Rose turned on the bed when she heard the door open. Alex got in and shut the door behind him before walking into the bathroom.

"Haven't slept yet, Rose?" He asked, as he went inside.

"Nah, was waiting for you." She said, as she watched him stand under the shower, washing himself. She smiled at the thought of how he had made love to her on his office desk the previous night. She wanted him again, every day and night, by her side. He had let go of all restraints and showed her his raw, emotional side and Rose wanted to hold onto him and protect him from every bad thing. Her childhood love...

"Isn't it rude to stare, Mrs. Hunter?" He came out of the bathroom after drying himself and was completely naked.

She said nothing, and just smiled as she turned towards the other side, facing him when he made himself comfortable under the sheets. Once he settled himself, she placed half of her body on him, with her cheeks pressed against his chest, hand hugging his lower half and leg weaving through his strong ones. He chuckled and kept his left hand on her back.

"Can't keep your hands off me, Miss?" he asked, as he placed a kiss on the top of her head. He then placed his right hand under his head and looked at the ceiling as he observed and felt her breath on his chest and her rapid heartbeats near his ribs.

"You are extremely irresistible Mr. Hunter." She teased, knowing very well that she fueled that big fat ego inside him.

"I see..." he said, and hummed in response.

"We are getting married by the end of this month, Rose." He dropped.

"What?" She was up, within a second and sat on the bed facing him.

"Come back here. I want you on me." he said, as extended his left hand towards her.

"How can we get married so soon?" She asked, but soon realized what she said and just looked down at the sheets.

"We would have had a football team of children by now, Rose." He said, and raised himself to pull her back onto him when she did not take his hand.

She gasped and fell on him, but he cradled her in his arms, seeking warmth by embracing her.

"There is going to be so much work, Alex. We won't have time. We should invite so many people and..."

"Whom do you want to invite? He asked, and that question shut her completely as she started thinking hoping her head would remind her at least of someone whom she could invite to her wedding. She felt extremely deflated when she realized that there was no one...

"Oh, yes...I know. I made friends with few people from work. I can call them, especially Lily and even my previous boss, Mr. Smith" She said, in a light voice, thanking God for those small relations that he had given her. Even though they were not her best friends, she knew that they wished the best and would be happy to be there for her wedding.

"Sure. You can call them."

"Whom are you going to call, Alex?" She asked, keeping her hand on his torso again.

"No one." He stated.

She pressed herself to him and kissed his cheek. For the first time, she felt that both of them were truly alone. They didn't really have anyone else other than each other.

"What about your business associates and those who work for you?"

His answer was immediate. "I don't trust anyone, Rose. You can call whomever you want but there won't be anyone from my side." That very second, he thought of Martha. His chance of having someone at his wedding was snatched away from him in the most unforgiving way.

"I will be there from your side..." she said, trying to lighten the air around them and looked at him with bright eyes and a beautiful smile that tugged at his heart.

"Yeah, well, you would even get ravished that night for being from my side." he said and winked, with that wicked smirk on his face.

She blushed and placed her cheek back on his chest not wanting him to see how affected she was by that sentence. She had been ravished by him before, but him making love to her as his wife had a whole different meaning and would feel a whole lot different than every other time.

"You don't have to stress over anything, Rose. I will take care of everything...The designer will come home and take your measurements for the wedding gown. You can choose your design, even the ring. It will all be taken care of." He said, and rubbed her back slowly.

"Thank you, Alex." She whispered.

"You don't have to thank me, love." he said and pressed her closer towards him.

After a few minutes of comfortable silence Rose spoke.

"Alex, I want to go to Nana's house to get some stuff out of there. There is a small box that I left and a few photos. I've always had it with me and I.."

"You can't go alone. I am busy tomorrow and the day after, Rose. Maybe we can go some other time." He spoke before she finished her sentence.

"Don't worry, Alex. Jason is going to be there. He will update you with everything if that is what you want."

"He always does that."

"Okay then, I will call and inform you myself." She said. "I want to finish that off before I get carried away with the preparations." She looked at him expectantly.

He looked at her eyes and sighed. "I don't want you to go there alone, Rose. It's not safe."

"I'll just take a few minutes, Alex. I couldn't really get all my stuff from there. And the ones that I left behind were very important to me. I have held onto those little things all throughout my life. Especially that little metal box that holds your memories, I...I can't not have it..."

"You already have me now, Rose. Forever." He said, feeling something sinister in the air. He didn't know what it was, but he could smell danger. She was doing everything for him; she said yes to the wedding date without a challenging word, she put up with his emotional ups and downs and for all that she did for him, he did not have the heart to deny her.

"I will go after work, then. I will go and get whatever you want from there. Just tell me where it is." He wanted to do it for her. He will at least be satisfied knowing that she is not out alone.

"You don't have to do that, Alex. I will do it by myself."She said, and kept her hand on his chest, gesturing him to calm down.

"I will be safe, love...Nothing can touch me when your love surrounds me. You are my secret weapon, Alex." She smiled and raised her head to place a kiss on his lips.

"I'll leave tomorrow afternoon and get back soon with all that I need."

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I love you all, more than anything.

Until next time,

RLJ.