Evelyn POV.
“About the sleeping arrangement, I can take the couch,” William offers and I agree with him, I still wanted to talk to him privately, but Kitkat refused to let me go, especially alone with him, she had her doubts about him, and I hated the fact that I’m forcing her to be here with me, forcing her to give him a chance even if she didn’t want to, but she needs to give him a chance, who knows how things would go after that.
“Mommy, I’m tired,” Katie whined, maybe I had pushed over her bedtime, but I didn’t want to talk to William either, I had a mixed feeling of the urge to talk to him, and to hide away from him, he said this time he’s for real, this time it’s forever, but what if he was lying to me? What if Katie gets attached to him and he leaves us, leaves the both of us now, I was worried, today’s horse riding was fun, it reminded me of my old life before I was changed, I worked on a horse farm, I took care of horses, and then with William, we both loved the horses but ever since he broke my heart, I refused to get near them.
“Let’s go to bed then baby,” I say with a sigh, picking her up and carrying her to our bedroom, I changed her, and got her ready for sleep, unlike the afternoon when she refused to nap, the horse ride had made her exhausted, she fell asleep right away, I placed her in the crib and decided to get up and talk to him, we didn’t have a proper chat yet, we shared that kiss that got my heart beating but that’s about it.
I’m not going to deny that the day was perfect, riding the horse, cooking along with him, and taking care of Katie, I loved the fact that he took good care of her, that he placed her on the horse with him, and made sure that she enjoys the whole ride.
“Nighty sweetie,” I say kissing her one more time and leaving the room, closing it slightly behind me, I could hear her if she cried or woke up, but with how tired she was I didn’t think she was going to wake up anytime soon.
“She down?” William asked me as I went back down the stairs.
“Out like the wind,” I answer him taking a seat next to him on the sofa.
“Can we talk?” he asked me, and I knew that there was no getting out of this.
“Wait, I need a drink first,” I say going to the kitchen and getting a bottle of the strongest alcohol we have here, it’s laced with blood of course to make the taste better and get to us.
“I need one too,” William says and I got us both two glasses of the alcohol, I handed it over and sat with him on the sofa again.
“So what do you think so far? You think she likes me?” he asked me and I sighed, I wasn’t sure how the little one thought so far, but we’ll see.
“She didn’t try to kill you yet,” I say with a sigh, she could do that, I don’t put it above her.
“Yet, that’s good, but what about you Eve, do you want to kill me?” he asks me and I chuckled at him.
“I don’t want to kill you William, you hurt me, and I’m worried you’d do it again,” I say honestly, we have to be honest if we’re gonna make this work or end it right away before it goes too far.
“I’m not going to hurt you again, it was a mistake, I should have never done that, I shouldn’t have been that cold not toward you,” he says looking me right in the eye.
“Is this you talking or the drink?” I ask him downing the rest of it down my throat.
“It’s me talking,” he assures me.
“Katie is a baby William, she’ll cry, she’ll want extra attention, you can’t just leave her alone and expect her to be okay,” I say.
“She got you, and she got me, she’ll never be alone,” he says and he’s right, I’ll never leave my baby behind me.
“But when you break my heart again, I won’t be able to take care of her, I won’t know what to tell her, where you went,” I say.
“I’m not going to break your heart, I’m going to love you, I’m going to make you my mate,” he says the words again.
“What about when your work calls?” I ask him.
“My work isn’t going to call me, I’m on vacation,” he says with a wink.
“You can’t be on vacation, you’re the president,” I say.
“Well I am, I made the choice and decision of taking some days off, I’m here to find my mate, to get her to agree to be mine,” he says.
“What about after the vacation? When you’re back at your work, what about Katie deciding that she’s having a bad night and is unable to sleep, what about when I need you and you’re busy with your work?” I ask him.
“When the vacation ends we’ll start our new life together, I have some weird working times but I’ll put limits to how long I’ll stay outside when needed I’ll ask for help, and Dylan will cover for me both at work and at home,” he says assuring me that he got it.
I got another drink, closed my eyes and tried to avoid tears, why didn’t he say all of those words back then? Why didn’t he just make me his when I wanted to be his? Why did he have to wait so long?
“It doesn’t work like this William, you just don’t come back into my life and claim to be my daddy all over again,” I answer him.
“Eve, don’t cry, it’s a choice, it’s your choice and Katie’s if she doesn’t want to be mine, if you don’t both want me, then I’ll leave, but I’m begging you to give me a chance,” he begs me and more tears went down my face, I couldn’t help the emotions that I’m going through.
“I’ll have to talk to Katie about it,” I say taking a step back as he was now standing right in front of me, I’ll have to come clean with her, I can’t keep on telling her that he’s a friend, she needs to know what he wants to be, a potential daddy for the both of us.
“Yeah, you do that,” he says pulling me toward his chest, I looked down at his chest, avoiding his eyes, and he placed a hand underneath my chin pushing my head up until our eyes met.
“William… don’t…” I said but it was too late, he got closer to me, and he kissed me on the lips, a deep kiss one that had me melting in his arms.
My arms went right around his neck, I pulled him toward me as we kissed, his hands roamed my whole body, touching me and sending my whole body on fire, I’m feeling things I haven’t felt since the last time we were together, three hundred years ago.
“William,” I whisper.
“Yes, Evelyn?” he answers me.
“Did you change anyone else? After me?” I asked him, how many he treats the same way as me, and how many he loves and plays with.
“Since the day I changed you, I didn’t change anyone else, you’re the only one, you’re my last one,” he promised me, those were the words that I wanted to hear, that I needed to hear.
I melted under his touch, I allowed him to keep on touching me, kissing me, and then taking my clothes off my body, I was shaking with excitement, with fear, with love. He placed me on the kitchen table, the same one we had our dinner and breakfast over, he placed himself right between my thighs and spread me open, and he dived right in.
He knew what he was doing, I was not the first person he touched, and it’s not the first time he touched me either, he used his very skilful tongue, and he made my body shake and shiver with sexual tension and finally the sweet relief.
“Shush, although I love hearing you scream, we don’t want to wake her up,” he whispers to me, getting me off the table and going toward the sofa, placing me down first.
“I’m not good with being quiet,” I whisper.
“I know that, but it’s not just the two of us now, be nice,” he scolded me and I nodded, I tried my best to be quiet.
“Then go easy on me,” I say with a smile on my face, it’s a naughty smile, one that’s used when we’re in bed, naked and alone.
“You know that’s not going to happen,” William says with a smile.
“I’m sure that you haven’t been waiting for me,” I say, knowing that he has probably been with a lot of people before me.
“I haven’t… I haven’t touched anyone since the day you left my bed,” he says.
“That was over three hundred years ago,” I say with a gasp.
“I’m loyal to my mate,” he says which made me smile.
“I’m loyal to my two mates as well,” I say with a smile, hoping and praying that Katie would agree to be his mate as well.
William decided the best solution was to put a cushion over my face to keep me quiet, I suggested that he stop or go easier on me, but three hundred years of pent-up sexual tension took it tall on the both of us. By the time we were done, I was exhausted, just ready to sleep, on the floor of the living room, with no need to get up and get to bed, I just needed to sleep.
“Mommyy… Mommyy…” we heard Katie cries out, it’s three am, why was she crying probably a bad dream or just feeling lonely, I groaned ready to get up and calm her back to sleep.
“I’ll go check on our little mate,” William says and I was happy to have the help.