His One Love

Chapter 15

Natalie's Pov

I look up at the clock on the kitchen wall that read 7:00pm. I realize that Xander will be home soon and I quickly start to finish up dinner. Its been a little lonely even though he's been gone for about an hour. I miss him. I just really hope he likes what i've prepared which is mushroom ravioli with homemade biscuits. I carefully take my ravioli and my biscuits out the oven when i hear the front door open and close. Not even a minute later I feel arms wrap around my stomach and lips attack my neck, I immediately recognize his colonge and I tilt my neck to the side a little, giving him more access. He starts to suckle on my neck which makes a moan escape my mouth. " X-Xander t-the f-ood will g-get cold.'' I pant in deep breathes between his kisses. "You smell so delicous my sweet princess". I instantly blush at his words and look down at my feet but he swiftly turns me around and lifts my chin making me look up at him. "My bella there's no need to be embaressed. I adore you, each and every part and when you look at me with those big beautiful brown innocent doe eyes I just want to take you right here on the counter. I hope to make that happen soon princess" and with that he kisses my cheek and we begin to fix our plates before sitting down in one of his "special dining'' rooms which is set up as a table for two.

I hum in content as I lean back against the chair while caressing my full belly. I haven't eaten so much food since I had thanksgiving dinner with Gabby and her family which was 3 years ago. I look up to see Xander also has a pleased look on his face. " The meal was wonderful Mia cara , thank you." I smile at him. "Your absolutely welcome baby."

We cleaned up the kitchen together making sure everything was nice and neat before moving to the living room couch."Xander? can I ask you something?" I contemplate for a second on deciding to ask this or not. "Anything my love." He says reassuringly.

I'm so afraid to ask this. "where is your family ?" I notice his jaw tense and his look becomes hard. "They are not important so we don't need to talk about them".  I keep my mouth shut and don't make a sound as he said that. But I wonder why he seemed so..angry, it was as if they were his enemies and he wanted to take revenge on them. What could they have possibly done to make him hate them so? Where are they now? do they hate him to?. So many questions flood my mind but I know I will never get the answers. " I'm sorry my love. I just have never talked about my past to anyone and I promise I will tell you about it. But I cant right now."

I see a look of sadness on his handsome face so I wrap my arms around his neck and pull his head to my chest as he lays down in my arms. I kiss his forehead softly and slowly while I let my fingers run through his dark silky hair. "Princess? what was it like for you growing up in an orphanage." I smile as I think back to the happy parts of my childhood.

"Well, It was really amazing in the beginning when I was around 7. I had a best friend named Andrew who was 11. even with our age difference we were still very close. We did everything together, played, schoolwork, chores and even baking . We would always bake sweets with our headmistress of the orphanage and she was like a mother to us. She always and I mean always treated us like we were her own. She would read us bedtime stories at night, play with us, and take us on field trips. She even told us she loved us each and every night, she never missed not one. Every thing was perfect until an accident occurred. Andrew and I had just come back from a nearby lake and when we finally did arrive we saw the orphanage caught fire. All of the kids got out safely, but she didn't. Her body wasn't even found until the next day and that was the exact same day we got transferred to a new orphanage. A terrible one with the cruelest headmistress I would ever come to know. She would lock us in the basements if we cried about anything, we would have limited amount of food and when we did eat it was more like scrapes from her table. If we were ever bad she would punish us by locking us in the boiler room until we almost suffocated or sometimes she would burn us with hot irons."

I lift up my hair and show him the noticeable scar across the back of my neck. "I got this burn when I was 8 and it wasn't my first. I do have a couple more in worse places, I have one on the inside of my thigh and one just about my core. One day I woke up to learn Andrew was gone, its like he left vanished or something. Some say he ran away others say he just disappeared but no one has ever seen him since. When he left me there all by myself I really did take it hard at first because he was the only person that really loved me . After that I had make myself strong and learn to stand on my own two feet, be independent and survive the rest of my childhood years with a strong mind. It wasn't easy but I had to accept the fact that I was going to always be alone so I moved out of that hellhole at 18 , got a job as waitress and bought an apartment for myself."

He tucked my wild strands of hair behind my ears and lovingly strokes my cheeks while looking at me intensely. "How could they hurt someone so innocent and pure as you? how could they dare to even burn your beautiful bronze skin. How could they hurt my precious angel"? I shrug and bite my lip but to my surprise he does something I would never expect.

He kisses the scare on my neck. "I love you Natalie. each and every part of you. No one will ever hurt you again Mia cara, you're mine." he kisses my lips with such passion I start to get butterflies in my tummy. "Tell me my love, do you feel alone now?". I smile and quickly kiss his lips. "Not ever since I met you. I love you."

That night we fell asleep in each other's arms. I knew when I was with him I was protected. safe. and most importantly. Loved.