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She follows me out and I wrap a towel around her. “I need a moment or two in here alone, please, Eden.”

I nod and press my lips to her forehead. “Don’t second guess a thing about anything we do. This is brand new to us both. By the way, in case you didn’t notice, I like it too, princess.”

A smile creeps over her plump lips, so I leave her, knowing she’s happy once more.

CHAPTER 39

ALYSSA

I fell back asleep as Eden dressed and went down to the kitchen to get us something to eat. I’m afraid I look a bit of a mess with hickies and bite marks all over my chest and neck.

Yeah, it turns out I’m a freak in the sheets. Who knew?

Eden doesn’t enjoy the neck area attention as much as I do. His hickies are elsewhere. Thankfully, our bodies heal much faster than normal humans, so I should be presentable soon.

As long as I can stop asking him to bite me for at least a day. Why do I crave it so?

The clock next to the bed says it’s six. He left over an hour ago, so I throw on a blue, silk robe and leave the bedroom to search for him. I find him sitting in the living room, eating a pizza and watching television. I clear my throat and he turns to look at me.

“Alyssa, you’re up,” he says as he jumps up, coming to me. I see his chest is bare, but he has on black pajama pants, meaning he came back in and changed while I slept uber hard.

Crap, he’s so freaking sexy. I want to grab him and drag him back to the bedroom.

“Are you hungry?” he asks as he takes my hand, pulling me to the sofa.

I sit down next to him. “Yes, I am. I see you got a pizza.”

He smiles. “I was famished. I’ve never been so hungry.” He puts a piece of pizza on a plate, handing it to me. There’s a six-pack of Dr. Pepper on the coffee table. He breaks one off, opening it for me. “Here you go, Alyssa.”

The commercial on the television is over and the show he was watching comes back on. I’m taking a big drink and almost spit it out.

“Eden, really? This is what you’re watching?”

He almost squeals back at me, “What! You watch it.”

I shake my head. “I’ve been a bad influence on you if you’re watching Teen Mom now. Next you’ll be craving crummy hamburgers.”

He laughs. “I’m not that corrupted!”

Before I realize it, I’ve finished the piece of pizza he gave me. I reach to open the box and get another piece. I see it was a large pizza and it’s half gone. “Wow, Eden, married like a day and over eating already.”

“Laugh it up. That’s your second piece, Alyssa,” he reminds me.

“Well, I’m starving. Someone has kept me in bed for about twenty-four hours,” I quip.

He smiles his devilish smile at me and says, “Eat up, girl. I plan on keeping you in bed for another twenty-four.”

True to his word, Eden has kept me in bed another entire day and night.

I sink into the hot water of the Jacuzzi, almost immediately relaxing. The pulsating jets of water soothe my now aching body.

I have to get out of the bed more often.

I have to drag myself out of the tub. I dry off, then tiptoe over to the bed see if Eden is still sleeping. He is, so I decide to dress in one of the fancy nightgowns I saw in my enormous closet. I pick out a lacy little number in red, with matching panties. Then I tiptoe back to bed, snuggling into Eden’s back as I drift off to sleep.