The Cursed Prince

"What are you thinking?" Mars asked Emmelyn. He noticed how the girl looked at him with a strange glint in her eyes.

"Nothing," Emmelyn lied. She lied like it was second nature to her. She was actually thinking about inviting the man back to her bed to warm her on this cold night.

Maybe... they could make love again like they used to do before Emmelyn was confirmed pregnant.

Ahh...

She swallowed when she remembered the fun they had together in bed.

[Gosh, Emmelyn! What were you thinking?]

How embarrassing! She was thinking of this man on her bed just now.

She wanted him back?

What would he think of her?

She was the one who told him that they should sleep in different chambers, now that they had achieved the goal of getting her pregnant.

He objected to her proposal, saying that he wanted to stay in the same chamber so he could take care of her and made sure that she was fine throughout her pregnancy. However, he agreed on sleeping on the couch.

Mars also had made Roshan prepared twin beds for them in their new chamber downstairs. He did that out of respect to Emmelyn's wishes.

Emmelyn could imagine Roshan's confusion if she suddenly asked Mars to sleep with her again. The prince would have to ask Roshan to remove the twin beds and replaced them with another huge bed.

No no no.. even if Emmelyn loved the prince and was flattered to know that he loved her back... it was too embarrassing to ask him to come back to her bed.

Embarrassing.

"Hm.. okay. Do you want to rest now?" Mars asked. He didn't press on the matter, even though he was genuinely curious to know what she was thinking.

"I think... I want to take a bath, before going to bed," Emmelyn admitted. "I need to remove my makeup, clean my body... and soak in the warm water to relax my mind. There is too much going on tonight. I need to calm down."

"Ah.. okay. You have to relax your mind. Mr. Vitas said you must not feel stressed. I was so scared back there, when you couldn't breathe," Mars agreed. "I think at this hour, they must have prepared the bath. We can go up now."

He opened the door and let her come out of his study. They walked together to the third floor, into their chamber.

Mars was right. When they entered, the bath was ready. The servants were so diligent and knew exactly of their master's nightly ritual.

As soon as they saw him come home, they immediately prepared the bathwater and warm it up for him. By the time Mr. Vitas left, everything was ready.

Emmelyn inhaled the aromatic scent they put into the bath and smiled. She felt slightly relaxed already. 

When she looked to the right, she noticed that the chamber was illuminated by the light from the fireplace.

This was the first time she saw the fireplace turned on. It looked like the servants knew it was the time of the year to start it since winter would arrive tomorrow.

There were no more candles to light the chamber since the light from the fire was enough to give both light and warmth for the chamber occupants.

For a few moments, Emmelyn was hesitating. She couldn't possibly put off the fire in the fireplace. It would be super cold by the time she finished with her bath.

"Is there a problem?" Mars asked as he saw Emmelyn got ready to take off her coat and then stopped. "Is it too hot for you?"

"Uhm.. that's not it," she replied haltingly. "I want to take a bath but it's too bright."

Mars chuckled when he heard her concern. "I can't believe you are still feeling shy around me. I have seen every inch of your body, and you have seen mine."

Emmelyn furrowed her brows. Most of the time, when they took a bath together or had sex, the lights were dimmed. She could feel his skin, and his touches, but she couldn't really see him clearly.

Only several times did she see him up close when they had sex... those were when this shameless prince took her for 'breakfast' in the morning or his 'appetizer' before they had dinner.

"It's different," she protested. "We almost always did it in the dark. I can't see you."

"But I can see YOU," Mars commented. He came to her side and touched her coat. "All those times, when you put off the candles... and it was dark, I can see you. So, it doesn't matter if you turn off the lights or not, if your concern is because you are shy to show your body to me... then it doesn't work. I can see you with or without lights."

"Oh my god!!!" Emmelyn pressed her lips in shock and spontaneously pushed him. "You can see me in the dark????? Why didn't you ever tell me????"

"Uhm... you never asked," was the man's response. "I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable, if you knew I can see in the dark."

Emmelyn looked at the man and the fireplace and realized, Mars only told her about the fact since she was hesitating to take a bath because of the light from the fireplace.

Gosh.. how embarrassing....!

"Like, I said... if you are thinking of putting off the fire in the fireplace because you don't want me to see you, it would be no use. I can close my eyes and not see you if that's what you want. You need the fire to keep warm."

His words were gentle and uttered in such a caring tone, that Emmelyn felt touched.

Uhmm.. hmkay. She should get used to this fact and stopped feeling shy. They had been intimate so many times that she lost count. He had seen every inch of her body and she had seen his too.

She liked his body.. she was crazy about it, especially after she realized that she had fallen in love with him.

Surely he must be feeling the same about her, wasn't he?

"Okay..." Finally, she mumbled. 

Emmelyn took off her coat and folded it nicely on the table. Then she realized that her ball gown was quite intricate. She needed two maids to help her get into it earlier today. Now, she needed them to take it off.

Uff.. she didn't want to call them at this hour just to help her change. Emmelyn turned to the man who was standing beside her. She cleared her throat and squeaked, "Can you help me take off my dress?"

Mars was stunned when he heard her request.

Did she just ask him to help her undress?

Heaven was on his side tonight!

He quickly nodded vigorously. "Yes, of course."

Emmelyn lifted her hair and pointed at buttons at the back of her dress. "Help me unbutton my dress and take off my corset."

The man licked his lips unconsciously as he moved behind her and helped her undress. When he had finished unfastening the top buttons, he could see and feel her soft milky skin.

His heart thumped. Mars missed Emmelyn's naked back when they made love. He always enjoyed seeing the beautiful sight when he took her from behind. It was so, so... sexy.

Right at that moment, he wanted to caress her back and kissed her nape so badly...

And then lower his kisses down her back.. and played with her supple butt...

And then...