Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45: A soothing kiss_ Part 1

Belle, who was followed into her chamber by her husband, decided not to show her sudden nervousness at having him in an enclosed room after knowing that he wanted to bed her. It had been quite easy to talk and to walk around the garden with him without having to remember things and what he could do to her body, but it was another to have him in her room, where she wanted to get rid of her wet dress and get into a hot bath as she could feel the cold setting into her body slowly.

She knew he had every right to be in her chamber whenever he wanted, but she had not thought he would follow her and then lock the door when it was still day.

She’d seen how her parents’ marriage was; they never went into each other’s chamber when it was day, and even at night, she never knew that her mother went to meet her father until the day she saw her coming out early in the morning. She had expected that sort of marriage or even worse, where she wouldn’t have to see him for months like all contract marriages, but last night had proved this wrong—and him being here now at this time of the day.

Belle watched him as he made his way into the room, walked to the wingback chair close to the burning fireplace, and sat down, crossing his left ankle over his right knee. Then he stared up at her from where he sat like a king would his lowly subject.

They stared at each other without a word passing between them, only the sounds of the light rain hitting the roof as her chamber was at the top of the castle. The room was dim and was only illuminated by the burning fireplace the maid must have set, giving the space a cozy glow and casting the man sitting before it into a silhouette. Unable to hold the silence and his gaze, she parted her lips and said,

"I need to change..." She let her words trail off so he would understand that he should excuse her and let her change. But if her husband understood her meaning, he did not act like he cared; he merely tilted his head and replied, "So? Go ahead. I am not holding your hands, am I?" He smirked devilishly in the dimness as he saw the blush that crept up those cheeks of hers and made them glow against the golden light of the fireplace, where the logs sparked and cracked behind him.

He wasn’t holding her hands, but he was sitting in her chamber and staring at her like he expected her to remove her drenched clothes before him and strip naked so he could watch!

That was another way of holding her from changing. She could not imagine herself going naked in front of any man, not even him, regardless of whether he was her husband or not. The thought of last night, where she hadn’t been naked but had been touched all over, mortified her alone.

Apart from the fact that she wanted him to leave so she could change, she still had the plan to hurry out and get the ring and hide it where he wouldn’t see it.

Belle decided to stand in her drenched clothes and see if he wouldn’t get tired and leave if she did not entertain him or indulge him in anything he was planning by staying back.

"What are you waiting for, sweetheart? Go on and change, or do you want me to help you?" came his amused voice, making her jerk her head to him at once. But before she could say anything, he was out of his seat and in front of her, causing her stomach to twist and her heart to throb against her rib as he suddenly towered over her.

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