Ruby St. Clair's POV

Something roused me from my sleep. My eyes were still trying to adjust to the light that crept from the glass window. Where was I? I asked myself silently trying to remember what happened last night. It seems that I was not on my bed but someone else bed.

A light kiss on my naked shoulder snapped my brain into working again. Oh yes, I remember now I was on Roman's bed after weeks of resisting his campaign of seduction I finally lost the will to resist and ultimately gave in.

What I thought would be our ordinary dinner last night turned out to be the naughtiest feast of my life. A simple kiss led us into something more—something more than I would be willing to bargain in this lifetime. Our first encounter after that disastrous night in Spain after our wedding was at his kitchen countertop my bare bottom met the cold marble was he took possession of my body right there with lack of inhabitation. I never realized that making love could be that wild.

The second one was more intimate than the first. He told me that he was already hungry I thought he meant the food we cook but he scooped me in his arms and brought me to his bed where he made love to me excruciatingly slow. He leisurely kissed every part of my body taking his time as if he intended to do that throughout the night which nearly drove me mad for teasing me like that. I almost begged him to take me.

After our long make-out session in bed, we were truly famished for food. We finally managed to drag ourselves from his bed and eat the cold pasta and burnt bread in the oven. I was only wearing his shirt while he was half-naked eating near the fireplace with a glass of wine. I never thought I would experience such things with a man who was my temporary husband.

When we finished the bottle of wine, he leaned again towards my face for a kiss. I let him take liberties even though I knew where that kiss would lead us. I automatically hooked my arms around his neck as he lifted me to go to his room which led us to our third before we fell asleep due to exhaustion.

"Good morning." Roman greeted, kissing my shoulder again.

Right now my back was on him, his skillful hands starting to travel to my naked stomach. I hid my smile trying to ignore his exploration. I was still sore between my legs there was no way I would let him have his fourth round this morning.

I slapped his hand when it traveled between my legs. "Nope. You are not getting any action early this morning, Mister."

"Why not?"

"Haven't you had enough last night?" I turned around to face him. Wrong move. I only got to see how sinfully handsome he was early in the morning with his stubble jaw.

He pulled me even closer to his as I felt his stiff morning election. "I will never get tired of you, mi amor. You don't have any idea how long I have waited for this to have you again in my bed beside me every night. I never thought I would want a woman as much as I wanted you, my love."

My eyes clouded for a moment as I stared deep into his eyes. I couldn't help but remember our first night in Spain. "But you didn't want me before, Roman. You didn't want a virgin girl. I clearly remember your expression that night when you realized that I am a virgin. You were horrified. You regret having sex with me."

"Making love, Red." He corrected me firmly. "Sex is meaningless what we have is something special that's why it's always making love when it comes to us."

"But you still regret it." I eyed him with a sad expression on my face.

I could see the annoyance flashed through his expressive eyes that I could swear that look was directed to me. "Dios mío, what do you want me to do? I never realized that my new bride was a virgin. If I had known that time I would have taken you with carefulness since it was your first time, not some wild beast who was so thirsty."

"Truthfully?"

He stared at me with exasperation on his face. "Of course, wait don't tell me that's the reason why you left Spain all of a sudden? You thought I regretted that night."

"Yeah," I answered softly. "Don't get mad! I thought you lamented taking my innocence that's why you left the room as soon as we're done." I added hastily when I saw the indecorousness on his face.

"I want to wring your neck right now, Red." He made a gesture of putting his fingers in my throat. "I left the room because I felt ashamed of myself. I never bedded a virgin before so I automatically assumed that you already have experience because of the way you kissed me back in the restaurant..." He took a deep breath. "...I suddenly feel how lucky I am that you chose me to be your first that I don't deserve it because you are just married to be because I'm blackmailing you so. That time I thought you should have reserved yourself for the guy you will truly love instead of me but now..."

"But now...?" I prodded when didn't continue.

He smiled wolfishly in my direction making me shiver not for fear but something else entirely. "But now I am ungodly happy that I am your first and I intend to be your only lover."

I rolled my eyes while the butterfly in my stomach started to flutter at his words. "Don't you think that's sexist? I mean, how you can be sure I will not take lovers after our divorce, Roman? I am pretty sure that I was already an experienced woman before the ink on our divorce paper dried. I have a very talented teacher after all."

