Will gasped at the beauty arrayed before him; the yellow nightgown was as sheer as could be and left nothing to the imagination. His eyes dipped from her face to her fulsome breasts with the dark pink pert nipples, then traversed lower until he spied the triangle of dark hair that promised the secrets he had long coveted. Just seeing her before him as he had dreamed of so many times almost took him beyond his control, but he willed himself to wait.
“You are wearing far too much clothing for the occasion,” Elizabeth said saucily as she arched her eyebrow. In the blink of an eye, the banyan was on the floor, followed by his nightshirt. Elizabeth raked her eyes over his handsome face, her eyes entranced with the sight of his well-defined chest, which had some downy hair that tapered and disappeared beneath his breeches.“I want to seeallof my husband,” Elizabeth demanded as she stepped forward and lifted the sheer nightgown over her head, the challenge and expectation making him grin.
Elizabeth gasped when she saw his swollen manhood once he opened and stepped out of his breeches. Neither moved as they drank in the wonders of the sight before them. When she started to reach for him, she broke his trance, and he swept Elizabeth up in his arms and laid her on top of the coverlet on the enormous bed. He laid down next to her, his hands sliding from her neck to her breasts, reminding her of the pleasure of his touch when his fingers brushed her nipples, causing his wife to moan in pleasure, and she again arched her back as she ached for more of his touch.
He lowered his mouth onto one breast and first flicked the tip, and when she mewled, he swirled his tongue around it, making it as hard and swollen, then turned his attention to the other and repeating the process just as thoroughly until he was sure she was as needy as he. When her hand started to travel his body in a bid for more, he slowly slid a hand down her stomach, and he was surprised when she opened her thighs for him, impatient for him to continue rather than show fright or reluctance.
At the touch of his fingers, a flood of promise soaked them, and he proved his appreciation by teasing her open in search of her nub and started to rub it. Elizabeth then shocked him by resting her fingers over his and guided him, showing him what she liked most and when he took over, she moved with his hand to take what she needed, which made him moan in need. When he slipped in one finger, she gasped in surprise, and his tension skyrocketed as he readied her for him.
She reciprocated, sliding her hand down his length.
“This is what I did when I imagined this moment with you.” He guided her hand as she had his, helping her learn his desires quicker. For him, the world ceased when she rested her hand over his to cease his ministrations.
“Make me your wife in every way, Will,” she demanded.
“Your wish is my command!” He settled over her. She felt the head of his appendage against her core, and then the sensations intensified as he entered her slowly. While all of that had been pleasurable before, it was nothing to this.
He reached the barrier of her maidenhood and stopped, knowing that he was about to cause her pain. Rather than allow him to worry, she thrust her hips toward him, and in the same instant, he tore through the final vestige of her being a maiden and he was fully seated in her. She gasped, pausing his words by resting a hand over his heart, and gave them both the comfort of eye contact. In this deeper connection they had, she comforted him as the pain was expected and a relief for her because that meant she was his wife in all ways at long last.
“Make love with me, Will.” She asked softly. At first, he moved slowly, but this first time with her was overwhelming and too soon over as he could not help but lose himself in his Lizzy, and in understanding that he would not last long, stroked her as she had taught him and took them over the edge together.
He rolled off her, and they finally got under the covers.“You are not further in pain, are you, Lizzy?” Will asked with concern.
“There was but a moment, and it passed, and what little there is now is expected when one is using their body in a new way. It is better than anything I imagined when I would daydream of what it would be like to become your wife at last,” she owned without embarrassment.
“You used to think of me, together with you? I love that you are no simpering miss, and I can express my passion without fear of overwhelming you, Lizzy. Tell me you only thought of me as you pleasured yourself.” He asked as his fingers again started to stroke her again.
“Only you!” she promised as she slid her fingers up his length. His mouth took hers, and he lifted her over him, her surprise making him grin.
“You feel deeper,” she whispered in awe.
“Make love to me, Lizzy!” he begged.
“Your wish is my command.” She replied, her tone sultry and full of promise as she moved in the ways his hands guided her until she figured out exactly what was possible, and all sense of time was lost in the pleasure one can only experience when they are with someone they love completely.
Chapter 16
“Will you not tell me where you are taking me for our wedding trip, husband? We are about to board Perry’s ship in Southampton. Please tell me where we are going, Will,” Elizabeth beseeched her husband, her excitement his undoing.
“I suppose it will do no harm now that you know we are to sail to a destination. We are going to the Kingdom of Sicily and the Papal States on the Italian peninsular, my love,” Will informed his bride.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, Will!” she looked up at him in perfect joy.“I have wanted to travel to some of the lands that you described while on your Grand Tour for the longest time so that I could see the same sights you did. You could not have planned a better trip for me if you had tried!”
The Darcys were shown to the owner’s cabin, a most spacious area that abutted the ship's stern. It encompassed the entire width from port to starboard and was more than one-third of the vessel's length. There was a cavernous dining/sitting room area, a large cabin with a bed not much smaller than the one at Rivington, and two small cabins for the personal servants.
“I cannot wait to make love to my wife as we sail towards our destination,” Will growled in Elizabeth’s ear, sending chills down her spine.
“Unlike Oxford, hopefully, we actually get to see some of the sights in the countries we are to visit and not just the inside of our chambers,” Elizabeth teased him.
“I would desire to never leave our chambers, but we will see as many of the sights that you wish, my love.” Will silenced her reply with a kiss that made her knees weaken, then stepped back, looking quite pleased with himself.“Mayhap, you want to put yourself to rights so we may stand on deck and watch the sights as we sail.”
“As it was you that caused the state I am in, you smug man, you are tasked with assisting me!” Elizabeth replied pertly.
A few minutes later, the newlyweds found a spot on the port side next to the railing where they watched as the men on the quay slipped the ships lines, then the jib and two smaller sails were raised, and they caught the seaward wind which pulled the ship from the quay. Once clear of the dock, Will and Elizabeth watched as the crew climbed up the rigging as surely as one would walk on solid ground and released the mainsail, which billowed as it caught the wind. The vessel started to gain some speed as she pointed toward the open sea and their destination beyond.
July 29, 1809
Elizabeth rested against the solid chest of her husband as the ship sailed up the Thames towards the dock where they would finally disembark, and then the wedding trip that would forever be an extremely happy memory for both would be over. Will had kept his word; they had explored and seen as many sights as Elizabeth desired.
