Never the best with words, I can’t even begin to explain to Rachel what she’s done to me. I looked at her that first night as she stood beside the wreckage of her car and I knew. She’s the one for me.
“I don’t want to leave,” she says. “Ever.”
“Okay.”
“I still want to open my café.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll need to apply for a business loan at the bank.”
“Okay.”
“It’ll take up a lot of my time. Especially the first few years.”
“Okay.”
“It’ll be stressful and—”
“Rachel.”
Her pink lips curve into a smile that is all sweet temptation, and I can’t resist kissing her. They part for me, our kiss skipping all politeness and going straight for pleasure. Butter and cinnamon mingle in our mouths, comforting and warm even as my cock presses into her ass.
“I love you,” I confess. “You make my days brighter and happier just being by my side. I’d follow you to the ends of the earth just for a smidge of your attention.”
She sighs softly, her body relaxing into mine.
“I love you too.” The words slip out easily for her. I didn’t need to hear them. They’ve been evident since our first morning together. She settled in fast and deep like the missing piece tomy life here. Every touch of her hand as she reached for me like the inches between us were too much to bear. I felt her love days ago, and I quickly became addicted.
“We’ll move closer to town, so we won’t get snowed in, and your commute will be shorter” I tell her.
“Okay.”
“We’ll share expenses and set up a budget.”
“Okay.”
“We’ll eat breakfast together every morning. Even if we’re both too tired to cook and we just snack on protein bars.”
“Okay.”
“And,” I pause trying not to get choked up as I add one more condition to our list. “You have to marry me.”
Tears run down her cheeks as she nods.
“This summer,” I insist. “Before your café opens and you get slammed with customers from sunrise to sunset.”
“Okay,” she says, voice wobbly. “But on one condition.”
“Name it.”
“You have to tell me you love me every day.”
“Hm,” I pretend to think it over. “I think that’s a deal breaker.”
“Dominic!” she squeals as I scoop her up.
“You’ve got a deal, woman.”
