Page 12 of Resisting Your Love

I never thought I'd be enjoying Levi the way I was.

I thought we would only have bad experiences with each other.

The arranged marriage was turning out for the best. Things were different, but he still liked for things to go his way at times.

I guessed that came from being an only child.

Well, both of us were like that. November had come and gone, and now we were in December, and I didn't know how we were going to do Christmas.

For Thanksgiving, we spent it with his family, and they saw a change in us.

We saw it, too, but didn't comment on what it was.

It was best not to give what we were a title.

Not yet, but I could say that we were behaving like a married couple.

Levi showed up at my job one night with flowers and food. Something he had never done before. Then, another time, he gave me a gift card with a sizeable amount to keep my nails and feet done. The man was full of surprises, which was something I didn't see coming but welcomed.

Since I knew he liked to draw, I got him a new sketch pad. Levi didn’t wanted to accept it, but I put it in his bedroom anyway. It was the small things I enjoyed doing with him.

This man had me outside with him, helping him put up Christmas lights, something I never thought he'd be interested in doing. He wanted to get it done early since he knew it was calling for snow later this month.

"It's cold out here." I pouted.

He laughed. "Don't pull that with me. We're almost done. Do you want to go out and get the Christmas tree today, too? We don't have anything else to do."

I scoffed. "How do you know if I don't already have plans?"

Levi shrugged one of his shoulders. "I never thought to ask. Well, do you?"

"No." I snapped because that wasn't the point.

He sent me a wink. "I'll warm you up when we get in the house."

I blushed, knowing his way of warming me up would be with him between my legs. That was something I had no problem with.

An hour later, we were done and back inside. He made us some hot chocolate, and we sat at the kitchen table, drinking it slowly.

"After we get the Christmas tree, do you want to go see a drive-in movie?"

I smiled. "Yes, I'd like to do that. Do you know what they are playing today?"

Levi shook his head. "I think today is a throwback movie. I just don't know what all is playing. I can look it up and see," he suggested.

I shook my head. "No, we can just go and see what's playing."

"Word. Are we still going to that event next week?"

I arched a brow, wondering what the hell he was talking about. "Huh? Do we have another event coming up? Your mother hasn't mentioned anything."

Just because Levi's family was invited to all these parties and dinners, they wanted to include us, too. I didn't like that too much. I knew I married into his family, but why the hell did I have to show up for everything? I didn't like it since she never ran it by me.

"She told me to tell you."

I scoffed, rolling my eyes. "Well, of course, she did."

"Are we going?"

That was Levi's way of not trying to argue with me about it, but I wasn't done fussing and wanted to get my point across, which was something he didn't like. He wanted to always be in control, but I had a say in the matter, too.

"I'll have to think about it," I said with a pout.

He chuckled. "Well, while you think of it, decide what colors we are wearing as well."

"What?" I bellowed, but he was already out of his seat. "Levi!"

He kept walking out of the kitchen, completely ignoring me. Gosh, I hated this so much.

We sat in the car, sharing a box of popcorn and staring at the big screen in front of us.

We went to see Love & Basketball since it was playing.

I wanted to see Next Friday , but Levi wasn't feeling that.

Of all things playing, he wanted to watch this movie.

That caught me off guard. We weren't even watching it.

We were just talking to each other, which was good enough for me.

He shook his head. "Man, I swear he did ol' girl wrong."

"He did. That's why I don't want to watch this movie. I've seen it a thousand times and hate his character more every time I watch it."

He chuckled. "Only you, for real."

I shrugged. "I feel like he played in her face plenty of times. Even when she kept going to him, he still gave her his ass to kiss. Ugh! I hate this movie."

Levi burst out laughing. "I can feel the hate rolling off you. I get it, I guess. Have you ever been hurt like that in any of your past relationships?"

I thought of Joel and got sad. I tried to make the relationship work with him, but he kept giving me his ass to kiss as well.

"In a way, you can say that I have, but I'm over it now. I broke up with him and moved on."

I hated thinking about Joel since I wanted to forget about him.

Truthfully, I hadn't thought of him since Levi and I started getting close to each other.

Whenever I talked to Mimi, she'd bring up Joel, letting me know he said he made a mistake.

That was something I couldn't care less about.

That man meant me no good, and I was happy to be out of his life.

He wanted me out of it so badly before, but now I was happy and content where I was at.

"I've never been in that type of situation before. Yeah, I had girlfriends in the past, but I never let it get to the point where I'd let them hurt me. Nah, that's something I couldn't see myself doing."

That was understandable, coming from a man like Levi. "You seem like the type to leave a girl alone as soon as things get too serious."

He laughed. "Yeah, that's what I'd do. It was too many women wanting me, and I wanted to explore them all as much as I could."

I cringed, thinking about the number of women he'd been with. "I hope it wasn't too many."

He gave me an amusing look. "Nah. Nah." He licked his sexy, full lips.

I waved my hand, not at all believing him. "So you say."

Levi's head rested on the headrest as he smiled.

He had a nice smile, too. I could sit and stare into his light, bright, boyish face all day.

When he was sleeping, I'd do just that. That seemed creepy, but he was a sight for sore eyes.

Since we started making love, we had been in each other's beds.

I hadn't moved into his bedroom yet and didn't know if I wanted to.

I loved having my space, and when I needed a break, I could easily go back to my bedroom, but since being with him, I hadn't needed a break at all. I wanted to be near him all the time.

Levi tapped my thigh, gaining my attention again. "Hmm?"

"Did you zone out on me?" He had one of his eyebrows lifted. "Are you bored with the movie?"

I didn't know if I should be honest with him or not. "Umm, the movie is okay, but I am enjoying your company more and the conversations we are having."

He grinned and then swiped his tongue across his bottom lip. "Oh yeah?"

I nodded. "Yeah. I'm not enjoying the movie at all."

He laughed. "I figured as much. I was trying not to go to sleep."

"Do you want to head back home? We do have ice cream and hot chocolate waiting for us."

"You already know that I am."

He smirked and sat up straight in the seat. He started the car and drove out of the drive-in movie theater's parking lot.

Later that night, we stood in the bathroom, undressing each other.

Today had been an adventurous day. We were finally taking our nightly shower.

Sometimes we'd shower together, other times we didn't, but I liked it when we did it together.

It felt so intimate and stroked the sexual desire in me.

The way he'd reach for me and bathe me, it felt so tender. I enjoyed every minute of it.

I sighed as I stepped inside the shower. "Please tell me that we can have a day at home without going anywhere tomorrow."

The water felt so good against my skin. His water pressure was everything.

Levi smiled. "We can do that. There is nothing on the schedule for tomorrow except church."

I nodded. "Okay, cool. Now, that's something I can do. However, after church, we're coming straight home. We can order takeout."

"Is there anything you want to eat for tomorrow?" he inquired.

I shook my head. "We can have whatever. What if you grill some food?"

"Nah, that's a negative. Like you, I want to relax too, so takeout it is."

I rolled my eyes at him, causing him to laugh. "I hope this feeling never goes away. I love taking a shower or bath with you. It's comforting when you wash me up. Gosh, I love it," I babbled.

Levi's eyes widened as he stared at me. "Oh yeah, for real?"

I smiled, happy to have gotten that off of my chest. "Yes, it's enjoyable."

He nodded slightly. "I love it too. What else I love most about it is that I get to pin you up against the wall and fuck you real good until you scream out my name."

I blushed, cheesing hella hard. "Oh yeah, I most definitely love that. Are you going to do it tonight?"

He chuckled. "Baby girl, I'm going to do that, plus more." He pulled me in his arms and proceeded to do exactly what he said.