12 Apologies goes a long way

It was a little past 1 in the morning when Alan got back home. He was supposed to woo her but instead he ended up in an argument with her. It had been four years since they had been married and they had never once made love together. Adding the fact that Ashley's old flame was back in town and seemed to be interested in her didn't make him feel all that great. It wasn't a problem for him to find another girl, he was successful and young and good looking but he had once promised Ashley that if she was faithful to him then he would be the same. He also knew that he didn't want anyone else, he wanted his wife. During their marriage, there had been numerous of ladies that threw themselves at him hoping that he would take them as a mistress so that they could live comfortably but none of them interest him. It wasn't that they weren't pretty, they were gorgeous, but none of them were able to connect with him the way Ashley did. Because of that, he found no interest to entertain them nor did he want to do that to Ashley.

He got into his room and crawled into bed. He sighed and wrapped his arms around Ashley hugging her to sleep not knowing how much longer he would be able to do so. After a few minutes, he was able to drift off to sleep quietly.

Ashley heard Alan come in the room but did not make it known. When he wrapped his arms around her and heaved a sigh, her heart felt a little weird - was it a little bit of pain? The scene felt like deja vu as it had happened once before and he also gave into her that time as well. He had always been considerate of her but it wasn't until now that she realized that she may not have been too considerate of him. She knew about a few different women approaching him during their marriage for a fling but also knew that he never paid them any attention. She was always grateful to him for that because each time it happened she was scared that he might not be able to resist since she wasn't giving him the love he wanted. She felt him go to sleep and she sighed on her own and slowly slipped into slumber as well.

It was morning and Ashley turned over to hug Alan as well to get him to wake up. He slowly blinked away the drowsiness and kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that last night. I don't know what has gotten into me..."

Ashley stopped him mid-sentence with a light kiss that was returned passionately by Alan. He pulled her in closer to him as he deepened the kiss. Continuing the kiss, Ashley unbuttoned his pajama shirt and took it off before leading his fingers to the buttons on her shirt. Alan pulled away and put their foreheads together. "Are you sure? I don't think I can stop myself if I go further."

Ashley smiled reassuringly. "I'm sure. Just as you had time to think, I also did as well. I'm sorry I made you wait so long."

Alan chuckled heartily. This was going to be a good morning. After so long, the mighty Ashley finally succumbed to him. He was finally going to have her all to himself after all this waiting. This feeling of bliss was going to keep him going for a long time.

Alan made love to Ashley gently as this was her first time, their first time, and afterwards they lied in bed holding each other as they drifted off into a short nap. When they finally woke up, it was a little past noon but it was Sunday and they could just go out to find something to eat for lunch. Alan kissed the top of her forehead. The happiness of being satisfied after such a long wait and enduring through all those lonely nights still swept through him.

"How are you feeling?"

"Not too bad. It hurts a little but it will get better." She was still feeling the after effects of losing her virginity but after sleeping for a bit, it was a little better and it didn't sting as much.

"Im sorry. I wish I could make you feel better."

"There is nothing you need to apologize for. This was my choice, you were already very accommodating."

Alan smiled and hugged her closer. How he wanted this moment to never end. "So should we get up and go find something to eat?"

She nodded her head. "Sorry I am not able to cook for you lunch."

"What I got was much better than a home cooked meal." He said flirtatiously.

Ashley blushed a little and moved to get up. She was not used to this. They never flirted before and although it was very pleasant she couldn't help but react coyly because it had been so long since she had this kind if interaction with the opposite sex.

Alan chuckled softly as he saw that his wife had started blushing and rushed to go elsewhere. She was definitely cute this way and he liked it. Although he was told that he could be a playboy, he never had the patience or time to bother with trying to attract someone so he never really flirted with anyone before. Upon seeing his wife's reaction though, he thought to himself that he should watch more romance dramas/movies to learn how to flirt with his wife. After all, he wanted her to experience everything there was to a relationship - the playfulness, the courting, the seriousness, and the happiness.

Alan followed her to the bathroom and brushed his teeth on the other sink. He looked at her as she was brushing and she shyly looked the other way as she quickly finished brushing. She rushed to leave to go get changed while he laughed quietly to himself. He enjoyed this new feeling. But what exactly was this new feeling? Was it because his whole life had always been all hard work but no play and now he was finding enjoyment from the smaller things? Was he starting to feel love for her? But what is love? He is pretty certain that right now if someone were to point a gun at them, he would not be running in front of it for her. He would loan her money without writing another contract but he definitely wouldn't be taking a bullet for her. So what did that mean? That he was trusting her? That he was starting to fall in love with her? All this was too foreign to him and he decided that he would just take it one step at a time, after all, these steps currently that he is taking is not too bad, enjoyable even.

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