She was so overcome with emotions she couldn’t speak as he began to move inside her. But they didn’t need words.
She threw her head back onto the pillow while she matchedhis rhythm. Her fingers dug into his shoulders as they both climbed toward orgasm.
She felt him holding back, felt him waiting for her to reach the peak of her pleasure. But she moved her hips in a frantic rhythm, pushing them both toward climax. Finally it rocketed through her, and through him, and they clung together, feeling the universe tilt and sway around them.
They came back to earth gently, still clinging together.
Oh, Jake.
I love you.
She had longed to hear those words from him. Now she wondered . . .
Not because you brought me back. I knew how I felt. I couldn’t say it. I didn’t dare think it.
The words trembled at the edge of her mind. She clung to him as he rolled to his side and settled her against him.
I knew it, too. Even when I never expected it in my life.
But it’s not enough,he finished the thought.Not yet.
I need to feel safe.
I know. We will.
When?
She knew he couldn’t answer, and she also knew that they time together might be limited.
No!he protested.
We still don’t know about the clinic. The man who killed Evelyn Morgan is still chasing us. The police still think we’re involved. We’ve assaulted a detective. And now another man and woman have shown up and tried to wipe us from the face of the earth. They almost killed you.
It sounds bad, but we’ll figure it out.
She desperately wanted to believe him, but too much had happened too fast.
We’re strong together,his thoughts told her.
Strong enough?
Yes.
She knew he would have given her that answer, no matter what he really thought.
We will be strong enough. You were right. We have to practice.
Yes.
“I’m going out to get us something to eat.”
Her hand tightened on his arm. “Too dangerous. I’ll do it.”
“No. This is no neighborhood for a woman to be walking around at night.”
She sighed. “Okay.”
When he climbed out of bed, she looked at his leg and his stomach.
