15th January- Canary Islands, Spain
Letty’s beach house
Dom’s POV
I stood shocked as I watched Letty race out of the room. I thought we had covered this before bed last night but apparently I had been wrong. She still thought I was rejecting her.
I shook my head and let out a heavy sigh. This wasn’t at all how I wanted things to progress.
I entered the kitchen ten minutes later, freshly showered and dressed. Letty’s back was to me but judging by the way she tensed as I walked into the room she knew I was here. I said nothing, instead I turned to Ava who was sleepily sitting in her high chair waiting for breakfast.
“Dada.” She cooed as I placed a kiss on her forehead, running my hand through her sleep matted curls.
“Hey princess.” I spoke softly. Something brushed against my leg and it made me look downwards.
“KI!.” Ava squealed in excitement and I smiled along with her as Kiki brushed up against me once more. It had taken a few hours but Ava’s kitten finally had a name, one that was easy for Ava to learn. Kiki had become well-adjusted with her new home and was surprisingly gentle with Ava. Now we were trying to teach Ava to be gentle with Kiki, that she could hurt her if she was too rough. For the most part she was gentle, but we had had a few incidents and a few tears to go along with it.
“It’s Kiki.” I responded to Ava as I picked up the small tabby cat. Patting it gently on the head she purred in content as she curled up on my lap.
“Mine?” Ava asked and I laughed.
“Yeah princess Kiki’s yours.”
“Mine.” Ava spoke firmly and I chuckled at her attitude. That was all Letty, there was no denying that.
“Ava you ready for breakfast?” Letty asked as she brought over a plate of cut up toast. It took all of two seconds before Ava had one in her little hand and another in her mouth. I smiled as I continued to pat Kiki, glancing at Letty only to find she was avoiding my gaze. I sighed heavily as I looked her over. We had to talk about this.
“I was thinking we could go for a drive today.” I spoke up, my eyes firmly on Letty’s tense form.
“Okay.”
“Letty look at me, please?” I begged quietly and after a few silent seconds she turned to face me. Our eyes briefly met before she looked downwards again but at least I could see her face.
“I’m not rejecting you. I’m trying to be good and go slow. It’s what you wanted until last night when you told me everything.” I spoke quietly.
“I know.”
“So is that not the case anymore?” I asked trying to make some sense of what she wanted.
“I…I don’t know. You have the ability to heal me and break me at the same time. The broken part of me wants you at arm’s length but then the other part of me, the part that still loves you, wants you as close as possible.” She admitted in defeat as she sunk down into the chair next to me. I placed Kiki gently down on the floor and watched as she wandered off before I checked on Ava. She was eating, contently babbling to herself as she did so. I turned back to face Letty and gave her my full attention.
“I don’t want to move too fast and have you run off Letty. That’s all I’m worried about. I’m worried one day I’ll wake up and the two of you will be gone, never to be seen again. I want you, god I want you. You have no idea how hard it was to pull away from you last night and say no. Or this morning in the bathroom; I wanted to pull you into the shower with me and show you just how much I’ve missed you. I love you Let, what you told me last night doesn’t change that and it never will. Can you trust me when I say that?” I asked looking her straight in the eye.
Silence was what greeted me after my declaration and I expected nothing less. It took a few more minutes before she slowly started to nod her head.
“Yes. It’s not always going to be easy. There are gunna be days where I won’t want you around or I’ll try and push you away. It scares me that you might listen.” She whispered and I let a smile creep onto my face. I placed my hands either side of her face and brought her closer to me so our foreheads rested against one another.
“Yes was all I needed to hear, as for everything else we can work on that together when the time comes.” I promised as I placed my lips on hers.
She responded immediately, her need clearly shining through in the kiss. I pulled her into my lap, my lips never leaving hers as she came willingly. The kiss was slow and passionate, and I poured everything I wanted to say into that kiss and I felt her doing the exact same.
“BA!” A loud squeal pulled us apart, both our heads turning towards the source of the noise. Ava’s little face was screwed up in anger as she stared back at us, clearly she didn’t like being ignored.
“Do you want a kiss too princess?” I laughed as I used my free arm to pick her up out of the high chair. Letty settled her between us as I wrapped my arms around them both. Kissing Ava’s sticky cheek I looked up at Letty with a smile. I had spent over a year dreaming of this and now I had it I knew I wasn’t ever letting it go again.