Chapter 42

Two weeks later, with the

weather starting to warm up, Edward suggested once again that he

take Alessandra for a slow walk to the waterfall.

"Only if you feel up to it," he

said as they sat with his parents at breakfast.

"Yes?" she asked, hiding

no part of her excitement.

Edward's mother and father both

looked at the interaction between the two young people. It inspired

them to remember how it had been for them in their first year of

marriage.

Edward smiled indulgently at

his wife.

"Yes! We shall set out

immediately after breakfast so that we do not need to rush. We can

walk as slowly as you need to."

Alessandra laughed loudly. "Oh,

Edward, I can still walk!"

~~~~~

A short time later, they

were slowly making their way through the gardens and the forest.

Once again they reached the quiet and sunny grassed area where they

lay down the blanket and sat down, listening to the

waterfall.

"Thank you for this,

Edward."

"Time with you means

everything to me," Edward said before lifting her hand to his

lips.

The two of them sat and

lay down together. Talking, laughing and eating, they each felt

true joy at just being able to spend so much time together for the

whole day, without either of them having to rush off to do

something else.

"Edward, do you think we would

be too presumptive to start assuming that our child will be born

healthy?" Alessandra asked, surprising Edward with the

question.

"Oh, my love, why do you ask

that?"

"I find myself wondering about

names," she said.

Edward breathed a sigh of

relief.

"Oh, I see. And what are your

thoughts?"

"Do you have any preferences?"

Alessandra asked.

"No. I only wish for you to

remain healthy and happy," Edward said and kissed her softly.

Suddenly, both of them

heard crackling from the forest behind them. They looked up, frozen

and silent as if to check if there was anyone there. Hearing

nothing more, they relaxed once again.

"The weather is warmer now,"

Alessandra said, out of context with the conversation they were

having.

"Warmer than when, my

love?" Edward teased her as he laughed, knowing exactly what she

was thinking.

"Than when we were last

here," Alessandra responded, openly smiling and teasing him back in

knowing that he knew what she was thinking.

Edward

laughed loudly at her and tried to

control the level of arousal she was inducing in him so

easily.

"My beautiful wife, there is

nothing more that I would like right now than to make love to you,

but…"

Alessandra put her lips on his,

stopping him from continuing his sentence. She kissed him

passionately, pushing him to forget his argument while she coaxed

him until they were both naked. When she lay on top of him, both

were aware of a small person lying between them.

Edward looked

up at his wife, taken away in the vision of her moving on him. She

sat upright due to her belly being larger. He felt like he could

not live a moment without her. He would never want to

live a moment without her.

Alessandra revelled in the

feelings, taking her time to concentrate on her own body and ensure

all was well.

Once again, it did not

occur to either of them that they could be being watched from a

distance.

~~~~~

Tom Missinger

remained still as he watched the scene before him. He had seen them

walking, sitting, talking, and laughing. When he had seen them

moving toward marital relations, he had wanted to run in and stop

it to keep Edward's hands off his Alessandra. What

they did together - the way they moved together - was something he

craved. He couldn't stop thinking about her, and the joy she could

bring to him if he could just get her to consent to be his wife.

He'd completely forgotten about his own wife, Katherine. He'd had

no qualms whatsoever about walking out the door of his home on

either that first occasion, or the present one. He didn't believe

Katherine cared at all about where he was going or what he was

doing.

He felt a mix of

excitement, greed and hatred as he watched Alessandra on top of her

husband. Seeing her naked body, as much as it fuelled his desire,

also reminded him that she was noticeably with child. What he

considered to be love for her, prevented him from the possibility

of startling her in that condition. As much as he wanted to run in,

break the two of them apart, and beg her to come away with him, he

wasn't so heartless that he would risk causing her pain by losing

her child.

With the realisation that he

could not approach or seduce her while she was with child, Tom

decided he couldn't watch any more of their lovemaking. He slowly

turned and started to walk through the forest, to head toward his

home.

~~~~~

Edward watched his wife moving

on top of him. Seeing her body and facial expressions during

lovemaking was intoxicating. He listened to her moaning in her

pleasure as he caressed her in the spot she loved to be touched.

Immediately after she climaxed on him, he couldn't hold back any

longer. The two of them were silent for minutes, together engulfed

in the feeling of release.

Alessandra pulled off him and

lay down beside him as he repositioned and turned to face her,

loving the smile she had on her face. He kissed her softly.

"What were we saying about baby

names?" she asked, making him heavily laugh out loud.

"Oh, how I do love you,

Alessandra!"