we progress beyond courting and start officially dating, then probably."
He nodded with enthusiasm, here was some real progress.
"When do we advance from courting to officially dating?"
"Do you have to be so clinical about it? These things should happen naturally. For example, this is only our second real date, and you’re asking me about sex and marriage. Shouldn’t we be getting to know one another first?"
"You’re right," he looked downcast. "Let me start over?"
She laughed; he looked like Bogden after she’d scolded him. How could she say no?
"Go."
The rest of the evening progressed much more smoothly, with plenty of muscat, laughter and conversation between them.
"Alton," she said, looking slightly blearily into his eyes.
He nodded at her to go on.
"I know I’m getting drunk now. Remember I don’t want you to take advantage of me tonight. I know I’m very sensitive... ’down there’, so it takes very little to change my mind, but I don’t want you to try, okay?"
Damn! The best laid plans of mice and men...
He sighed, "got it. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t."
She smiled happily at him, "thank you".
"Can I at least give you a kiss goodnight?"
She looked shyly at him.
"Is that a ’yes’ or a ’no’?"
"Can you try not to... you know..."
He waited... and waited.
"No, I don’t know. Can you be more specific?"
"You know," she threw him a scorching look that almost forced him to break his promise right there and then.
"I think you’re trying to say try not to turn you on, but by the looks of it, it’s too late for that..."
"Well don’t kiss me then," she sulked, "because you’ll break my resolve".
He closed his eyes and tried to think about cold rain, sleet, snow. Nope. Not working.
He opened his eyes again and she was still gazing at him with that sizzling look.
He knew it would take absolutely nothing for him to jump to third base with her now, but there was that pesky promise.
He stood up and disappeared off the veranda, heading for the rainwater tank while his resolve held.
Delphi peeped around the corner to find him pouring cold water over his head and groaning. He had stripped off naked, and his manhood stood at full salute.
He was ridiculously handsome and that body of his was doing crazy things to hers just looking at it. She suddenly got a flash of insight into why he was angry at her for taking a shower before dinner.
Was it really so wrong to keep doing these nice things with him? Perhaps she was being too prudish, and it was okay to have a ’friend with benefits’?
Thinking back to his confession, she decided that it wouldn’t be fair.
She would need to have genuine feelings for him. Anything less would create enormous complications for the Rebellion and their teams. She knew in her heart of hearts that she needed to be one hundred percent serious about marrying Alton if she was going to sleep with him.
She moved back around the corner and slid down to the floor of the veranda.
"Hop out of there. I need a turn," she called crankily, and he laughed heartily at her.
After they had both taken cold showers, Alton lead her into the master bedroom, where he had made up a bed for two, looking very romantic in the candlelight.
She looked up at him with wide eyes.
"I don’t think this is a good idea," she shook her head vigorously. "You’ll undo all of our good work."
"Trust me," he said, "I’m good now".
You might be good, but I’m not sure if I can trust myself, she thought. Still, if he could do it, so could she... maybe?
"Alright then," she agreed, with some trepidation.
She climbed into the double bed first, and he climbed in after her. She shuffled over as close to the wall as she could get and put a pillow in between them.
"What are you doing woman?"
"Putting some precautions in place."
He laughed at her. "Okay, but I’ll take my kiss goodnight now."
"You just have to stretch the friendship, don’t you?"
"Well, it’s not friendship I’m after... so yes."
He leant over her before she could keep on talking herself out of it, wrapping his hands around her head and pressing his lips to hers.
It was a chaste kiss compared to the first one they had shared back at Swan Lake. He didn’t try and use his tongue, but he did kiss her for a long time. When they finally came up for air, she was gasping.
Okay, she had to admit, that was nice.
It was sweet and it felt like just the right ending to a lovely night.
Putting aside seeing him naked in the outdoor shower with a raging erection, but that was kind of nice too, in a different way.
"Goodnight Delphine," he said in his deep baritone voice.
"Goodnight Alton," she sighed happily, and curled up on her side of the pillow wall.
He lay and watched her back until she was breathing peacefully, and he knew she had fallen asleep.
Then he tossed away her pillow barrier and pulled her into his arms, turning her to face him.
The candle threw gentle shadows across her beautiful sleeping face, and he reached out and gently traced her nose, her lips, her cheeks.
She moaned quietly in her sleep, and he chuckled. Her responsiveness was through the roof.
No wonder she’d had to ask him to back off. She knew herself well enough to know her resolve would be broken at the slightest touch.
He settled down into a comfortable position where he could both hold her close and admire her.
He somehow always felt like he couldn’t get his fill of looking at her, and he fully intended to use tonight to fill up that tank to overflowing.
