494 Man and Wife
The guests clapped and cheered but I was so oblivious to them at that moment. All I could focus on was Ace while I cherished this memory that we were making together. It felt like a very bright and wonderful start to our future life as a married couple. The lunch reception that followed was slightly stressful for me given the fact that I didn't have the chance to meet many people from Ace's side of the family before. Regardless of my worries, it turned out that everyone was friendly enough even if it was for the sake of politeness.
"Just smile, Rina. My bride looks so beautiful today," Ace complimented me openly.
"Thank you," I replied softly.
I knew that he was basically telling me to leave everything up to him and I didn't mind letting him take the lead on this one. If I had to place my bets on which one out of us was the best at handling his family members, then it would be him and definitely not me. To my surprise, Ace's father was very active in managing the guests. His considerate actions made me feel welcome even though he didn't voice it directly to me.
"Congratulations. You look very beautiful, and I can't help but think that Ace is very lucky. We should go on a holiday together soon," a woman said before beaming a smile at me.
"Thank you very much," I replied politely.
"Thank you for coming and thank you for the invitation. Let us know when you want us to join you," Ace replied.
I figured that she must be one of his aunts although Ace had never mentioned anything about us going on a holiday with his relatives. Ace seemed a little stiff while talking to some of his relatives so I could tell that managing our relationship with them probably wouldn't be easy smooth sailing. After going around and greeting all our guests, we took our place at the long table to enjoy a well- deserved lunch. I wasn't at all hungry because of all the nervousness and excitement that I felt. Food was the last thing on my mind, and I wasn't even sure if my stomach could expand any further given how tight the waist of my wedding dress was.
"You're not hungry?" Ace asked knowingly.
"I'm too excited..." I whispered in reply.
Ace smiled at me teasingly as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder. My eyes widened when he kissed my ear. My heart skipped a dangerous beat and I started to feel shy and also conscious that someone might be watching us.
"Shall I feed you?" Ace whispered close to my ear.
"Ace..." I called his name disapprovingly.
"Come, open your mouth. I'll feed you..." Ace offered as he scoped some food onto his fork.
"Umm..." I murmured hesitantly.
"No need to be shy. You should eat something. I can't have you fainting from hunger on our wedding day," Ace said with mocking worry.
"Umm...I can eat myself..." I protested softly.
"That won't do, Rina..." Ace replied with a playful grin.
Ace turned away from me and lifted his other hand up in the air. Immediately, he caught the attention of a photographer that was walking around taking photos of our wedding. The man approached us immediately and I started to have a very bad feeling about what was about to happen next.
"Please take photos of us," Ace requested while sounding very cheerful.
"Of course," the photographer replied enthusiastically.
"Here you go, Rina. Open your mouth..." Ace urged with a playful twinkle in his brown eyes.
By that time the photographer had already taken loads of photos of us. It felt like I didn't have any other choice but to play along and give in. I slowly opened my mouth and Ace fed me while the camera clicked repeatedly to capture every part of that moment. I wondered how many photos we were going to get of Ace feeding me.
"Did you get that? Let's try that again..." Ace asked the photographer before turning to smile at me.
I found myself opening my mouth and letting Ace feed me. Ace seemed to be enjoying himself, and soon enough, I started to enjoy it as well. My worries started to fade away as I focused more and more on Ace and his flirtatious teasing. On top of that, the food tasted so delicious now that Ace was feeding me. Once I had started to relax, I couldn't count the number of times that we laughed along with each other. Each moment that we enjoyed and every memory that we created together on that day felt extra special. I was certain that in the future, we would look back on this day and reflect on just how lucky we were to have found each other.
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"Ace...not so fast..." I said as I tried to push him off of me teasingly. "It's our wedding night,” he pointed out before burying his face into the side of my neck.
I moaned despite myself when he began sucking softly on my sensitive skin. The weight of his body on mine felt so seductive and soon I was wrapping my arms around his back and stroking it as he planted soft kisses against the side of my neck. I had to say that he did a decently good job in waiting for us to arrive at our honeymoon destination before attacking me.
With the fear that news of our wedding may leak and that we may be disturbed for our honeymoon, we made the drastic decision to take off right after the end of our wedding reception. That meant taking a private flight in the afternoon and arriving at our honeymoon destination early in the evening. Ace behaved decently well during the flight, but it was clear that he could no longer wait to have his way with me. It was our first night together as husband and wife and I was determined to give him everything that he wanted without holding back.
--To be continued...
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