Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 125

Nora

After the wedding, festivities were held at some rented place. There was champagne, cake, good food, and music.

Lily disappeared without a word after the ceremony. William told me her thoughts were dark, and I should keep away from her. My mother and dads gave me their blessing, but Leo's mother hates me. Oh well.

I pranced around with my brother and his wife on the dance floor. Then I danced with Leo and forgot that I hated him while we laughed and drank.

I actually had a lot of fun hanging out with him.

Leo isn't that bad.

Or maybe I'm just drunk?

Honestly, I'm still a bit tipsy from the celebrations, which is probably why I agreed to let Leo take me back to his place. It's an impressive mansion, and soon, I will live here. Yes, I will freaking LIVE HERE.

Leo is my husband now, and my name is officially Nora Saint. It will only be a matter of time before I move my stuff into this luxurious mansion. I can almost not believe it.

I laugh as I take off my shoes in his hallway. "I can't believe that you, of all people, turned out to become my husband!"

"Are you complaining?" Leo is drunk too, and he flashes me a pearly smile while moving his hands to take off his shirt.

"Woah, woah, woah, hold up!" I raise my hands in surrender and blink at his hands. They are holding up the hem of his shirt, revealing the bottom row of his tanned abs. Leo smiles innocently at me. "What?"

"You're... You're getting naked?"

"Uh, yes?" Leo snorts. "Sorry, but what did you think you signed up for? You might not like my guts, Nora Saint, but you and I must finish the mating ritual immediately." Immediately?!

My eyes almost bulge out of their sockets. A second ago, I was feeling tipsy. But the idea of having s*x with Leo, my freaking enemy, is enough to sober me up.

I couldn't possibly sleep with him! No. That would be too many steps forward in just a single day. I can't do it.

I'm about to tell Leo I'm not ready for s*x.

But then he throws away his shirt, and my IQ drops down to flipping zero when I see his body. Because yes, please, I will gladly take some of that, preferably right now.

Leo is just ridiculous. He is the golden boy with tanned skin, rock-hard abs, and insane v-lines.

Huge.

Ripped.

Extremely cut.

Those pecs? I could lick them like ice cream and probably make myself come without Leo even doing anything to me.

"My eyes are up here," Leo teases. He saucily winks at me and chuckles when I turn bright red. "You suddenly nervous, Nora? Because you don't have to be. We are married. Look all you want."

"Uh..." I sheepishly smile at him, caught in the action of ogling him like he is prey has left me feeling embarrassed. I sigh. "I'm not even going to bother pretending I wasn't looking at you. You have a very nice body. Gorgeous." When Leo glances over his shoulder to study me, it's with a slow burn of heat. "You think my body is gorgeous, Nora?"

Crap.

Perhaps I shouldn't have been honest.

Will he use it against me?

My heart races fast against my ribcage. I could lie to Leo, throw sass his way, and pretend I never said his body was gorgeous, but it would ruin this moment.

His green eyes are filled with anticipation, and I get the sense he didn't expect me to admit to finding him attractive. It's making me feel things, like heat and flames and chemistry.

Leo and I might never fall in love or become a real couple, but I possess a superficial attraction to him.

And I can't hide the truth.

"Yes, Leo," I tell him. "I honestly think you're gorgeous."

Silence falls.

I wonder if I've said too much.

Leo's eyes slightly widen, and surprise fills his features. I say nothing. The ball is in his hands. I can't only wait for his response while my pulse drum in my ears.

"I like your honesty," Leo chuckles with his eyes never leaving mine. He doesn't look cocky, only flirtatious. "And I like that you find me attractive. Keep ogling me, Nora. It feeds my ego that my life sworn enemy finds my body ogle-worthy." Oh-my-god.

I open up and show myself vulnerable in admitting I find him attractive, and he dares to joke around with me?!

I pick up my shoe and throw it at Leo. He snorts and catches it in mid-air with a bright smile. "You're violent for being such a cute little thing, Nora Saint!"

"Well, you deserve it!" I stick out my tongue at him, and Leo laughs some more.

We share a long smiling moment, but suddenly the room is spinning, and I find it troublesome to stand straight.

My knees buckle forward, and I yelp. Luckily, Leo is there within seconds, wrapping those arms around me. "Careful."

I peer up at him, squeezing his bicep. He really has the prettiest eyes I've ever seen. "Thank you for touching me."

He chuckles. "Don't you mean catching you?"

My cheeks turn molten hot, and my eyes widen when Leo sweeps me off my feet. He does it with ease.

What a showoff.

And holy s**t Leo is built.

My legs are dangling down from his muscular arm, and I'm carried princess-style towards the stairs.

I meet his eyes. "No! Don't carry me! Why did you pick me up?! This is beyond embarrassing! I can walk on my own, you know! I just... I feel small and helpless, okay?"

"I like that you're small; it will allow me to do some fun and dirty things to you in bed."

