Villains also get Second chance

Cassius pov

"Do you even have any idea what else I want to do? How much i am thinking about it, yet have i ever crossed the line, Marrrr Iii Aaaa Nnnn Eeee" i asked as my hands slowly rubbed her lower lips.

Her lips were so soft and rosy. There was a strange attraction. As if there was a suction that was forcing me towards her.

I moved closer and it took all my strength to not kiss her lips but cheeks.

The kiss was no more than for a few seconds yet I could feel the warmth of her skin, it was blazing like fire. As if she was burning with the touch. My eyes were filled with desire, yet I knew this was not the time.

Her eyes that were close opened and she looked at me with surprise. But why do I feel there was some disappointment in them? But then she blinked and the anger in her eyes returned.

"Cassius, this is not the time to amuse oneself. We should look around." she scolded and then moved and checked the area, as if she could see far around.

Why do I feel it was just an excuse to create some distance between us?

I moved and stood behind her, my lips were inches away from her ears and I could feel the sweat on her skin slowly trickling down. Her body glistened as the sun rays reflected from her skin. 

"I was not teasing Marianne, I am asking for permission. If you agree, I really want to kiss you hard and keep you in my arms until your breaths mingle with mine, when I can smell your lavender scent from my body" I repeated in her ears and her eyes widened, as if she was expecting an apology or serious reply.

I did not want to tease her, but the way her face turn red and eyes looked around, trying to ignore my face, it felt so surreal.

The warrior queen who would not have blinked to use her sword on me, turned into a sweet innocent young girl which I never thought could be possible. How could a person be this strong yet this pure at the same time.

My eyes mesmerised the way she stammered. It felt so strange that she turned stiff in my arms. Her innocence is tantalising and I just could not take my eyes off her.

"Marianne, do you want me to do all those things I am thinking of… hmm?" I asked again in her ears as she had closed her eyes. Her eyelashes were fluttering like the wings of the butterfly, and her face was redder than beetroot. My hands moved and gently took the drop of sweat from her face and moved her hairs that were teasing her skin, it should be my right, not theirs.

She took two steps back and then coughed,

"Cassius, we are in the forest. For Christ sake we are lost and we did not even know where to go. Would you stop messing around and look where we need to go?!" she scolded, with a pitch higher this time, but I could feel her shivering under my touch

My hand reached her back, and moved gently and her breath hitched. It felt so satisfying just to tease her. I would not do anything that she did not accept, yet I wonder how it would feel if I touched her the way I wanted, the way I described her.

I shook my head. 'No, Cassius, you have to win her heart first.' I reminded myself.

"Then, shall I expect that you will let me have my desires fulfilled when I will escort you to the palace safely?" I asked and she bit her lips but stayed silent.

'Was it acceptance or denial!'

"Cassius, I think we need to go from here first." She reminded me and I looked around.

"We don't know the right way, if we just walk around like fools, it can be dangerous."

She followed my gaze and nodded. We were covered with thick forests, if we continued to just move there was a high chance we would be surrounded by wild animals.

"You think animals could smell blood?" she asked as she looked around.

I thought she would be afraid, it was natural to be, but when i looked at her, she was looking at everything with sharp eyes. It was a sharp contrast to the one she had before.

"Yes, let's go and walk towards the river. We need to clean our injuries and get rid of the blood. Then we need to lighten the fire and stay around it." I replied and she nodded, but when she moved I could see she was worn out. 

"Marianne, can you walk further?" I asked and she nodded in a heartbeat.

"Such a stubborn person! Your ankle is sore from yesterday, and I can see you got new injuries too. Let me help you.'' I offered and she looked at me from top to bottom.

"You are no better than me. And it will tire you out." she said and i was surprised that she was still caring about me, 

"I mean if we both get tired then we would not be able to complete the journey" she replied looking away and a goofy smile crept up to my lips. Who would have known that his snarls and comments were also filled with care for me.

'How blind I was in the past to not see that.' I gritted my teeth again as I remembered how much I had hurt her in this one year.

I walked further and held her, she looked at me surprised, but before she could stop me or ask something I took her in my arms and held her tightly.

"Don't be so worried about me, my wife. Your husband is not that old, he still has strength to hold you in his arms lifetime."