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The next morning, it wasn't Elena who woke up first but Benedict. He woke up to the sound of the stream and the birds singing. He turned to the other side of the bed to see his beautiful wife peacefully sleeping.

Last night was a blur from him, but he still remembered all of the pleasure. Trying to not wake her up, he gently caressed her cheek with his finger and smiled.

Elena's eyes fluttered open, feeling Benedict's gentle touch. He was about to move his hand away but she grabbed it and brought it back to her cheek.

"Please don't move your hand away." She said tiredly, making Benedict chuckle.

He brought his wife's fragile body closer to him and spooned her, placing gentle kisses on her shoulder.

"I hope I didn't go to hard on you, last night." He said.

"You were amazing, Benedict."

"What do you wanna do today?" He asked.

"Mhm.. nothing in general. I just want to spend the day in bed with you." Elena answered, snuggling closer to Benedict.

"I do too..." He kissed her hairline. "But I did have one thing in mind." He said which made Elena open her eyes and sit up, revealing her nude body.

"And what is that? More fencing? I'll go easy on you this time." She laughed.

"I want to draw you... for real this time, not some rushed sketch like before."

"You want to draw me?"

He nodded. "If that's okay with you."

Elena warmly smiled and cupped his cheeks. "Of course, it's okay. I would love to model for you." She pecked his lips before taking a sheet from the bed and wrapping it around her body.

After getting off the bed, she brought up a small couch right across the bed, in front of Benedict. She laid down on it and glanced at her husband who looked rather flustered.

"You're not going to wear any clothes?" He asked, with a tint of pink on his cheek.

"Are you seriously blushing even after last night?" Elena teased him. "No, Benedict. I won't be wearing any clothes, I want you to draw me just like this." She smiled.

He returned the smile and took out his art set, starting to draw his wife who was modelling. He tried to put every beautiful detail of her. Her hair, her eyes, her beautiful nose and lips. Her clear skin and her long slim legs. After a good thirty minutes, Benedict was about to complete the drawing but...

"You're moving again, Lena." Benedict said for the thousand time which made Elena open her mouth wide.

"I did no such thing this time! You're just saying that to make me feel bad."

"I'm almost done, darling." Benedict laughed.

"You have an amazing talent, you know." Elena said, making Benedict look at her. "Perhaps one day your art will end up in summerset house."

"If only that was true." He replied. "There, I've finished." He said, putting down his pencil on the night table.

Elena got up from her seat and made her way towards the bed, sitting on Benedict lap.

"What do you think?" He showed the drawing to his wife.

"It's beautiful..." She smiled while looking at herself on sheet of paper. "You did that, in thirty minutes?"

"I did." He answered and kissed her passionately on the lips.

Elena suddenly pushed Benedict onto the bed still kissing him. She hovered above him while Benedict's hands roamed around her body. They were enjoying themselves, until a knock was heard on the front door. They both shot their head towards the door.

"Who in the world might that be." Elena said, trying to get off the bed but Benedict grabbed her arm.

"No, stay here. They'll go away if no one answers." Benedict whined, wanting to continue what they were doing but the person kept knocking.

"It seems urgent." Elena got off of the bed and put on her nightgown, walking towards the door.

Benedict quickly wore his clothes as well. His creased shirt unbuttoned and his pants loose.

Elena opened the door and it revealed to be Eloise, widely smiling with a book in her hand.

"Eloise, what are you doing here?" Elena asked sounding surprised.

"I'm so glad you're here, Elena. Now that you are my sister-in-law I feel like I can talk to you about anything."

Elena gave her a fake smile. "Eloise... I'm on my honeymoon." She said trying not to sound rude.

"Yes, I am aware of the 'activities' you are doing with my brother. But this is very urgent, I believe I've finally unmasked Lady Whistledown." Eloise said with joy.

While she continued to ramble on, Benedict was slowly walking towards the door, eavesdropping. He couldn't believe that his sister was interrupting his honeymoon.

"Eloise, I-" Elena started.

"And you said that I can come talk to you whenever it was an important matter, right?" Eloise asked, keeping her smile on.

Elena kept quiet, staring at her very awkwardly.

"Oh, how stupid of me. I knew this was a bad time to come." Eloise sounded ashamed.

"After moving into our house, Benedict and I will visit you as soon as possible. Then, you can tell me about everything you found out, okay?" Elena smiled.

"Right, thank you, Elena." Eloise said and walked towards her carriage that was waiting.

Elena closed the door and turned to Benedict who was hiding behind a wall.

"Lock, the door." He said sternly and smiled.