After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 346

Chapter 346: Honeymoon
Aberdeen City, 2 years prior

Inside a messy hotel room, Althea and Garan, a couple of newly-weds, snuggled and delved into each other’s warmth.

Garan looked down at the fluffy head of his wife, soft and all tangled from all the activities of the previous night.

She raised her head and he admired her beauty shining in her afterglow. “Wife….” he uttered, looking at her with deep eyes and couldn’t help but place loving kisses all over her skin.

“Husband…”

The woman’s soft voice rang in his ears, igniting fire.

He placed her under him, placing some of his weight, allowing their bodies to flush against each other.

He leaned down and kissed her, his tongue parting her lips to explore her mouth. His hands touched her soft skin all over, sending electricity down her spine.

Her mouth parted as she moaned, triggering deeper kisses that took them both to another world.

He felt the heat in his body reach the boiling point and he opened her legs wide, placing himself in between.

However, before they could do anything further… his phone rang.

He wanted to ignore it and was about to enter but the ringing was blaring and his phone was—by law—not allowed to be set on silent unless on a stealth mission.

He heaved a deep breath and reluctantly parted from his wife, taking out the phone in the discarded coat’s pocket.

He placed the headpiece against his head and a loud announcement rang in his ears.

Code 1837! Code 1837!

Calling to all personnel: A magnitude 8.1 earthquake had hit the west coast. Calling all personnel. Assist to rescue.

He froze, head facing his wife who was watching his every move.

He truly didn’t want to leave this warmth, but his principles wouldn’t let him rest either.

Althea saw his reluctance and made the decision for him. She stood up in all her glory but Garan felt too sad to get aroused.

“Go… I’ll be alright.” She said, her soft hand patting his chiseled jaw.

Garan frowned and took her in his arms, burying his large head on her delicate shoulder.

After a moment, he lifted his head and looked at her apologetically. “It’s our honeymoon and I—”

“Your heart wouldn’t be able to rest.” She said, “I understand. You were already a soldier way before we started dating, you know. I know what I’m getting into.”

It would be a lie to say she wasn’t a bit sad, but she wasn’t lying when she said she understood.

Garan paused for a while, wondering if there was a way to stay.

There wasn’t.

But looking at the understanding smile on his wife’s face, his heart was hot.

Garan leaned down to give her a deep kiss. “I love you. So much.”

He unwillingly parted from her and got dressed, his eyes sharpening as he closed the door.

Someday, he’ll find a way so that they would never, ever, have to be apart from her ever again.

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Altera Village, Present

“I have you all to myself tonight.” He whispered, warm breath blowing on her ears.

Their arrangement had been that he and Althea would have the entire house to themselves.

Now that the husband was there, everyone settled in the second house, even Ansel.

Of course, at the husband’s request, the children also stayed with them for tonight.

Garan took a quick bath to clean himself up, because Althea refused to sleep with him if he didn’t.

She had already taken a bath before he did, with her refusing to let him join in. She told him sternly that the bathtub was not like in Terran; who knew if he—a level 20—destroyed it by accident.

She was dressed in a conservative nightdress when she came out with that after-bath glow and he wanted to throw himself at her.

This was when she demanded he take a bath before touching her and he made sure he was clean efficiently and quickly.

When he got out wearing only a flimsy cotton towel, his full muscles were exposed for the person in the room to see.

Althea, who had never been shy in showing affection, indeed appreciated him openly.

Garan liked her stare very much.

He, too, sent her a heated gaze, looking at her body. She was covered only by the thin nude-colored silk nightdress—something he knew she had in Terran.

It was short and showed just enough skin, but its form followed her curves very tightly, making people desperately want to touch.

Extremely sexy.

He had bought this for her… and it was probably one of the few she had left.

So… he took note not to rip it apart like he usually did.

…

The next day, Althea woke up very late.

Fortunately, they designed the modules with very, very, good insulation supposedly against the harsh weather… or else a lot of people would’ve suffered last night.

It was also fortunate that their furniture had a woodworker professional (stamped by the system) working on it otherwise the legs had given way early into the night.

(Baron had the foresight to create a line of premium beds, which they bought for a high price since they had no lack of money anyway).

In any case, Althea woke up when the sky was high in the sky. She rolled around the sheets, stretching her arms to push away the lethargy.

“Morning.” Garan said as he entered the room, his azure eyes tracing the gorgeous woman splayed naked on the messy sheets.

On his hands was a wooden tray filled with her favorite breakfast: hashbrown with his special omelet, waffles, and fruit.

He always did this when he was home and Althea had unconsciously taken it for granted.

But after being apart for so many months, she couldn’t help but kiss his side face and say, “Thank you.”

Garan gave a wide happy grin. “Anything for my wife.”

Looking at her husband’s stupid look, her heart softened. She touched his face and gave him another smack on the other cheek.

“I’ll cook lunch later, okay?”

Garan’s eyes widened a little, quite startled. “Really?”

Garan was very surprised at her proposal, but he was extremely happy. His wife was making him food, after all!

No matter how it tasted, he’d definitely love it.

“Yes, really.” She smiled, and her heart felt guilty by how happy he was.

She was really not a very good wife.

If Garan knew her thoughts, he would vehemently disagree, but this wasn’t something they talk about out loud.

Well, anyway, Garan was so happy that, after Althea finished eating, he immediately jumped back into the sheets again.

They would not get up until many hours later.