As soon as Leonardo walked into his wife’s bedroom, the little minx had jumped into his arms.

“Let’s do it now!” She growled as she began attacking his neck.

Leonardo laughed and tried to remain standing upright even as he held her entire body in his arms.

Candace had never seemed to be the kind of woman who would be dominant and agressive, but she was literally attacking him with her kisses at the moment.

“Wait. Haha.” Leonardo laughed and pulled back to look at her. Was this really his wife?

“What brought this on?”

He had been checking up on a cardiac arrest patient not fifteen minutes ago, and although the man had stabilized, the last thing on Leonardo’s mind was of a sexual nature.

And yet, as Candace began gently biting and nipping at his shoulder and collarbone, Leonardo’s carnal desires began to rise.

He had been waiting patiently for this moment for a very long time. His brothers had warned him not to accidentally discharge the Avgo shard and he had been extraordinarily careful.

So careful in fact that the situation with Olivia Faraday had scared him nearly out of his mind. That was the moment when he realized that he could have so easily lost his chance to be with the woman he loved so desperately.

Candace seemed as if she read his mind.

“I nearly lost you to that butterfly girl.” She growled like a she-lion, stirring up Leonardo’s dormant desires. “I need to lock you in and claim possession NOW!!!”

“I never want you to have to do without, or even look as if you’re available so that other women will go after you!” Candace pounded on his large shoulders with her fists.

Leonardo laughed and carried her to the bed. He sat her on his lap and began running his fingers through her long blonde hair.

“Oh my precious Baby. I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long and now that it’s here, I am completely unprepared.”

“Why? This is your week. It starts today!”

Leonardo shook his golden head. “I saw how busy you were. I didn’t think I had a chance with you this week.”

Candace sighed. “It may be that this is the only day we will have together for this week, but I promise you, I’ll make it up to you after the wedding craziness is over.”

Leonardo leaned his head into her body.

“Right now, there are two very important things. First is the last Avgo shard I still need to implant in you. Second is the wedding. I can’t even feel as if we’ve safely transitioned as one unit until these two are done, and that thought causes me to worry.”

“Worry?”

Leonardo nodded. “The day that Olivia Faraday…” He shuddered. “I was scared to death. I had to run to you and stay by your side. It still scares me to this day that I nearly lost you…”

“Shush, My Love.” She whispered into his mouth as she began to kiss him.

Before Leonardo had realized what happened, she had pushed him back onto the bed and had begun pulling off his white healer’s robe.

Next to fall onto the floor was his shirt, which she struggled with for a moment before finally yanking it over his head.

His powerful muscular frame appeared before her eyes and her eyes lit up like twin torches.

“Oh my. You have golden down on your chest and stomach!”

He raised an eyebrow. Hadn’t she been with Lucas?

But then he suddenly remembered. Lucas had to shave his torso for his on-camera work with body visuals shots which meant Lucas was essentially shaved bald as far as his body and pubic hair was concerned.

“We lions are quite hairy.” He chuckled. “And I don’t have time to shave my body like Lucas does.”

“No need.” Candace was already attacking his male nipples with her mouth. “I love the hair on your body.”

She was already starting to pull off his shoes and was starting to unbuckle his pants.

Leonardo chuckled gently. He found that his woman’s dominant behavior was so amazingly arousing he could barely wait to see what would happen next.

He had been worried about how to approach her so that she would not be afraid to be with him, but at this moment, it was all he could do to keep from succumbing to her advances.

He reached out to help her remove his pants and got a slap on the wrist.

“Hands off my man!” She growled, causing Leonardo to shake with laughter. What in the world was this woman up to?

Leonardo found out rather quickly.

She had taken his own belt and tied his wrists to the slats on her headboard!

Of course, as strong magically as he was, it would have taken mere seconds to unbind himself, but Leonardo was tickled pink.

She was going to try some fun bondage on him! This he had to see.

Except he couldn’t see anything!

Candace had covered his eyes with a silk scarf and was whispering in his ears.

“You are mine now. You can’t get away so you might as well lie back and take what I give you.”

Leonardo laughed. “Am I supposed to call you Mistress?”

Candace giggled. “That sounds like fun! Okay, call me Mistress.”

Leonardo licked his lips. “Yes, Mistress Cancandy.”

“Haha!” Candace laughed. “I can’t believe you still remember that first night when we met. You were the one who asked me what my name was.”

“It was me, yes.” Leonardo nodded. “You introduced yourself to me as Cancandy, and that’s what I think of when I think of my wife.”

“Don’t forget.” Candace tried her best to growl deep in her throat. “That’s Mistress Wife to you!”

Leonardo laughed.

His laughter stopped the moment when he felt her lips begin trailing downward onto his abdomen. He could feel her tiny kisses and her soft wet tongue licking at his abs, lightly tickling him and setting his body on fire.

He began growling when he felt her hands separate his thighs.

The lion’s growl turned into a choked gasp the moment her mouth touched his manhood.