Belle's POV*

This man truly is my goddess-sent, and I can’t thank her enough for sending him my way.

After making sweet love to me, we clung to each other’s warmth, still naked and stretched out on his mattress.

We had made love for hours, moving from the couch, to the stairs, and finally to his bed. Today has been the best day of my life, and I loved every bit of what he did to me.

“What made you wait?” His voice pulls me back from my wandering thoughts.

“Wait for what?”

“For sex. I thought maybe you had others before me…” He trails off, the relief in his...