Wedding dress, removed

DRESS

Distracted by the fact that she forgot to message her friend, Lina rushed to get into Henry's old room and went straight to the walk in closet, it is also connected to the bathroom, where her things are. Henry asked her to go ahead since he needed to make sure of their departure in a few hours.

She hurriedly opened the app with the password that she and Baddy use for their hacking adventures. It's also like a code of sorts for them to make sure they are talking to the right person.

Goody_XO: My love, I'm so sorry I forgot. But I am now an officially a married woman!

Baddy_XX: eww, but at least you're still alive

Goody_XO: Of course, I am. you made this app?

Baddy_XX: yeah, because you keep asking me about my phone number. so annoying

Goody_XO: thank you my cutie pie, I knew it you're also in love with me

Baddy_XX: disgusting. Better get back to you husband.

Baddy_XX: Wait! So, have you done it?

Goody_XO: stop it. we're not doing it. I think?

Baddy_XX: why not? You can do it, you're married. you should do it and tell me

Goody_XO: no! we're not doing anything!

Baddy_XX: haha, so you're scared. Should I sneak you out? I have my ways…

Goody_XO: I know you do, you scary munchkin, but I think I'll be fine

Baddy_XX: okay, you know how to reach me

Goody_XO: bye bye care bear

"What are you doing?" Henry asked behind her, scaring her that she actually screamed a little.

"WAH!" holding on to her chest, "Why did you do that?" she glared at Henry.

"I called your name a few times from the room but you weren't answering so I came in. What were you doing?" He asked again.

"Just talking to a friend." Lina responded nonchalantly, showing her phone to him, and remembered why he came in. "Why were you looking for me?"

"Just checking if you need help with your dress?"

"Uhhh… no. I don't think so."

"Okay, just call me if you need help. I'll increase the temperature here." Henry said as he walked out.

It took her under a minute to figure out why he asked, she does need help to get out of her dress. She was so preoccupied with worry that she didn't realize that 3 people helped her get into her dress earlier.

The back of her dress is fastened by tiny white satin covered buttons all the way which starts from the middle of her back, all the way to her buttock. The dress is perfectly sized with no stretch in the material and perfectly fitted to her. The only way to remove the dress is to unfasten all the buttons. They look absolutely pretty but a nightmare to unfasten, especially all by herself.

Not wanting to give up that soon, Lina washed her face then brushed her teeth first. And then tried to twist her arms and body to reach the buttons for an attempt. Of course, a miracle didn't happen in that short amount of time, she can't reach it enough to unfasten even a button on her own. She thought of calling somebody from her family or Jenny but that will be odd since she's got Henry here with her. So might as well throw in the towel and get it over with.

"Henry, can you please give me a hand?" Lina called out; the door was left open so she's hoping he could hear her. After a few seconds Henry walked in without his coat, bow tie and now wearing indoor slippers. The tops of his shirt already unbuttoned and cuffs undone. He looks just as stunning just as he did when he was all decked out under the glittering lights.

Lina realized where her thoughts have gone through again so she turned around to show her back to him without saying a word, not wanting to stare longer, she might drool. Without meaning to, she's now facing the large mirror in the room so she can still see him as he approached closer, looking so focused, staring at her back.

"This button thing here must have been invented as the last hurdle that a married man needs to overcome. There should be a class on how to quickly undo this torture device." He whispered as he struggled to remove the fastening one by one. Which seems to be quite uncharacteristic of him. He always looks so sure, knowledgeable and prepared. I guess tiny buttons affects even the strongest man.

"Can't I just cut this?" He asked as he struggled with the first 2 top buttons.

"Don't you dare! Call someone else if you can't do it."

"I never said I can't do it." Henry protested almost sulkily as he went back to the buttons.

After a few minutes he managed to make some head way on the buttons, she felt the dress start loosening on her upper body area. The off-shoulder straps completely fell slack down her arms as the tension was released from the buttons. Lina held the front of the dress with her hands so it doesn't drop down by accident. She is not wearing anything underneath after all.

When she felt the last set of buttons get undone and the waist of the dress loosened completely, Lina said thanks, waiting for him to go. Instead, he reached out to her ear and removed her earrings one by one. And then he moved his hands at her nape, removed the clasp of necklace, caressing the back of neck before placing the jewelry on top of the side table.

"Okay, done." She insisted, hoping he will leave now. As she looked behind through the mirror,she had captured his eyes looking at her. Instead of turning around to leave, he leaned down and kissed her right shoulder, all the time looking at her, refusing to let go of her eyes. Her heart start pounding harder, her hands trembling slightly as it gripped her dress tighter, goose bumps travelling through her arms from where he had just kissed her.

Henry reached up towards her hair and started pulling the sparkly pins used to hold it in its place. One by one he pulled them out. Digging his hand into her hair to find the hidden ones. Every pull from her hair grates at her seemingly fragile emotions and her stomach filled with more butterflies.

Lina is frozen as Henry continued creating chaos within her being, just by his simple action. It's those eyes that keeps freezing her on the spot every time he looks at her even through the mirror. It's his strong and warm hands caressing her head, scalp and the sensitive part of her neck as he seductively lets her hair, untangling it from where it was held up. And his soft kisses, he generously peppered her, all over her back, shoulders and neck. She's about to melt into a puddle. A naked puddle.

All of Lina's hair is untangled and there's no more hair pin left in her head. She stiffened further as she willed herself to keep standing, holding tighter to her dress when Henry wrapped her arms around her from behind. He placed his arms on her stomach and kissed her exposed arm, moving to her shoulder, and paying close attention to that space where her shoulders meet her neck. Lina closed her eyes or it will be a sensory overload. He was doing everything so slowly, taking his time.

She felt him move higher, dropped a kiss to her neck and behind her ear.

Did he just lick her there? Lina believes that he did and she could only shut her eyes tighter and bow her head. Just then he released a soft laugh super close to her ear.

Then slowly dragged his lips towards her temple where he whispered softly, "You can relax, baby, I promise not to do that until I know you're ready."

Lina opened her eyes to look at him, surprised by his statement. As they look at each other's eyes through the mirror, Henry raised his hands and caressed her collarbone and placed his hand on top of her holding her dress. "But get used to my touch and my kisses, that I won't hold back."