||*ALEXIUS*|| I awoke to every joint in my body feeling extra sore and my eyes too heavy to open at the first try. I don't remember being this exhausted last night before sleeping, and Paige had been extra careful with me. My lips stretched into a shy smile, as memories of last night trickled in, while I rubbed the drowsiness from my eyes. All I had wanted was a distraction, so I could stop feeling so sorry for myself, and to ignore the guilt I felt for never considering how my actions affect others. To be honest, I didn't expect Paige to react the way he did. It's been almost a year since we last got intimate, and I had expected him to lose it when I made my intentions known, and just take me. The gentleness in everything he did, the tender care in the way he touched me, the way he ha