The Knight's Mysterious Maid-Chapter 236: Dresses, drama, and tears (6)

Annalise squeezed Rafael’s coat as she kissed him, unable to believe that she was kissing him again and she was the one to start it this time.

"Annalise. Wait," Rafael said, pushing her up to stop the kiss. He sat up and looked around to see if anyone was spying on them.

Annalise sat back confused by why he stopped her when this was what he wanted for as long as she could remember. Her confusion thankfully didn’t last long.

"Not here. Someone will see and interrupt us," Rafael said, getting to his feet and then he helped Annalise up.

They weren’t far from where the other guests were inside the ball and the few couples coming out to see the garden. He could do with a small pause now to find somewhere they would be out of sight rather than getting interrupted when it became more heated.

Rafael wasn’t familiar with the estate since the ball tended to move around each year. He walked to where there wasn’t much light and no way for anyone to spot them without him hearing them coming.

Rafael stopped when they entered a space with a few trees and pressed Annalise up against the nearest one. He could not walk any further to find somewhere better as he was at his limit and he had to act quickly before Annalise reverted back to not wanting anything to do with him.

"You have not changed your mind, have you?" Rafael asked, not touching her until she answered. It almost didn’t feel real that Annalise had kissed him so he started to think this was all in his head after Annaise flipped him.

Whatever it was, he was going to enjoy every second of it.

"Forever a gentleman," Annalise replied, tiptoeing to get better access to snake her hands around his neck to pull him down to her. "I wouldn’t have kissed you if I was going to take it back so soon. I thought you knew me well?"

"Actually, you can’t be much of a gentleman since you brought a lady over here where there is not much light and no one is around to see us. It is exciting," Annalise admitted, smiling as Rafael neared her for them to kiss again.

She was met by the familiar sensation she felt when they were in his tent at the competition. Her mind lost focus on her surroundings so much that she wouldn’t be able to notice anyone approaching them. This only ever happens when she is with Rafael.

Annalise closed her eyes, letting herself become lost in the moment.

She was the one to start the kiss once more, but Rafael took over the second it started. It went from a sweet, soft kiss of them enjoying their feelings for each other to Annalise thinking of ripping his shirt to feel his body. It was unfair that he was wearing so much clothing now.

"Ah!" Annalise gasped as his right knee was placed between her legs, dangerously close to a place it shouldn’t be near ever. She didn’t have to guess that he was also thinking of her with a lack of clothing.

Rafael slipped his tongue inside of her mouth after his trick to get her to part her lips worked. The beautiful cry that escaped her lips made him become rigid before relaxing so she made him harder than he already was. It was not the time for that when they were only getting started with their relationship. He didn’t mind going slow despite the fact Annalise was irresistible so he would have a hard time keeping his hands off of her.

Rafael didn’t stop the kiss as he leaned down to place his hands under her buttocks and hoisted her up so she wouldn’t have to be on her toes to reach him.

Annalise was the one to stop the kiss to laugh as she enjoyed being lifted in the air. Rafael had done it so easily that she wanted to have him do it again and again until she grew tired of him displaying his strength to lift her without breaking a sweat.

"Is it that amusing that I can lift you?" Rafael asked, enjoying the sight of her smiling.

"It is. A man that I like should be able to do this. If you were wearing your armour right now, I might have asked that we leave and head to my room," said Annalise.

Rafael could only frown, angry with himself for not bringing his armour with him on this trip. There was a rule his mother gave him which was to not bring his armour with him. He was only able to bring his sword.

Annalise palmed his cheek to rid him of his anger over not having his armour. "Look at you being so upset that you are without your armour. It pains me to admit that you are still alluring right now. And I must be since I can feel you pressing against my thigh."

Annalise leaned close to whisper in his ear, "How have you been able to hide just how much you desire me?"

"Be careful, Annalise. I will be forced to make this boldness you have disappear one day. I will let you laugh and enjoy thinking you have the upperhand right now," Rafael said and then went back for another kiss.

He would rather spend the night out here with Annalise instead of going back to the ball to be questioned by a few people he didn’t care for.

"Annalise," Rafael warned right as her right hand found its way under his shirt and coat. Her left hand soon joined.

"I must," Annalise replied against his lips. The sound of his voice being deeper as he called her name just now was enough to pull her in a trance to start taking off his clothes, but she must not.

It was already unfair to Siena that Rafael came with her to make someone jealous and he was now kissing that person.

Annalise wrapped her legs around his waist and used this to bring him closer to her. With her back against the tree and nowhere for her to go as Rafael was pressed against her, letting her feel more of how excited he was in the moment.

Annalise moved her hands around his sculpted chest and abdomen, enjoying every inch of how in shape he was as Rafael heatedly kissed her, exploring every corner of her mouth with his tongue.

Annalise tried to pull away frm t he kiss, but each time she did, Rafael would close the space she created and kiss her again.

"Rafael... we should stop here," she said when she could get a word out. It pained her to say this, but they were both not paying attention to their surroundings.

Rafael moved away from her lips to her jaw and continued his way down to a more tempting area since she wanted the kiss to end. "Why?" He asked.

"You know why," she answered and despite her wanting to end this before they could get caught, she pushed his head to her chest which he stopped to kiss right above.

"I don’t," Rafael replied, feigning ignorance. "Is it that you worry we may be spotted or that you fear what this might lead to? Be honest," Rafael said, giving the swell of her breast that was exposed because of the shape of the dress a little bite to help her think. He earned himself a moan which in return had him smiling

"It is both," Annalise answered honestly. She was on the verge of letting him start what was on both their minds right now. "I feel bad that you have left your partner alone in the ball. I won’t be able to enjoy this further while knowing there is a woman receiving stares from people enjoying that you walked out on her."