"Why did you go through a marriage ceremony?"
Didn't Eli tell you why?"
"I want to hear it from you." Asia said.
"I didn't want anybody to think bad of you or you of yourself. Quite frankly, you deserve a lot more than what you're getting and giving you my name was the least I could do for messing your life up."
She was quiet for a moment but then spoke, "That's very caring of you John."
"I'm not completely heartless."
Her hand on my face was startling, "No, you're not John." And then she was kissing me.
Okay this was really good! I wanted to take over, but something bade me give her the time to experiment. So I contented myself with meeting her kisses passionately, but with reserve. I should have just taken her, because after a hot hour filled with her breathy kisses she was suddenly gone, while I lay there achingly awake for the rest of the night.
What a lousy day! What a lousy wedding night! Everything was lousy and on top of it all it looked like it was about to rain. Worst of all I was about to break my promise so help me.
This morning Asia had acted like nothing had happened last night. She'd insisted on learning how to navigate with a compass today and so she was in the front leading the way, every blessed sensuous inch of her. Bending, twisting, arching, and shifting side to side in evident feminine display.
I mopped at the sweat running down my face. It hurt just to walk. Never had I gone through such agony and restraint for a woman! I stopped and bent over with my hands on my knees in a crisis of urge and a battle of consciousness.
"John?"
I got a grip on my rampant thoughts and straightened back up not looking at her, "Stay here, while I go take care of something."
"John."
I forced myself to look at her. She was shifting from one foot to the other wringing her hands.
"I'm sorry! I chickened out on you last night. I got scared. We can do it now if you want."
I glanced away from her out into the forest. She was finally giving me what I wanted. I sighed. It was an overpowering urge to take her up on her offer, but it wouldn't be the smart thing to do right now. The plane couldn't be much more than a brisk five hours walk from here.
I needed to get her to safety. That had to be my first priority and stopping now, when we were so close to attaining that safety, was foolish. When I had her on my island, then I would be free to enact every torrid fantasy I'd dreamed up with her.