I blush, and Leo shows me his teeth in another smile.

"I'm serious. I've always wanted to do this. You were always taller than me in the past, and it hurt my pride. I liked you, but I didn't think you would go out with someone shorter than you. I had zero confidence back then, but now that isn't a problem." I stare up at him. "You... You liked me?"

Wow.

Leo must be drunker than I initially thought since he admitted to liking me when we were younger.

"Of course I did," Leo removes some red hair from my face. I search his eyes for a sign of dishonesty but find none, and he smiles. "Nora. I might be drunk, but that only makes it impossible for me to be lying. And I have to be honest right now..." I slowly blink.

For some reason, Leo's words scare me. There is also a voice saying we are progressing too fast. But in all honesty, there have always been pent-up emotions between us.

"You have to be honest?" I ask.

"Yes, because..."

He hesitates, and I hand him a hesitant smile.

"Just say it."

His eyes flicker to mine, and a sad smile tugs on his lips. He appears miserable, even though I have no idea why.

"Because after we have mated with each other, I have to get going. Not right away, but after a few days. I don't want to, but I have to leave you, and that's why I need to move on from our past quickly."

"Wait, what? We just got married, Leo, and now you're talking about leaving me? Why?"

He kisses the top of my head.

At this point, I let him. I like how I tingle from his touch, and I love how I fit into his gargantuan arms.

Why does it feel so good to be held by my enemy?

Blame it on the mate-bond, but when I'm with Leo, I find it hard to remember why I disliked him in the first place.

He has been so sweet today. And I'm drunk, so I can hardly remember our past here and now.

"Demons have appeared in locations that don't have powerful enough alphas to defeat them," Leo explains, tilting his head. He is smiling as if he finds me adorable while held by his arms. "So I will have to travel to do some alpha work. I will be gone for a few weeks. I've also promised to train a few alphas to defeat demons."

I laugh, but the sound is bittersweet. "Why does that make me disappointed to hear? I'm not even supposed to like you. Yet here I am, sad that my new husband is leaving, and we haven't even been married for twenty-four hours."

Leo snorts and hugs me closer to him. He is sweet and affectionate, and it makes me buzz with butterflies.

I'm so damn confused.

"I feel the same way... I didn't think I would mind leaving you, but after seeing you dance tonight? After seeing you stuff your face with cake and having you tell me all of your bad jokes? Call me an official Nora fan. You were amazing tonight."

I get the feeling Leo is being honest, but honestly, things are moving a bit too fast. Yesterday, I hated him, and I can't let myself get carried away just because tonight was terrific.

I shove at his chest, blushing at how hard it is. He smiles down at me like he doesn't understand my shy expression but is just happy that I'm looking at him.

A sigh escapes my lips. "Okay, you're being way too cheesy. And stop looking at me with those f**k-me eyes."

Leo is walking up the stairs, breathing a laugh. "Too much for you? Should I go back to calling you, Ducky?"

I realize right there and then that something has changed in Leo's tone when he says my old nickname. This time, he said it with affection, and it perplexes me.

The mate-bond really changes the game.

It's hard to fight the emotions that float up to the surface due to the mate-bond.

Leo and I are walking into uncharted waters, and it's scary and confusing. We are married, but up until now, I didn't know Leo liked me. Or is he just saying that because of the mate-bond?

He looks at me like I'm precious...

"Nora?"

I peer up at him. "Hmm?"

Leo pushes open the door to his bedroom. "I really like you. I always have... Could we start over?"

My head goes silent, but my heart turns loud. It pounds faster and faster until the whole world is spinning. Leo is beautiful. He is attractive too, and the mate-bond draws me in like a moth to a flame.

But I still possess enough logic to understand this is going too fast and that we haven't solved any of our old drama.

I furrow my eyebrows. "Promise not to get mad."

"Of course," Leo says. "Tell me what you're thinking."

"I'm not sure if I can forgive the past that easily... I understand that we have to finish the mating ritual to save humanity. You have to become stronger, but... I'm not really sure if... If I can just forget everything about the past right now. I need time." Leo places me down in his bed, smiling faintly. "Okay."

"But I'm not against getting to know you!" I quickly add while getting comfortable against a gigantic pillow. "Like, maybe we could be texting while you're gone?"

The tip of Leo's lips curls higher. He is busy taking off the rest of his clothes, and the faint moonlight illuminating his tanned skin makes him appear almost holy.

Like, I've seen other men.

I've been with them too.

But none of them looked like this.

"I would like that," Leo says, stretching before me to show off his ridiculous alpha body. Every muscle turns tense, and his smile widens. "But before anything, you and I will sleep together, Nora. You can't get away from the mating ritual." I take him in and find my eyes grow huge when he takes off his pants with a seductive smile.

Wow.

Just wow.

With a body and c**k like that, I don't see a reason I would ever want to escape from the mating ritual...