He pulled me again even closer to his body making sure I felt his stiff manhood. "Oh, I will teach you everything I know in making love but let me clear this to you, my dear. When I say I intend to be your only lover, I mean the only lover in this lifetime. I will make sure there will be no other men. I will kill if I have to, Red." He stared deep into my eyes. "I am a very possessive man. I hate sharing."

"Don't you think I have the last say if I want to take lovers not you?" I knew I was baiting him but I couldn't help myself. I never thought that Roman Vasquez could be this possessive of a woman. "Don't expect me to sit around and wonder when you will come to me while dating other women in between. I will not be a doormat for you."

"Who said I will date other ladies other than you?" He asked trailing little kisses down my neck, his hand traveled slowly to the center of my chest down to the flat of my stomach. "You are the only woman I want."

"I urge you to try if you're brave," I told him sweetly, taking hold of his erection. "I will dismember you if you try to date other women while still married to me, Roman."

"Ouch." He said, giving me a heart-stopping smile. "I promise to be faithful to you. You can count on it."

"We'll see about that."

He kissed my lips briefly. "Have some faith in me, Red."

I smiled at him trying to escape his embrace. "I got to go. I need to cook breakfast and I need to start my day as soon as possible. I have many things that need to be done today."

He refused to let me go he just tightened his embrace at me. "Why don't you tend my needs first before anything else, wife? I am in pain."

I gave him a sexy purr. Oh, it will go away soon. Just patiently wait until it settles down I think a cold shower will be a good help."

I squeaked when suddenly carried me above him. I was not straddling him unwillingly. I gave him a stern look or at least tried to. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Trying to collect my first round for today." He wiggled his eyebrow suggestively. I giggled uncontrollably while he was trying to position himself to get what he wanted.

"Oh, you wish." I tried to remove myself from straddling him but he held me fast.

"Have mercy on me." He said in an aching voice. "Your husband is in pain why don't you show some kindness, my darling love."

"Nope, I like to see him in pain." I finally dislodge myself from him. "You will be fine, Roman. I can assure you. Take a shower while I prepare our breakfast plus the mess you created is still in the kitchen I need to clean it too."

"Hey!" Roman chirped all of a sudden. "I forgot to tell you that my shower had been finally fixed the other day. Do you want to check it?"

I raised an eyebrow in his direction. I saw him completely naked unashamedly showing his full glory right before my very eyes. I looked away as I searched for my undergarments. "Really? I'm happy for you then. By all means, enjoy your new shower."

"Do you want to see it?" He whispered invitingly.

I glanced at him briefly before continuing to search for my missing items. "What I want to see are my undies. Is there any chance that you see them?"

"Probably, in the kitchen countertops, darling." He answered dryly. "Have you forgotten that's where you first seduced me, Red?"

"Excuse me?" I glared at him indecorously while he flashed an annoying smirk on his face. Seriously, how I want to smack away that cursed smile that kind of smile like he just won the lottery.

"Let's take a shower together." He invited again but this time he was more determined when he slid from the bed. Uh-oh, I am in trouble.

"No, thank you." I smiled pleasantly at him, covering my naked body with the blanket on the bed as if it would protect me from him. "Maybe some other time."

"Sorry," he replied with an evil smile. "I want now."

Roman threw me on his shoulder like a freaking caveman and started to walk toward his state-of-the-art shower. "We need to do something about global warming, mi amor. We need to help Mother Nature by conserving water. So we need to take showers together all the time."

"Roman!" Half-laughing, half-reprimanding him while beating my fist in his back. "Put me down, you caveman."

"In a moment, darling."

"Put me down," I repeated while I slightly felt dizzy from my upside-down position on his shoulder. "I need to go."

"No chance." He said shortly, he just put me back on my feet when we were inside his large shower room. He glanced at my naked body from head to toe leisurely. The hot spray of shower rain steamed the room. "We are we a while ago?"

I covered my body feeling uneasy while he appreciated my fine qualities. I am not used to somebody looking at me with such desire in his eyes. "Stop looking at me like that, for God's sake."

"But I like what I see."

I couldn't help the heat flamed my cheeks. "Jesus, you are incorrigible."

"I want you, Red." Those were his last words before he claimed my mouth for a deep kiss. I felt defeated closed my eyes and surrender to the temptation Roman was offering me.