Anna was quite pleased to find that the interior of the house was just as charming as the exterior. Clean and tasteful without any of the ostentatiousness that was often found in townhomes in London. Lush carpets covered the floors and oak trimmings gleamed throughout the halls.
Eli led her through the parlor and the dining room, pointing out little features he loved that he thought she would appreciate and stopping every few feet to kiss her; light teasing kisses that promised so much more. They walked hand in hand through the multitude of bedrooms that lined the second-floor hallway and the master suite which they would claim as their bed chamber and Eli led her to a set of stairs at the far end of the hall.
"This, my love," he began, catching her hand in his as he led her up the stairs "is the reason I wanted this particular house. I think you are going to love it." Anna caught his brilliant smile as he pulled her along and she felt her knees weaken at the sight of it. The joy on his face rendered her completely speechless. She realized she would have followed him anywhere for the promise of seeing him look at her with those laughing eyes for years to come.
As it was, Eli led Anna into the most beautiful room she had ever been in. Her breath caught in her chest at the sight of what would eventually become the most magnificent library she could have imagined.
Empty shelves lined three walls from floor to ceiling and on the far side of the room was a full wall of windows, one of the glass panes hiding a door that opened to the balcony she had seen from the street. A ladder ran against the side of one wall for collecting books that lived high on the shelves, and soft welcoming pink couches beckoned her towards a homey-looking fireplace in the corner. As she turned around the room to take in the full effect, she saw a loft on the wall where the door from the hallway was.
"What's up there?" she asked Eli.
Elis shrugged, pretending he had not known it was there, and Anna giggled at his playfulness. "Why don't you go look?" he told her, cocking an eyebrow at her saucily, a mischievous smile spreading across his sinful lips. Anna, drunk on happiness, couldn't stop herself from pressing a light kiss to the curve of his lips, giggling as her withdrawal from his mouth drew a groan from her fiance.
Her fiance. She still could barely believe how quickly everything had happened. She regretted that their hands had been a little forced into the engagement, but Eli had told her he loved her. Certainly, he would not say it had he not meant it, and even Anna could not discount the emotion that blazed in his eyes when he looked at her. They raked over her body with a heated possessiveness and a devastating tenderness that made her want to run away, cry, laugh, and kiss him all at the same time.
What a delight kissing him was, and he had promised her a lifetime of all of the kisses she could possibly want.
Anna grinned and wandered over to the ladder that was built into the wall at an angle, jutting out in a light slope that she could walk up almost like it were a staircase. Two small handrails lined the ladder and she hoisted herself up the 5 or 6 rungs to the landing. Someone had built this tiny hideaway that was perched in the sky into the perfect reading nook. The floor sunk a little in the center and the slight dip was lined with fluffy cushions of all sizes and shapes, a small window in the sloped ceiling providing the perfect amount of light to read by in the daylight.
"Eli," she breathed, holding her hand to her heart; feeling its erratic fluttering. "It's magical." She sunk to her knees, quite unladylike, into the cushions in the pit and rolled onto her back, stretching her arms gratuitously into the softness and arching her breasts towards the ceiling in the most inviting way. Eli stood, transfixed, on the ladder. His trousers growing quite uncomfortable quite fast. He had not brought her here with the intention of seducing her, but it had been too long since he had been inside of her and suddenly he needed it more than he needed oxygen. He needed to taste her arousal, to breathe in that scent that was only her. He needed to feel her wetness surround his cock and drown his hardness in molten honey. He needed to hear her cry his name in that husky voice she reserved for no man but him. And now that she wore his ring, there would never be another man.
The reminder that she had promised herself to him for eternity, powered something deep within his core as pure masculine lust snaked up his spine. And if the devilish glint in Anna's eye was anything to go by, she was craving him just as much as he desired her. With a growl, he crawled over Anna's rounded, lush body- one of his large hands capturing her wrists where they still rested alluringly above her head. He caught her delighted squeal in his mouth, and it turned quickly to a pleasurable moan as his hand fiercely cupped her mound through her skirts.