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I felt Derek’s hand tighten againstof heaviness settled on uests It wasn’t until Kyle approached that I placed the reason behindKyle as huoing to test the cure and we had no assurance whatsoever that it was going to work on Derek

Kyle s to be okay, Sofia" He cast a longing look at Ian and Anna ere dancing He sed hard and then looked at Derek I could tell by the reaction on Derek’s face that he was thinking what I was thinking

When Kyle left us with his congratulations, I couldn’t help but turn toward Derek and hug hi to him

"I don’t ever want to lose you," I confessed breathlessly against his ear

He shook his head "You won’t, Sofia You can never lose me"

He sounded so sure of it, but the heaviness in reedy for him I wanted today "Can we go now? Please? I want you all to racious an exit as possible and found ourselves speeding our way to the Lighthouse, another reether were borrowed We didn’t even plan a honey to have one

Of course, we still wanted our first night as a married couple to be intiirls where anted to spend the night, no place seehthouse

"Sacred space," I spoke out loud, just before Derek pushed onal roohthouse I then responded to his kiss,to his neck

His lips departed from mine "What?" he asked

"Sacred space," I repeated breathlessly, as I twisted the doorknob to show him e did with the room "That’s what Rosa called this place Ashley says that the roos to us Just us"

He smiled when he saw the room The sectional couch in the middle of the room was shoved to one side In its place was a thick mattress with linen sheets and a thick red blanket White rose petals were scattered all over it Candles surrounded the rooht" He nodded "This is our sacred space"

I began to walk toward him, but halted immediately when to my surprise, he stepped away from me His smile faded as he looked at me from head to toe His breath visibly hitched as his electric blue eyes rose tohis tension His hands balled into fists and his ain control I didn’t have to ask as going on in histime since he swore that he wouldn’t take ave him a soft smile I reached toward my back and tried to unlace my corset My eyes were fixed on Derek I actually enjoyed seeing how nervous he was I kneouldn’t be able to finish the tasktoward hile when he flinched as I took my first step "Relax, won’t you?" I told hi like it’s the first time you’ve ever be with a woman"

It didn’t help to ease the tense look on his face I still walked toward hi my hair up so that he could undo the laces I could feel his fingers tre as he went about the task

Once ere able to rean to pull his tux off and unbutton his shirt I was already on the fourth button, when his hand clutchedthe task

I raised , Derek? Don’t you want this?"

"I want this ulped

"You’re not going to hurt me, Derek," I assured him "Relax" I laid my hand over his chest and looked into his eyes "I trust you"

I stood to my toes and planted a soft kiss on his lips It appeared that was all the approval he needed, because his hands clasped aroundto unbutton his shirt

Being keenly aware of how precious each second we had with each other e ht as husband and wife as memorable and sweet and passionate as we possibly could I was his and he was hthouse truly became our sacred space

Chapter 44: Derek

She’sform next to mine, our bare for up next to her, knowing that she was officially mine, that my name was also hers, took my breath away I couldn’t pry my eyes away from her lovely face

Peaceful Serene Beautiful